ROTFLMAO!
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.
Exactly what he needed to say two years ago, and keep saying at every opportunity.
Oh, O.K.
ROTFLMAO!
"tell ole BJ to get off the stage and stay in retirement". Didn't you know the Hillary for President Committee has already hired him to start early, building a case for herself, who better than Slick Willie.
She has no intentions of completing her term in senate. Too Bad we don't have anyone strong enough to bump her off her seat. All the Dems are self destructing, if you notice BJ isn't backing any of them and neither is Hillary. I sure in the heck hope that MCCain stays out of the race.
Klin-ton never made a move withut consulting a focus group or a poll. Just the kind of leader DIMOS love, but puts our country at extreme risk. This arrogant SOB has the audacity to come out and criticize Bush. God help us all if Hitlery gets in.
Maybe Honoree gave him a few pointer. He needs to start speaking up at every turn. Either you with me or your with the terrorist . He is the president and should take control of the long leach we have given the DEMs.
Personally, I give most observers more credit than that. I think they could tell that when someone's accused of expecting the President to "solve" any problems, when in fact he said absolutely no such thing, it would be clear to most observers that it's the accuser who's being the fool.
The "new tone" was rejected by the Demonrats in the POTUS's first month in office. Yet W has tried valiantly to cling to it.
I can hear them now: "We greatly deplore that the president has chosen to take the low road in responding to the valid concerns of American citizens in an out of government." Doesn't that sound like a typical Demonrat?
Perhaps he is. But when are more people going to notice it?
Apparently not if the Pentagon destroyed intel (Able Danger) equivalent to 25% of the volume of the Library of Congress before GWB assumed office.
But regardless, what implications would that have had on the administration's ability to hit back at those responsible for the Cole bombing? That Able Danger thing was about identifying and tracking individual terrorists, not about finding out which organizations and state sponsors were responsible for what attacks.
It wasn't a backbone he needed, he needed to stop trying to be so F'ing nice the people that what to bring him down and lie about him.
It is about time he started giving it back to them.
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