"We are caught in a trap. The very success of the Bush strategy, in preventing another major terror strike on the U.S., confronting and arresting the progress of Islamist terrorism in the Middle East and elsewhere and also in consolidating the post-Cold War European gains of NATO and the European Union, contributes to an illusion of security in a world that has seldom been such a dangerous place. People forget what alliances require."
The big question is, How do you convert this situation to a campaign strategy to assist a good conservative Republican presidential candidate for the 2008 election?
Especially if Hillary gets elected.
I have personally believed that we will not see the next major terror attack until Bush is out of office. They know how Bush will react to an attack, so they’ll wait and see how “the new President” reacts. Just been a theory of mine for a few years because I believe if they had wanted to pull off a major attack they could have/would have. So in my mind there’s no other reason we haven’t seen a major event other than that Bush is in office. Maybe I’m wrong, and if I am, and an attack happens, I think a Republican will easily be elected as President.
Not if we’re smart enough to elect Duncan Hunter...
I'm not sure I like where this logic takes us. The world would be safer had the terrorists been allowed free reign to wreak havoc on the Western World? We'd be better off with a few dozen more 911s?
The writer seems to be suggesting the world is more dangerous because Bush policies have prevented another 911 style attack on the U.S.
The world became much more dangerous because a certain rapist and perjuring scumbag decided that playing cigar games with interns, allowing the ChiComs to get missile technology, and not answering a growing enemy who hit us several times was business as usual for a president and leader of the Free World.
This is the really sickening thing about the Democrats. Since Vietnam the Democrats haven’t learned a thing. Their Foreign Policy is all carrot and no stick.
The War in Iraq is only one issue - But overall I see A nation and a people falling all over themselves to accommodate and appease their adversaries.
What do you think countries like China and Russia are thinking?
For Christ's sake we don't even have the courage to name our enemy - what is this "War on Terrorism" crap? What message do you think we send to "the world" when we make it clear that our hands are bound by political correctness?
There are a lot of factors in play here.