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Kerry Pledges Return to Clinton Terrorism Policies
NewsMax.com ^
| January 31, 2004
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 01/31/2004 9:41:06 PM PST by Carl/NewsMax
Democratic presidential front-runner John F. Kerry pledged on Saturday that if he becomes president he'll treat terrorist acts against the U.S. as a law enforcement problem rather than as acts of war - the approach favored by President Clinton throughout the 1990's as Osama bin Laden repeatedly struck U.S. targets with impunity.
Speaking before a group of Oklahoma City firefighters, Kerry complained that the Bush adminsitration "doesn't understand the war on terror."
Under a Kerry administration, he said, the fight against terrorism "will involve the military now and then," but it will be "primarily an intelligence gathering, law enforcement operation."
"It's a great big manhunt," Kerry explained. "[The Bush] administration has translated that legitimate threat into a completely wrongheaded kind of full-fledged military response."
Since 9/11, U.S. terrorism experts have said that the Clinton administration's legalistic approach to fighting al Qaeda not only proved ineffective - it actually emboldened bin Laden to the point where he thought he could launch an attack on U.S. soil without prompting a serious military response.
Indeed, in a 2002 speech to New York business leaders, Mr. Clinton himself cited legal concerns as an excuse for his decision not to have bin Laden arrested five years before the 9/11 attacks.
"At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against America," said Clinton. "So I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America."
To listen to ex-president Clinton explain why he didn't have Osama bin Laden arrested, Click Here.
TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 2004; binladen; clinton; clintonlegacy; kerry
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To: nopardons
It surely is nice to see a thread where people are thinking with their brains instead of their butts. ;o)
81
posted on
01/31/2004 11:32:47 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
To: gonzo
STOLEN!!!!!!!!!
82
posted on
01/31/2004 11:37:36 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG (Logan's Personal Mafia Hit Squad))
To: dixiechick2000
They're all over on Jim's thread, probably. Trying to convince we sheep (baaaaaaaaaaaa) that Anybody But Bush Is Better For America.
83
posted on
01/31/2004 11:38:38 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG (Logan's Personal Mafia Hit Squad))
To: Brad's Gramma
LOL! There have been, at least, two other threads today along those same lines.
It's getting downright disturbing! ;o)
84
posted on
01/31/2004 11:40:25 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
To: Carl/NewsMax
BUMP bookmarked for later use in campaign.
85
posted on
01/31/2004 11:44:11 PM PST
by
WOSG
(I don't want the GOP to become a circular firing squad and the Socialist Democrats a majority.)
To: dixiechick2000
It's getting downright disturbing! ;o) Naaaaaaaaa.......in the bigger scheme of things....don't let it get to you.
86
posted on
01/31/2004 11:44:29 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG (Logan's Personal Mafia Hit Squad))
To: Carl/NewsMax
Looks like they injected the Botox a little to deep into his head.
To: dixiechick2000
My #86 to you....Do I win some sort of prize for the most incoherent post of the evening?
LOL!!!!
GOOD NIGHT!
88
posted on
01/31/2004 11:45:46 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG (Logan's Personal Mafia Hit Squad))
To: My2Cents
"Isn't this kind of statement which started Dean to unravel?"
Indeed.
Dean started to come unglued when he bone-headedly said that catching Saddam didnt make us safer.
Then the coalition military made great progress post-capture in going after insurgents.
Now we have a great opportunity to ask how a "law-enforcement" approach could catch the Al Qaeda fighters protected by the taliban.
89
posted on
01/31/2004 11:46:47 PM PST
by
WOSG
(I don't want the GOP to become a circular firing squad and the Socialist Democrats a majority.)
To: nopardons
If Kerry wins, he's likely to get a Democrat Congress with hims...
Shudder.
90
posted on
01/31/2004 11:47:43 PM PST
by
WOSG
(I don't want the GOP to become a circular firing squad and the Socialist Democrats a majority.)
To: dixiechick2000
Enjoy it while it lasts; the fringers just haven't found this thread .......yet.
To: Brad's Gramma
I understood what you meant. lol
I'm not letting any of these threads get me down. It's still early, Dubya is sitting on more $$$ than the pretenders, combined, ever dreamed of having, and he hasn't started campaigning, yet. No worries, at the moment.
Good night, Gramma.
92
posted on
01/31/2004 11:49:29 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
To: FairOpinion
Fri Jan 30, 6:14 PM
According to newly declassified official documents, Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s former Taliban rulers rebuffed more than 30 US requests to expel Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) between 1996 and just before the September 11 attacks in 2001(AFP/File)
US Senators listen as former weapon inspector Dr. David Kay testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) hearing on Capitol Hill(AFP/Mark Wilson)
I did not have botox, I did not have botox, I did not have botox...
93
posted on
01/31/2004 11:49:38 PM PST
by
kcvl
To: WOSG
Of course he is and those screaming for a " divided " government are far too gone to understand that.
To: kcvl
Now why did you do that?
I was almost ready to go to bed. Someone please, put up a decent picture of someone with brains.....NOT the fat and getting fatter hillary! or Mr. BotoxMan himself.
95
posted on
01/31/2004 11:51:37 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG (Logan's Personal Mafia Hit Squad))
To: nopardons
It's a nice respite, for the moment, at least.
It's very good to see you. ;o)
96
posted on
01/31/2004 11:51:38 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
To: FairOpinion
And nothing, unfortunately,is going to dissuade them or correct their " thinking "; but WE know.
To: dixiechick2000
Yes it is and it's lovely sharing a thread withYOU.
To: Brad's Gramma
Wait until a couple of weeks when Kerry's face starts falling (again) It's going to slide right off this time. lol!
99
posted on
01/31/2004 11:55:09 PM PST
by
kcvl
To: kcvl
LOL !
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