Posted on 11/03/2004 6:25:12 PM PST by veronica
Only Bush can protect the US from the threat of terror
The American people have given George Bush an unprecedented mandate to win the war on terrorism. Even according to notorious election night "exit polling" - a last-gasp attempt to fix the race for the left - the vast majority of voters considered terrorism the top issue, and these "security voters" gave president Bush a lopsided advantage over the junior senator from Massachusetts.
The race began with the Democrats flocking to Howard Dean's antiwar message, and ended with John Kerry promising a more effective effort to "kill the terrorists wherever they may be". Had he been elected, and faced with a hawkish public and a Republican Congress, Kerry would not even have the courage of his weakness. The nation is better off not forcing an indecisive man to tear himself in two politically.
History will likely remember George Bush as a steadfast leader at a time of national peril, the right man at the right time. After passing the largest tax cut in history, he boldly asserted American interests by cancelling the international criminal court, anti-ballistic missile and Kyoto treaties - all over the vehement objection of the "international community" and the Democratic party.
Then tragedy struck. For the first time since 1812, a foreign enemy attacked Americans in their homeland. President Bush rallied Americans to the defences. After a lightning-quick campaign, the new commander in chief destroyed the Taliban while bombing innocent Muslim children - with care packages donated by their US counterparts, at his behest.
Moving to protect the US against the threat of weapons of mass destruction, he gave Saddam Hussein an ultimatum: fully disclose the status of your WMD programme or face serious consequences. Stumping the nation with this message in 2002, Bush became one of the few presidents to pick up Congressional seats during a midterm election, winning back control of the Senate.
With last month's election of Hamid Karzai, he brought democracy to Afghanistan for the first time. Next January, he will do the same for Iraq.
After 9/11, Bill Clinton publicly sulked that he faced no great crisis that would cement his legacy. Yet as president, he exploited the greatest act of domestic terrorism of that time for crass political advantage, blaming the Oklahoma City bombing on his opponents' "anti-government rhetoric". Confronted by North Korea's nuclear programme, China's sabre-rattling, and ominous incidents of Islamist terrorism, he averted his ever-smiling gaze. Great men are self-made; Clinton was not a great man. If he continues to wage unrelenting war on America's foes, George Bush may prove to be.
After their bitter (and undeniable) defeat in the 2000 recount, leftists politicised a war, undermined troops in battle and provided our terrorist foes with talking points in their blind hope of clawing their way back into power. Now America has spoken, and America has rejected their destructive cynicism. The left may continue its unreasoning hatred of Bush and his policies, but the American people stand united behind their president. We are ready to heal our divisions, secure our borders, and defend our freedoms. It is time for the thoughtful left to join us.
"Then tragedy struck. For the first time since 1812, a foreign enemy attacked Americans in their homeland. "
Scuze me?
Peral Harbor was our Homeland. So was Dutch Harbor.
Great article
Pk who are you and what did you do with the Guardian?
Don't worry. There are 10 other articles/columns crying & maoning over the election.
"Only Bush can protect the US from the threat of terror"
Sorry, noone can make that claim except God. Bush may be our best bet, that I can accept, but these people mean business and will stop at nothing and use any means.
maoning = moaning.
That's what I was thinking but I waited until somebody else replied before I said WHAT???
Thier editors are all passed out from sitting up to see the results and somebody sneaked in over their prostrate bodies is all I can conclude.
One can never understand the British press it seems. The seem to detect which way the wind blows rather than just blowing all the time.
Pinch me. The Guardian?
You took the words right out of my puter.
I think Bush would agree... NO power is given to man except
that which is given by our heavenly father.
Praise God not Bush. (I like him too)
She will prove the adage, "Losing takes years of patience and much hard work."
BTTT
best summary of Bush's first term I have heard, with the possible exception of Guiliani's take on things.
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