Posted on 02/19/2006 1:01:35 PM PST by Brian_Baldwin
The Bush administration refuses to take control of the Mexican border, despite 911 and the dangers such careless lax of security exposes our citizens to, and now the questionable outsourcing of control operations over six major U.S. ports to a company hosted out of a terrorist-sponsoring Middle-Eastern nation, a precarious enterprise which is endorsed and defended by the Bush administration to the outrage of many among both parties, Republicans and Democrats. Before 911, any political advantage and money contributions some Republicans thought they would gain from Corporate and big-Agra business which break U.S. laws through hire and exploitation of illegal aliens to the demise of the American Middle-Class, and any ill-gained “Republican” votes they thought they would garner from voter fraud of illegals or those voters who identify more with Mexico than America was in itself questionable, but after 911 it is an irresponsible and dangerous border policy. Yet, these special interests are of more importance to the Bush Administration than the safety of our citizens and our national security. Pre-911 the idea of a “Palestinian State” was questionable, and as predicted by many conservatives that such a state would simply be a Palestinian Terrorist State and a victory for Hamas was proven correct, a prediction pooh-hoed by the Bush Administration. Post -911, it is not only irresponsible of the Bush Administration to pursue and bully an Israeli retreat, it is dangerous to continue such a fantasy, as dangerous to America as it is to Israel. Now with the outsourcing of one of the most coveted targets for international Middle-Eastern terrorists - the ports of the United States - to interests which have obvious ties to the same simply attests to an uncomfortable reality to right-minded thinking Americans:
. . . that the Bush Administration is (now) living in a pre-911 view of the world, a pre-911 mentality that is likely to lead to the death of many Americans at the hands of Islamic terrorists.
There use to be what many conservatives called “The Eastern Establishment” among Republicans - the Rockefeller Republicans ("La Cooka-Rocka-Fella Republicans") whose main concern was, and is, global Corporate interests of Big Business, special interests which are of more precedent to such party hacks than American values and the interests of the United States and our people.
It looks like the Bush Administration is wearing the check-pants of this wing of the Republican Party, which isn’t conservative, and has a pre-911 view of the world, a fantasy world that is going to have consequences for the security of America and world peace in general. Giving the terrorists back-door means to attack the West doesn’t contribute to world peace, it destabilizes world peace because the same terrorists will advantage whatever weakness the West gives to them. Buying and selling, free trade, global corporate interests, all of this isn’t the same as freedom. For that matter, the Bin Laden family runs a very good construction industry - why not just let the Bin Laden family rebuild the World Trade Towers?
It is a pre-911 mentality that is going to do us harm. For me, it is clear, the Bush Administration is as much in the pre-911 mentality as the worst of some Democrats.
What is Rudy Giuliani's opinion on the port question? Has he made any statement in this regard? He is a likely candidate for the Presidency of the United States, and in that I would consider him as such a candidate, I would like to know. Where is he on this? With those who have a post-911 view of the world, or a pre-911 view of the world that the Bush Administration seems to have?
Can you be more specific?
Appear capable in the war on terror.
Not only has Bush turned his back on the border, he's turned his back on Texas and that is really perplexing to me.
I'm sorry this is a CONSERVATIVE website. You must of turned Right by misstake. You must of been looking for Druggies Unglued and posted this here in error.
Really amazingly arrogant and stupid comments about a President who is responsible for more dead Islamic terrorists them the vanity poster, or his poltical idols in the Democrat Party, ever will be
This controversy over the ports is a tempest in a teapot.
Good commentary.
The Prez said this weekend that this is a dangerous world. Maybe he knows something that puts some things such as open borders on the back burrner.
LOL, was that a note to yourself? Well... it should have been.
Grab your bong. Anything by a Baldwin makes more sense if you're stoned.
You made a complete fool of yourself on the last thread. What are you doing, going for two?
I agree. However, the border issue is huge and would give Bush the gas he needs to finish strong. I don't know why he soft peddals it so much.
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