Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: zendari
Those "international" attacks are targeted at foreign governments, not the United States. I'm glad you count a school siezure in Russia somewhere to be the equivalent of a US warship.
At least 2 of those attacks are directly on US soil.
One was the 9 years before 9/11 that I was refering too. You are now equating Oklahoma bombing by an American with al Quada? Nice stretch.
The point of the State dept info was that we are having more terrorist attacks world wide due to Bush's foreign policy. You cannot honestly look at one attack in 1992, one in 2001 and draw any significant statistical significance, you sound like a right wing Fwd:fwd:fwd e-mail and you know it. Stop posting and spare us all.
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: zendari
Those "international" attacks are targeted at foreign governments, not the United States. I'm glad you count a school siezure in Russia somewhere to be the equivalent of a US warship.
At least 2 of those attacks are directly on US soil.
One was the 9 years before 9/11 that I was refering too. You are now equating Oklahoma bombing by an American with al Quada? Nice stretch.
The point of the State dept info was that we are having more terrorist attacks world wide due to Bush's foreign policy. You cannot honestly look at one attack in 1992, one in 2001 and draw any significant statistical significance, you sound like a right wing Fwd:fwd:fwd e-mail and you know it. Stop posting and spare us all.
Yup, because Bush is somehow king of the world...and those terrorists wanted to get back at him so they went after Russian elementary schools.
His job is to keep America safe.
Guess when the 911 hijackers entered the country and planned the entire attack? 1999.
Please show me some statistics or figures that support your contention.That's a laughable notion, because terror attacks worlwide have increased dramatically since we invaded Iraq (so much so that our government is too embarrassed to release the figures publically).
The fissure was already well established...it was this fissure that provoked the 9/11 attacks...I agree that our actions since 9/11 have not done anything to diffuse the situation.Let's just face the fact that unilateral unwarranted warfare against the Iraqis and a failure to do right in Afghanistan has not only allowed our enemy to survive, but also reap the benefits of the deepening fissure we've made with our actions.
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: zendari
Those "international" attacks are targeted at foreign governments, not the United States. I'm glad you count a school siezure in Russia somewhere to be the equivalent of a US warship.
At least 2 of those attacks are directly on US soil.
One was the 9 years before 9/11 that I was refering too. You are now equating Oklahoma bombing by an American with al Quada? Nice stretch.
The point of the State dept info was that we are having more terrorist attacks world wide due to Bush's foreign policy. You cannot honestly look at one attack in 1992, one in 2001 and draw any significant statistical significance, you sound like a right wing Fwd:fwd:fwd e-mail and you know it. Stop posting and spare us all.
Yup, because Bush is somehow king of the world...and those terrorists wanted to get back at him so they went after Russian elementary schools.
His job is to keep America safe.
Guess when the 911 hijackers entered the country and planned the entire attack? 1999.
Originally posted by: BBond
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: zendari
Those "international" attacks are targeted at foreign governments, not the United States. I'm glad you count a school siezure in Russia somewhere to be the equivalent of a US warship.
At least 2 of those attacks are directly on US soil.
One was the 9 years before 9/11 that I was refering too. You are now equating Oklahoma bombing by an American with al Quada? Nice stretch.
The point of the State dept info was that we are having more terrorist attacks world wide due to Bush's foreign policy. You cannot honestly look at one attack in 1992, one in 2001 and draw any significant statistical significance, you sound like a right wing Fwd:fwd:fwd e-mail and you know it. Stop posting and spare us all.
Yup, because Bush is somehow king of the world...and those terrorists wanted to get back at him so they went after Russian elementary schools.
His job is to keep America safe.
Guess when the 911 hijackers entered the country and planned the entire attack? 1999.
Gee, you mean the 9/11 hijackers were already here yet when your hero george w bush took office he refused to believe that terrorism was the number one threat even after he'd been told so by the departing administration???!
Do you mean to say that even as the threat festered on U.S. shores your hero george w bush ignored it and went on vacation for a MONTH???!
Do you mean to say that as the terrorist plot unfolded your hero george w bush sat like a dunce in a grade school classroom reading My Pet Goat???!
They say people get the government they deserve. That certainly seems to be true in your case, zendari.
Unfortunately, the rest of us are getting the government YOU deserve too.
Clarke: Bush didn't see terrorism as 'urgent'
Originally posted by: zendari
They didn't enter the country through Texas. What was he supposed to do, wag his finger at them?
If Clinton put such a high priority on terrorism, well, it seemed to be well below granting pardons to his cronies and his brother. Might have been what he was doing while the USS Cole was being bombed merely 2 months before Bush came into office.
In a speech to a terrorism conference six months before the Sept. 11 attacks, Paul Bremer, now President Bush's point man in Iraq warned: "The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?' They've been given a window of opportunity with very little terrorism now, and they're not taking advantage of it."
Bush Admin Accused of Political Opportunism in Lieberman Comments
Meanwhile, the disclosure of the alleged plot is raising questions over the nature of the Bush administration?s reaction to the primary loss of Senator Joseph Lieberman. Just one day before the alleged plot was announced, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said Lieberman?s defeat signaled Democrats are "[raising] a white flag in the war on terror." And in an unusual conference call with reporters, Vice President Dick Cheney said Democrats believe "that somehow we can retreat behind our oceans and not be actively engaged in this conflict and be safe here at home, which clearly we know we won't be." Critics say the White House?s comments amount to political opportunism because officials were briefed on the alleged plot last week and knew it would soon be disclosed. In an interview with Agence France Press, a Republican congressional aide addressed the alleged plot and said he?d ?rather be talking about this than all of the other things that Congress hasn't done well." A White House official added: "Weeks before September 11th, this is going to play big."
Originally posted by: laFiera
They are banning all liquids, gels, etc from planes because they could be ignited as bombs by terrorists. Yet, I noticed at the airport that they are dumping all these banned items in garbagge bins. Oh boy, I feel really safe now. Maybe the plane won't blow up, but the airport will. yep, fight on terror is the best i've ever seen. OH yes, let me not forget that the borders are still wide open, but oh no, the terrorists couldn't figure that one out. Bush and his cronies are always ahead of them outsmarting them, and foiling all these terror attacks.
Hail to the chief!