9/11: For The Record

The Washington Post ^ | Monday, March 22, 2004 | By Condoleezza Rice

[risk]

I don't blame Kerry for being anti war ...

Yeah, it seems one can be for or against a war in a democracy. It also seems one can change his mind. But one had best be very careful about communicating these personal views. Kerry and Fonda were neither considerate nor principled. I think they both wanted media attention and to lead a trend. And I think Kerry wanted to save his hide. He obviously valued his carcass more than anyone else's.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Reagan cut through the crap and focused on the enemies of our country. Bush is doing the same thing and the Left, here at home an abroad, will do everything to stop him from keeping the U.S. protected from assimilation.

[MEG33]

Fonda was a disgrace,but Kerry moreso because he betrayed his comrades in arms,accusing them of wholesale rape,dismemberment,torture,murder,etc.He caused many citizens to look on vets as murderers,he promoted the N Vietnamese POV in Paris.He gave the left an advantage they've used for over 30 yrs.

Yesterday McCain said he will campaign for President Bush on his positive accomplishments but will not say anything against Kerry because they are friends.

[risk]

Yes. Watching Ted Kennedy tonight on Russert made me think along the same lines. The left/Democrats were given a run of about 50 years to lead us (minus the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan years), and while some of the promises sounded good a lot of them collapsed of their own weight. While the Democratic party tries to reorganize itself, the left has gained an even stronger grasp of its throat. All the while they're screaming because they're just not in charge anymore. It's a terror to them that is as bad as any Jihad or Marxist plot -- not being in charge.

No wonder they keep stepping over the line. I mean how many times have we heard of massive reorganizations to the Constitution like the electoral college, the proscription of foreign born presidents, and the end of the second amendment? All in about two generations? Two of them this last three years?

[MEG33]

Condi just lowered the boom on Clarke's viewpoint on Fox...She hit him on the facts of terror by Al Queda during his tenure and that although he had ideas that were implemented,he presented no strategy to attack Al Queda and hooted at the idea she had not heard of AlQueda when she got to the White House.He has a different view of how to conduct the war on terror....and he did not get the job he wanted as 2nd in charge of Homeland Security.

[risk]

I hear Clarke's axe grinding....

[MEG33]

They say Andrea Mitchell was on Imus virtually endorsing all of Clarke's viewpoint.Izaz is accusing Clarke of not being honest in his opinions and the history on Fox.Podhoretz is after Clarke now.Says all this is a bonanza for Kerry.

[risk]

It'll backfire. The American people have their own best interest in mind this time. The real difference between 9/11 and Vietnam is that the V.C. hadn't really attacked us at home. But if you're over thirty, you can't help but remember an onslaught of horrific terror aimed at us and Israel. Pearl Harbor saw a few dozen civilian casualties, if I'm correct. The thousands who died were primarily military. But on 9/11 it was the other way around.

We aren't soon going to forget.

And we aren't soon going to forget who wants to couch this war in terms of a police action against a limited group when it's really half the Islamic world that wants to roast our stomachs. This is world war and only idiots and the power greedy are willing to sell us on the idea that it isn't.

[texasflower]

I was watching that! She didn't look like someone to tangle with did she?

She was firm and articulate. She really let him have it.

Did you happen to see the way Mansoor Ijaz reacted to it a few minutes later?

Boy was he mad!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET


...Why did the CLINTONS refuse 3 Offers from the Sudan during the 1990's to give our No. 1 Terrorist Enemy OSAMA bin LADEN on a Silver Platter that would have prevented the Attacks on US on September 11, 2001..?


'Remember the Lost and Suffering on September 11, 2001'

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[MagnoliaB]

"first eight months of the Bush administration"

Wasn't it more like five months? I remember the Clintoons dragging their feet about getting out of the White House.

[evm]

I had two thoughts in reading this:

- why is she giving credit to the Clinton administration for being strong against terror?

- if they started to institute a plan nearly 3 years ago to go after Al Qaeda, then why now does Al Qaeda still have the strength to mount a coordinated, sophisticated attack as they did in Spain?

[evm]

Once advised that there was no evidence that Iraq was responsible for Sept. 11, the president told his National Security Council on Sept. 17 that Iraq was not on the agenda and that the initial U.S. response to Sept. 11 would be to target al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

What about Saudi Arabia, a country that financially supported Al Qaeda?

[evm]

The FAA even issued a warning to airlines and aviation security personnel that "the potential for a terrorist operation, such as an airline hijacking to free terrorists incarcerated in the United States, remains a concern.

And how did the airlines respond to this??

[Jewels1091]

It only takes a few people and explosives..it's not like they are a company that lists all their CEO's

[evm]

I heard that we still can't knock down a rogue plane over DC. That's just wrong. We need to iron out those problems and be better prepared.

There are several visible AA batteries in D.C.

[jwalsh07]

What about Saudi Arabia, a country that financially supported Al Qaeda?

Real politik, such is life.

[evm]

It's still widely speculated that the Pennsylvania flight was shot down by our own fighters. They were in place at the time and the order was given to shoot down any plane that didn't respond. I believe they story about the passengers trying to takeover is true, but we had a chance to shoot that one down.

Families that have heard the cockpit recordings have confirmed that the AQ terrorists intentionally crashed the flight.

[blackie]

Condoleezza Rice ~ Bump!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[evm]

Reagan cut through the crap and focused on the enemies of our country. Bush is doing the same thing and the Left, here at home an abroad, will do everything to stop him from keeping the U.S. protected from assimilation.

Reagan focused like a laserbeam on the Soviet Union, but it could be argued that his failure to respond to terrorism against the United States by arab extremists set the stage for the rise of Islamic militarism in the 1980's and 1990's. Retreating from Beirut instead of retaliating sent a message of weakness to the Arab world, as did our failure to retaliate for the taking of our hostages in Iran in 1979 (along with our failure to respond to numerous other hijackings).