Posted on 09/22/2005 12:50:55 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
Bush: Weak terror response led to 9/11
Sep 22, 2005, 19:00 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- President Bush said withdrawing from Iraq would be a mistake that would embolden terrorists just as U.S. responses to other attacks led to 9/11 hijackings.
Speaking Thursday at the Pentagon after an update on the war on terror, Bush said a pullback would be seen as weakness and make the United States less safe.
'The terrorists saw our response to the hostage crisis in Iran, the bombings in the Marine barracks in Lebanon, the first World Trade Center attack, the killing of American soldiers in Somalia, the destruction of two U.S. embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole,' Bush said. 'The terrorists concluded that we lacked the courage and character to defend ourselves and so they attacked us.'
It was the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, carried out by al-Qaida operatives, that led Bush to launch the war on terror with an attack on Afghanistan, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been given sanctuary. Bush links the fighting in Iraq with the war on terror.
The president said the plan is to follow a strategy of making political gains in the affected counties, while training local personnel to assume security operations.
He would be if he didn't have the same blind sides as his ol' man. Can't speak and trusts, but does not verify.
So In Reagans defense I don't think he could gone after Syria since they where an ally of the Soviets..
What a stupid comment.
I always wonder if people like you really believe the false things they spew or do you honestly have no idea of what that state of the record is and just make it up out of spite?
Or is there some other reason you act like he has not said this before?
I watched that press conference. Bush clearly was agitated; he snapped at a couple of reporters, and I don't blame him. Why should he have to suffer such fools?
Finally, he spoke up and defended himself! I didn't think we'd ever see it!
My sentiments exactly. I have been waiting for him to tell it like it is. Hooray!!!
'The terrorists saw our response to the hostage crisis in Iran, the bombings in the Marine barracks in Lebanon, the first World Trade Center attack, the killing of American soldiers in Somalia, the destruction of two U.S. embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole,' Bush said. 'The terrorists concluded that we lacked the courage and character to defend ourselves and so they attacked us.'
BRAVO Mr. President! It's about damned time you defended yourself against Bubba's attack machine.
No,. he didn't slam anybody. If he did, he also slammed Pres. Carter, Reagan, his father, and the toon.
"I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell." Pres. Harry S. Truman
Yeah, wait a second? Since when does Bush defend himself?
He's said it before.
I sent an email to the Whitehouse telling them I was thrilled to see his speech this morning!
By the looks of things, I am not the only one here who thinks W is overdue in standing up to the left. The same thing can be said of the Republicans in general.
Al Qaeda morphed from the Mujahadeen in Bush's daddy's administration. Trying to shove the tragedy into the realm of the Reagan Admin. is a low down and dirty cheap shot!
He is a great leader and despite my disagreements with him on some of his domestic policies, there's never been any doubt about his courage or integrity.
hophead's ad hominem was a cheap shot, unworthy of a FReeper! Better served over in DU.
BAM SLAM CRACK BOOM - take that Carter, take that Clinton.
He always had a backbone
His only mistake was trusting the media and the press to actually report the truth
I expect his rhetoric to increase; and in the end, he will leave his critics in a bloody pulp.
It is also used as an affirmation, as in "So we're gonna' go out and kick some Mooj butt today, hoooah?"
The answer to that is, of course, "Hoooah!"
However, it's very embarrassing to hear civilian employees in Iraq saying "hoooah".
Yes .. he has .. many many times
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