Posted on 09/22/2005 12:50:55 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
Bush: Weak terror response led to 9/11
Sep 22, 2005, 19:00 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- President Bush said withdrawing from Iraq would be a mistake that would embolden terrorists just as U.S. responses to other attacks led to 9/11 hijackings.
Speaking Thursday at the Pentagon after an update on the war on terror, Bush said a pullback would be seen as weakness and make the United States less safe.
'The terrorists saw our response to the hostage crisis in Iran, the bombings in the Marine barracks in Lebanon, the first World Trade Center attack, the killing of American soldiers in Somalia, the destruction of two U.S. embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole,' Bush said. 'The terrorists concluded that we lacked the courage and character to defend ourselves and so they attacked us.'
It was the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, carried out by al-Qaida operatives, that led Bush to launch the war on terror with an attack on Afghanistan, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been given sanctuary. Bush links the fighting in Iraq with the war on terror.
The president said the plan is to follow a strategy of making political gains in the affected counties, while training local personnel to assume security operations.
Just a thought.
Nice, maybe Bush will have a moment of clarity on illegal immigration, too. Just throwing your hands up and legalizing them is not a plan, it's capitulation, Mr. President!
What can you expect from one with "Hophead" for a moniker.
You missed the point completely. It's not what you would or would not do. It is about what government is allowed to do or not do.
A rather nuanced "standing up" for himself I'd say...IF it wasn't said inadvertently (which is what I believe to be the case.)
"Better late than never"?!
Bush has been pointing out this truth SINCE 9/11 - see links above.
It's called "diplomacy" and the art of politics. But, leaving that aside, you honestly believe the President of the United States has REPEATEDLY, USING THE SAME EXACT WORDS, been "inadvertent"?
clintoon can't diddle ... that's why he prefers the rough stuff ... he has to take out his defects on someone
Somebody posted that as a graphic on the forum (bumpersticker).
I should have clarified my post a bit more.
I believe it was "inadvertent" that Dubya would criticize Bubba Clinton in any way shape or form.
I assume Dubya's already been on the phone with Clinton, apologizing profusely.
But its so much easier to place blame than to listen to facts.
Excellent rant. So it was 26 years of problems that were supposed to be solved in 8 months. What a slaker that Bush fella is!
Maybe he finally got fed up with Bubba bad-mouthing him - after all he and his father have done to try to restore Clinton's reputation. It shows a lack of "loyalty" - one of the characteristics the Bush family prises the most.
W has let to many hanging curves go by.The Bushes play to much defenes for my taste.
It's way past time Bush stood up to the reporters and said "oh, by the way, Clinton had 8 years to do something, anything, and when he got the information, he had it destroyed - see Able Danger". Meanwhile, Bush endured a relentless Gore's attempt to steal the election, sending 100s of lawyers to dissenfranchise our military votes in FL, Clinton kept Bush from fielding a staff for the new admin. Then, the disgusted X42 raids and robbs the WH which again delays things, the senate drags their fat fee on confirmation hearings for AG John Ashcroft, oh and let's never forget the 20 days of April, 2001 where China held our airmen and women hostage and Bush got them all home SAFE and SOUND without starting a WAR on CHINA! Oh, but somehow, while democrats claim Bush to be stupid and ignorant, yet when it comes to national security and AL-Quaida, he's supposed to be ALL-Knowing and on top of the whole thing so as to get all the blame when 9/11 commission blasts him for not doing enough to prevent the terrorists!
OK, I'm done ranting (for now)...
To be fair, until Sunday's chat with Russert, Clinton had not personally taken a big swipe at GWB. I think the President has been doing just fine, public polling be damned.
It'll pass next time the immigration question or the Palestinian question comes up.
I was against the 9/11 Commission from the start, especially one with Gorelick on it.
I think he needs to do more of this. He has nothing to lose, really.
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