The Breck Girl apparently hadn't heard about the many, many terrorists who found safe harbor in Saddam's loving bosom....
Posted on 10/19/2004 11:06:25 AM PDT by jcb8199
WINDHAM, N.H. - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday accused President Bush of failing the United States and the world in Iraq citing unsecured nuclear weapons abroad and unprotected ports at home as further evidence of the president's "incompetence."
"He's created something that didn't exist before the war in Iraq — he's created a haven for terrorists," Edwards said.
Contending that Bush gave in to chemical industry lobbyists by not requiring greater security against terrorist attacks at the nation's chemical plants, Edwards said Bush has not secured "loose" nuclear weapons in other countries and has failed to protect airports and ports in the United States.
"This is not leadership — this is incompetence," Edwards said.
Bush is scaring people about terrorism and the war in Iraq to get people to vote against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, Edwards said.
"While they campaign on fear, we're going to talk about the facts," Edwards told about 500 supporters. "John Kerry and I are going to unite this country so we can win the war against terrorism."
Edwards outlined the Democratic ticket's plan for helping the middle class, which includes expanding and making permanent several tax cuts and deductions for people making less than $200,000 per year while eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. He blamed Bush for failing to create good-paying jobs.
"George Bush is completely out of touch with what's happening in people's lives," Edwards said. "You can't stand over and over with the big HMOs, the big drug companies, the big oil companies and the Saudi royal family and still stand with the American people."
Republicans said Kerry is acting desperate in the waning days of the campaign. Bruce Keough, chairman of Bush's campaign in New Hampshire, said many of Kerry's campaign promises are "laughable" and wouldn't pass the "straight-face test."
"President Bush understands ownership is the key to independence," Keough said, "owning our own homes, owning our businesses, and owning our own medical savings accounts."
The Breck Girl apparently hadn't heard about the many, many terrorists who found safe harbor in Saddam's loving bosom....
Yes, and that terror haven is not the US...
Huh? Bill Clinton allowed al Qaeda to build a haven in Afghanistan unmolested. Any terrorist who comes to Iraq is going to be hunted down like a dog.
But to Edwards, that somehow represents a haven?
the terrorists are coming to iraq where we can kill them
this is an economical way to conduct the WOT.. edwards and
kerry are TOTAL idiots. Doom and Gloomers
Afghanistan was a haven. Iraq is like a roach motel.
- By bending over, surrendering and supporting terrorist causes.
Looks and sounds like hell to them right now.
It didn't create terrorist, once a terrorist always a terrorist. It's more like a bug zapper draw 'em in and zap 'em.
Apparently a "haven" is a place where you face a very high probability of having a GPS guided bomb dropped on your head.
From a Marine Corps Major in Baghdad:
Remember, in war "Away" games are always preferable to "Home" games.
Before you slaughter cattle, you gotta round 'em up!
Oooohhh .... YUCK!!!!
It created a Roach Motel for terrorists.
They go in, but they don't come out.
WHat could be better for a military general to have all
of the enemies concentrated in one area?
How would he know anything anyway? He's too busy primping, combing, looking into a COMPACT, having his locks sprayed after he plays with them for an hour...yipes
MANY? MANY?
Nothing in his campaign passes the "straight-face test."
Even some of the dimwits I know believe it's good to have the terrorists holed up in Iraq. They still fault Bush because he didn't say he was going to do that, to them it's all WMD. Warning the terrorists that you are setting a trap for them is the dim way, I guess.
Anyway, there is almost complete agreement that this war is better fought in Iraq than here. Edwards is going to alienate some of his own people.
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