Posted on 03/03/2004 7:30:28 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
George W. Bush calls himself "a war president," but Americans seem to be more focused of late on the state of the economy. The war was fought and won so swiftly, it has virtually faded from the minds of Americans, despite the fact we have troops deployed in combat situations in both Iraq and in Afghanistan.
Once the "embedded" journalists came home, the war, for most people, was over. Only it's not. This war is about transforming a region of the world in ways that may well take a generation or more. It's about ridding the region of despotism. It's about putting in place the structures for real, lasting democracy. That will take a long time.
Americans have always been reluctant to change presidents in the midst of a war, but now Democrats are telling people that the Iraq war was unjust and unwise. This is how the Democrat Party is seeking to seize power again. Given the fact that America was attacked, to undermine the resolve of Americans to wage a war that has, to date, protected them against a further attack, is idiotic. And worse.
This is why Americans are being told over and over again that Bush43 "misled" or even "lied" to them? Of late, we are being told the president has no "strategy." If so, whatever he's doing seems to be working.
Why is this generation of Americans so impatient with the process of initiating some form of democracy in Iraq? Why not remove a dictator who waged two wars with neighboring nations, gassed his own citizens, and tried to assassinate a former US President? In essence, the real issue of Iraq is whether or not it was the right and, indeed, the moral thing to do? Americans instinctively understand this.
As evidence mounts of countless thousands of Iraqis murdered by Saddam's regime, why do Democrats want to get out as fast as possible while saying nothing about the future for Iraq if it is allowed to become another Islamic republic. Do we really need another Iran in that area?
The likely candidate for the Democrat Party nomination, Sen. John Kerry, was one of the leading protesters of our war in Vietnam, but this war is very different. It is the stealthy use of terror to weaken our resolve to thwart the ambitions of fundamentalist Muslims; men who are committed to imposing their religion on the world.
Unlike too many Americans, they are very patient. They waited for eight years between the first bombing of the Twin Towers in 1993 and the attack in 2001 that destroyed that symbol of America's economic power.
Reportedly, they are training an unknown number of terrorists to become "sleeper cells" in America to wreak further terror upon us in the years ahead. There are an estimated 1.2 million Arabs in America, some 75% of whom are Christian. According to the latest US Census, about 20% of Arabs in America are Muslim, but that is more than enough among whom to hide. There are, in addition, both American blacks and Asian Muslims. There are more than two thousand mosques in America in which to meet and plot their attacks.
The election campaign is shaping up as one led by a Democrat candidate who thinks the war is a "law enforcement" problem, not a potential for unthinkable lethal attacks that can take place in any American city at any time. Sen. Kerry is looking to tap the coward's vote.
George W. Bush is not perfect. No president is, but he understands the scope of the threat that America faces. The Democrats either do not or they do not care. They have demonstrated they are willing to say anything to acquire the power of the Oval Office.
Their last candidate for president, Al Gore, is now going around saying that Bush "betrayed" America. No, he did not. Bush acted to protect it, something former President Clinton, his Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and his National Security Adviser Sandy Berger never did.
Bump!!
"The first thing I would do as President would be to apologise to the UN."
He is trolling for the votes of cowards.
Am I better now than 4 year ago - yes I do. 4 years ago the economy was going to fall off the cliff, scam artists were selling billions and billions of dollars of worthless stock to the unsuspecting public, terrorists were training to attack America. Now, we are recovering from the Clinton's mess, economy is slowly coming back, corporate crooks are prosecuted and terrorists are on the run.
Because they were not idle!
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina,
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr.,
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured
1994 Air France Hijacking,
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan,
1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack,
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking,
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping,
1996 Paris Subway Explosion,
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing,
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings,
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis,
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru,
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing,
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing
2003 Ticrit Mosque Bombing
2003 Neveh Shalom Synagogue Bombing in Istanbul, Turkey
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1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympic Massacure
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis,
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis,
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure,
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President,
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister,
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6,
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit,
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing,
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking,
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece,
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing,
credit for putting this together goes to Diogenesis and Doug from upland
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