| Motorboat Cruiser |
02-26-2005 09:55 AM |
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Originally Posted by Nephythys's email
I AM ASHAMED OF MY FELLOW AMERICANS WHO WOULD RATHER SEE TERRORISM SUCCEED THAN A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
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What a completely asinine statement!
How about having a president who is able to focus on going after the person responsible for the largest terrorist attack on our nation (who still walks free), rather than invade a country that should never have been our #1 priority. Those actions have led to the creation of more, not less, terrorists.
How about a president who takes seriously our need to control our borders to prevent another terrorist attack, even if it might cost him some votes.
How about an administration that could have taken out Zarqawi when they had the chance (three of them, actually) but didn't because it might undercut the case against going to war with Iraq.
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With Tuesday’s attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant with ties to al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist killings in Iraq.
But NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself — but never pulled the trigger.
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Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi’s operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.
The United States did attack the camp at Kirma at the beginning of the war, but it was too late — Zarqawi and many of his followers were gone. “Here’s a case where they waited, they waited too long and now we’re suffering as a result inside Iraq,” Cressey added.
And despite the Bush administration’s tough talk about hitting the terrorists before they strike, Zarqawi’s killing streak continues today.
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Sorry but the problem isn't that there aren't enough feel-good stories about Iraq on the news. Perhaps every one of the items in the OP is true (although I'm surely not going to trust the DOD propaganda site), it still doesn't erase the fact that invading Iraq did nothing substantial to reduce the threat of another terrorist attack in our country. It doesn't erase the billions of dollars being spent on this war when that money is sorely needed elsewhere. It doesn't erase the fact that we are facing serious problems recruiting new soldiers when the military is stretched too thin. It doesn't erase the fact that there are other threats that deserved more of our attention but didn't get it due to a president who's only focus was taking out Saddam. |
