I differentiate the War on Terror from Homeland Security. Bush is dropping the ball on Homeland Security by failing to secure the border, no doubt. But he is being strong on prosecuting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is what I would consider the “War on Terror”, and I give him his props for that.
I didn’t say they were the same thing. I said they are related.
What’s the point of fighting them over there if you’re gonna let ‘em creep in here over the borders for another sneak attack?
They might make it in through other means, even if the borders were secure, but why make it easy for them if you’re really serious about defeating terrorists?
I'm not giving him the 'props' (whatever they are) on that, because he has not allowed our soldiers to fight aggressively enough. Fallujah should have been a smoldering hole in the ground the second that we saw pictures of dead burnt bodies of US contractors hanging from that bridge. All of Western Pakistan (where the Taliban and bin Laden are hiding) should have been reduced to rubble, before they infect Afghanistan again.
I used to believe that the President's "Islam is a religion of peace," was just BS to lie to the enemy, but I now believe that he actually believes it. Not stomping the menace of Islam, and amnesty for the illegals are what he really meant by "compassionate conservatism".
If he wants to take things personally, I cannot wait until the next Presidential approval ratings come out next week. He will see his already low rating cut at least in half. That's what happens when you insult your base.