Posted on 02/16/2003 2:55:47 PM PST by FairOpinion
"The other reason is that after this supposed "backdown" from Frist, there was not a dem media conference laughing at the repubs for backing down; which is their usual style."
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Agreed. And good point. FRegards,
Dog, the stationing of missle batteries in the Capital would weigh heavily on a 'flying' weapon being a real threat to try and counter. Along with those batteries, the ground alert CB teams were put on alert for rapid response (should a vehicle, manned or otherwise, carrying chem or bio weapons be brought down).
Leni
Maybe this might give you some indication?
Hillary Accepts Contributions from Boston Area Muslim Terrorist Supporters
Thanks Dog. Quite creepy.
Does anyone here have access to RollCall.com? Mort has a very relevant column there called "If Al Qaeda Strikes, Will Nation Unite – Or Point Fingers?", but you're not allowed to read it unless you shell out $200. Of course, you can have it for free if you're so much as a janitor on Capitol Hill, the jerks...
This article looks interesting too: It’s Business as Usual in Most Offices, Despite Elevated Fears"
MR. RUSSERT: Before you go, Time magazine reports that members of Congress were targets of assassination attempts and that there were several multiple attacks that the FBI believed planned for Wednesday, for February 12th. Can you confirm that?
DR. RICE: Well, there has been a lot of chatter about the period of time, and there was some concern that the terrorists might try to use the end of the hajj in this way. But we are working to disrupt these terrorist networks every day. This is something that didn’t begin yesterday, and it’s not going to end just because the hajj is ending. This is the primary preoccupation of the United States government.
Saddam has a strategic objective and a strategic plan in place.
The strategic objective is the defeat of America. Since Saddam knows an Iraqi defeat of America is an impossibility, his strategic plan is to initiate a war between Islam and America.
I believe Saddam is prepared to sacrifice the Iraqi people to achieve his goal.
If Saddam and his surrogates attack first, then the next battle will remain between Saddam and the U.S. and most Muslim nations will respect the United States right to defend itself.
If, however, the U.S. attacks in the next several weeks absent a U.N. authorized resolution(China will veto any attempt to get another resolution authorizing force), Saddam may be successful in igniting a war between the U.S. and a significant portion of Islam, after Israel becomes involved.
Had the Bush Administration been truthful from the start and told the world that Saddam was behind 9-11 and the anthrax mailings and asked for a Declaration of War from Congress and invoked our right of self defense,I don't believe world opinion and old allies be opposing us the way they are today. I believe many in the Islamic world would have respected the United States' right to wage war in self defense.
This PR nightmare of a preemptive war is a tough sale in the world and it plays right into the strategic plan of Saddam , in my opinion.
I believe there will not be another major attack from Saddam's surrogates on U.S. soil until a major offensive against Iraq begins.
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