Eisenhower was a pretty peace-oriented president. Truman was a pretty hawkish. I would argue, if we had more time, I would argue Truman had a lot to do with getting the Cold War going. Robert Scheer More Quotes by Robert Scheer More Quotes From Robert Scheer What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise. Robert Scheer umpires journalism pants The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform. Robert Scheer issues reform book Democrats can give us wars, you know? Democrats can play the false patriotism card. Robert Scheer play giving war We think the Republicans are the ones who started this fundamentalist religion claptrap, you know? It was Jimmy Carter. He's the one who talked about, you know, "I'm a born-again Christian. I pray all the time. I do this," etc. Robert Scheer fundamentalist-religion christian thinking There's a problem of terrorism in the world. There's always been terrorism. There will be terrorism. You have to deal with it surgically. You have to deal with it in a serious way. Robert Scheer serious way world I've never met any strong critic of the United States anywhere in the world who gave us any credit for having limit on government. Robert Scheer credit government strong The terrorists are going to believe the worst about America. They think we spy on everything. They think we kill everyone. They think - they don't believe that we believe in democracy, right? They don't believe we have limits on our government. Robert Scheer government believe thinking I happen to be one of those in the antiwar part of things who actually supported Bill Clinton when he sent the cruise missiles in to take out bin Laden. I had thought we had the right to use Special Forces to go in for bin Laden. He had attacked American embassies. He attacked ships. And so, I didn't see any need to coddle the Taliban. Robert Scheer use special needs We pick governors from states where governors don't do anything, like Jimmy Carter from Georgia, George W. Bush from Texas. Robert Scheer georgia texas states We've had the trivialization of our politics going on ever since we had electronic media. Robert Scheer electronic-media media Nuclear weapons are inherently threatening to all of civilization. If that had been a nuclear weapon at the World Trade Center, even the most primitive kind of the Hiroshima, Nagasaki, you wouldn't have a Manhattan. There wouldn't be a democracy of any kind in America. Robert Scheer democracy civilization america Everybody says, "Well, if it's a democracy, let them have nuclear weapons." America is the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons. We're the only ones, this democracy, our great democracy. Robert Scheer democracy country america Life is a horror for the Korean people. And I think isolating them further is going to make life more miserable. Robert Scheer korean people thinking Boycotts don't work. They work in certain isolated situations, where you have some potential. But in the main, the best way to bring about freedom in a society is to normalize, have tourism, have trade, have contact. Robert Scheer tourism certain way The great enemy of any totalitarian regime is normalization and trade. Robert Scheer trade regimes enemy I think it's very important to follow the lead of the South Koreans and the Chinese and not back North Korea even further into a corner, because that's when they'll be dangerous. Robert Scheer korea chinese thinking Richard Nixon even before becoming president, before meeting Henry Kissinger, he said, "This is ridiculous. Communism is nationalist. The Chinese and Russian and Yugoslav and Cuban and - none of these communists get along, and the Koreans and the Vietnamese, and we can do business with them." And then he opened up to China, and that's when the Cold War started. Robert Scheer chinese president war It takes no courage to make war, particularly if you're not going to go and your children are not going to go. Robert Scheer ifs war children George W. Bush is a person who is totally disinterested in the world, uneducated. I'm not saying he's stupid. I don't think he's stupid. He's crafty as hell, but he projects well on television. And that's the real big problem. He is the perfect "what, me worry?" president. Robert Scheer real stupid thinking What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. Robert Scheer step welfare reform government
