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David French: The ‘Idiots’ Were Right, Mr. Bannon
National Review ^ | September 11, 2017 | David French

Posted on 09/11/2017 2:31:55 PM PDT by EveningStar

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To: Impy

No, but he did have the USS New Jersey give them about 300 sixteen inch wake up calls.
Reagan wasn’t an idiot like the Bush family is.

He pounded them and left.
Same with Libya. Gave Khaddaffy a very nasty and comprehensive airstrike. He got the message and was still cooperating with us when the EU and Obama decided to attack him and turn the place over to AL Qeida.

Reagan smart... Bush idiot.


41 posted on 09/11/2017 3:53:56 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Cubs Fan

French is a well known trump hater.


42 posted on 09/11/2017 3:54:50 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Impy

nope. told he was too busy elsewhere.


43 posted on 09/11/2017 4:21:34 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Alberta's Child

What about the Ft. Hood shooter? Brought into the army under W.?


44 posted on 09/11/2017 4:29:53 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: EveningStar

Bannon is mostly right. George W. just didn’t know when to say no to the globalists military complex and, as far as I know, NEVER vetoed a major spending bill and let the media run all over him.

David French is only slightly right.


45 posted on 09/11/2017 4:35:52 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: EveningStar

And that my FRiends is why there’s only about 1 writer (Andrew McCarthy) left at NR worth reading.


46 posted on 09/11/2017 4:41:12 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I was supportive of GWB in his military plans too, but I doubt I will ever be in favor of large scale, “boots on the ground” actions ever again, except when the US has absolutely no choice. The reason being, our politicians won’t fight to win, and win quickly. They dither and shilly shally along with half measures for years and years while our people and our allies get killed and maimed, and our money goes down the drain.


47 posted on 09/11/2017 5:04:09 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: EveningStar

Hey! At least we now have the TSA!


48 posted on 09/11/2017 5:16:14 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Impy
Al Queda still exists, taliban still exist, ISIS created. All Bush did was waste trillions of dollars.

Yep. And cost America the lives of nearly 4,500 of our sons and daughters in Iraq, and over 2,300 more in Afghanistan. And for what, exactly, besides the tired line of crap that says "so we don't have to fight the terrorists over here". No mention of those numbers by the RE puke JAG officer, Major David French.

49 posted on 09/11/2017 5:23:56 PM PDT by Hat-Trick (Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
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To: Alberta's Child
How many Americans were killed by "jihadist terrorists" on U.S. soil before 9/11?

I suspect I know what you're implying but it ain't gonna work. 9/11 occurred less than eight months after Bush took office so if you're gonna cast blame then look to his predecessor.........

50 posted on 09/11/2017 5:29:50 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Afghanistan and Iraq, but learned my lesson on “nation building”.

There was no "nation building" involved in Iraq. The Iraq war was a success until Obama came into office and withdrew all American support which was contradictory to the President Bush plan...........As far as Afghanistan, I have no comment.

51 posted on 09/11/2017 5:37:20 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (q)
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To: Alberta's Child

The point of the article is to point out how none were killed by jihadis on President GW Bush’s watch AFTER 9/11. The others to which you refer didn’t happen on Bush’s watch. On that score the author is correct.


52 posted on 09/11/2017 5:42:00 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA
The point isn't relevant at all.

No Americans were killed by volcanic eruptions in the U.S. while George W. Bush was president, either. Does that say anything about any decision he made as president?

53 posted on 09/11/2017 6:19:41 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Hot Tabasco
I'm not blaming anyone for 9/11 at all. The author makes this case that the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq and Afghanistan must have been smart ones because very few Americans were killed by Islamic terrorists in the U.S. since 9/11. All I did was point out that very few Americans were killed by jihadists before 9/11, too -- and I wouldn't read that as evidence of anything at all.
54 posted on 09/11/2017 6:22:26 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: EveningStar

Never forget that Muslim immigration accelerated rapidly after 9/11 as part of Bush’s neocon plan to democratize the Muslim world. The logic goes something like “if we let Muslims into the USA, they become Americanized and then spread Americanism back to where they came from.”


55 posted on 09/11/2017 6:43:18 PM PDT by WatchungEagle
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To: WatchungEagle

The logic goes something like “if we let Muslims into the USA, they become.......

.................. the Ummah in America.
Their holy book commands that they impose shariah.
Jihad to make the infidel submit is their duty.

Know Islam, No Peace

No Islam, Know Peace.


56 posted on 09/11/2017 6:58:21 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: EveningStar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_San_Francisco_SUV_rampage

& the Airport attack.


57 posted on 09/11/2017 7:29:39 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Cecily

I agree. I thought that 9/11 would have been enough for our country to come together to win a war, but the Democrats were more interested in beating the feckless Bush and protecting Islam.


58 posted on 09/11/2017 7:30:25 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Alberta's Child

Volcanoes didn’t plan and execute the murder of 3000+ Americans in one day now, did they? Obviously you are not a “W” fan, but the fact remains that he did implement programs that prevented any further Muslim extremist massacres on U.S. soil during the remainder of his term.


59 posted on 09/11/2017 9:48:37 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So why are we going back? Bears repeating get out and stay out.


60 posted on 09/12/2017 1:08:24 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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