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"Fmr. Asst. Sec of Defense Gaffney. knows nothing about national security."

Are you also asserting that Gaffney has never, ever made a mistake--and that he never will?

Are you also asserting that Gaffney has never, ever made a mistake--and that he never will?

Of course not. I was simply pointing out his credentials.

Here is the problem: The President doesn't have the luxury of telling or explaining everything to everyone's satisfaction. They can only go on what they know and either trust him, or people in the media to interpret most of his activities. There is always a natural tendency to assume that what you don't know, doesn't exist. Its just like with the NSA controversy. FReepers didn't know about the program, so some might have assumed that Bush was not doing all he could to fight terrorism on our shores.

Some folks might have taken the leak of that information to calm their paranoia, upon finding out about that program and assumed that there are probably hundreds or thousands of secret programs in place to help protect us that we will never know about.

Many use the borders as an example of Bush inaction, without ever considering that in fact, they have no idea what Bush is, or is not doing about Border security or anything else.

That kind of perspective requires one to have the ability to think, gather facts and make a determination based upon them. Instead, people on the left and an increasing number of people on the right have traded that ability for believing whatever fits with their own prevailing viewpoint.

You can neither argue or debate with these people, because the facts have no bearing on their opinions. They only say what they believe to be true, and never take the time to find out whether or not they are wrong.