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Howard Dean: ‘We’ve not paid attention to al-Qaida’
AP / Portsmouth Herald ^
| 1/2/2004
| Holly Ramer
Posted on 01/03/2004 9:53:06 AM PST by rs79bm
NASHUA, N.H. -- Democrat Howard Dean said that the events of the last few weeks have shown he was right to conclude that Saddam Husseins capture didnt make America safer.
Dean, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, faced criticism from his partys rivals for his comments following the Dec. 13 capture of Saddam. Since then, the national terrorism alert has been raised to orange and more troops have been killed in Iraq, he said at a town hall meeting in Nashua.
"They got all excited, but here we are," the former Vermont governor said. "Weve lost 10 more troops and F-16s are escorting foreign passenger jets into our air space because were now more worried than we were before.
"I can assure you its not Saddam whos threatening to bomb airplanes," Dean said. "Its al-Qaida. Weve not paid attention to al-Qaida. Weve spent $160 billion, lost over 400 servicemen, and wounded and permanently maimed over 2,000 people because we picked the wrong target."
Dean said even though he opposed the war, his greatest fear now is that "this administration will pull out of Iraq too early for political reasons," Dean said.
If that happens, al-Qaida will move into Iraq and become more powerful than ever.
"My fear is that the (Karl) Rove polls will tell him (Bush), Youve gotta get out, youve gotta get out, and hell start doing that, " Dean said, referring to Bushs chief political adviser.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:53:07 AM PST
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rs79bm
To: rs79bm
"Weve not paid attention to al-Qaida."
lol. Right. What an a$$.
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01/03/2004 9:55:55 AM PST
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To: nuconvert
What is wrong with this guy?
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:56:49 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Bush has stolen two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
To: rs79bm
Li'l Howie tugging on Superman's cape again.
To: rs79bm
Not that you would ever want to test out Dean's theories in real life, but it might be fun to hear what he would do different that what Bush has done, other than to put Saddam back in power, with our apologies.
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:57:14 AM PST
by
stevem
To: rs79bm
Yes, this administration is poll driven, just like the Clinton administration. /sarcasm
Hey Dean, you're an idiotic ideologue who is as clueless as Gore is wooden.
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:57:50 AM PST
by
stylin_geek
(Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
To: rs79bm
This will come as a great surprise to the al quaida terrorists hiding in caves being actively hunted down by the US military.
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:57:52 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Jesus Christ is Lord..... Deal with it.)
To: rs79bm
Dean is a media whore, will do & say anything to get in the paper.
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:58:14 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
To: rs79bm
Al Qaida? What's that? Why is he using that name like I should know what it is?
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posted on
01/03/2004 9:58:28 AM PST
by
Steel Wolf
(Darth Revan? Me? Why no, I'm just a fine upstanding young Jedi Knight.)
To: rs79bm
He'd whine the loudest about the unfairness if we were found to have been quietly assassinating the bastards.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:00:01 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Disinformation is the leftist's and enemy's friend; consider the source before believing.)
To: Skooz
Ask Mohammad Atef about that...lol.
Oh thats right! You can't because he's dead!
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:00:44 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
To: Steel Wolf
It's Al Gore's third cousin, twice removed.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:01:50 AM PST
by
kylaka
To: rs79bm
Do you think Mr. Dean realizes that the things he says are completely nonsensical? He's so opposed to the war, but he's afraid now that we'll extricate ourselves from our commitment to the war too soon?
Puh-leeze!
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:02:47 AM PST
by
AQGeiger
(Behind every good 82nd Airborne paratrooper is a wife supporting him All the Way.)
To: rs79bm
DR. Dean do you take ALL the drugs before you speak or do you ration then out through the day?
Please, let this man be the Dem. they put up against Bush.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:02:49 AM PST
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: rs79bm
Ah...that 'splains the arrests and our anger at France for pulling a Davis and tipping off a group of terrorists. Because we're not paying attention to al Qaeda.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:03:20 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
If Bush only wanted to do the politically easy thing, he never would have gone after Iraq.
That took more courage than Dean can conceive of. So he projects onto Bush what he can understand - do what's best for yourself politically.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:06:21 AM PST
by
D-fendr
To: rs79bm
Trying to follow the *logic* here.... if "we picked the wrong target" why would it be his greatest fear for us to pull out now?
Oops - forgot - Dean *logic* is at work here.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:06:45 AM PST
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: rs79bm
Just last week Dean was saying Osama should get a fair, unbiased trial. Now he's a tough guy.
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:09:02 AM PST
by
Azzurri
To: rs79bm
"They got all excited, but here we are," the former Vermont governor said. "Weve lost 10 more troops...Resulting in 10 "high-fives" at Dean HQ
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posted on
01/03/2004 10:11:22 AM PST
by
dagnabbit
(Suport Amnesty 2007 ! For illegals arriving after Bush's 04 amnesty. It's never too early to care.)
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