Posted on 10/18/2015 8:46:12 AM PDT by jimbo123
Donald Trump says he's not blaming George W. Bush for 9/11, but he claims that if he'd been president, the attacks never would have happened.
In an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," the real estate mogul said that since he's "extremely, extremely tough on immigration" the attackers wouldn't have been in position to commandeer U.S. flights.
"So there's a good chance that those people would not have been in our country," Trump said.
He took another shot at Jeb Bush for claiming that Bush's brother, the 43rd president, kept the nation safe.
"I'm not blaming George Bush," Trump said. "But I don't want Jeb Bush to say, 'My brother kept us safe,' because September 11 was one of the worst days in the history of this country."
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Good argument, but let’s state the facts. Clinton set the stage, therefore is responsible. The buck stops with him. He’s the CSB that allowed it to build, to happen on his watch.
GW should have been better appraised of what Clinton had dodged to keep the peace in his term for the sake of his legacy, but to blame Bush is really a stretch.
I personally don’t blame George Bush for 9/11, but Jeb! couldn’t have picked worse examples.
Many believed then and now that Roosevelt was to blame for Pearl Harbor by taking actions Japan would likely perceive as provocative without anticipating a major counter-move.
Ronald Reagan expressly took responsibility for the results of the Beirut bombing.
Moreover, if you check the records, I think you’ll find most of the 19 hijackers were already in the country or already had visas to enter the country by the time of Bush’s inauguration. IOW, no president could have undone the fact that they were in the country, except by interdicting them after they were here, a very different and much more difficult task.
Headlines are frequently misleading, inaccurate, or not comprehensive. They are designed to attract attention and to get people to read the article.
Of course, any headline other than “TRUMP IS GOD” is inaccurate and unsuitable to his most extreme supporters.
Yes, I voted for GWB every time his name was on my ballot, but I will not do so for GPB or Jebbie.
You have stated the truth repudiated by so many of our little Republican primary voters who thus far may not be yet ready to embrace Jebbie.
GHWB adopted Dlick, remember?
Slick
He would have tore down the ‘Gorelick Wall’..
On par with Reagan and his “Tear down this wall!”
Wonder why elites are quivering?
Uh huh. Very doubtful.
Most of the 9/11 attackers were in the country legally.
Trump was a big lefty back then too so more doubtful he would have done a thing different than his good friend bill clinton.
Trump just sounds stupid now.
That being the case, I'd agree.
Jeb Bush - you miserable excuse for a man!
Your bro gave us the asinine lie of “Islam is a religion of peace.”
He kept us safe? How? By getting us into a war with Iraq? Did Iraq attack us? NO! Did your muzzy boot-licking bro go after the Saudi Royals who financed the attacks? NO! Because your bro was too busy sucking on the oily Wahhabi tit - just like the rest of the ass-kissing GOPe!
Did your bro go after the lying Pakistani pukes who were hiding OBL? NO! And don’t tell me he had no idea the Pakistanis were involved - those goat fkrs were in on it, all the way to the top. The Pakistanis are co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks. We should have NUKED Tora Bora, and then followed up by NUKING every square inch of Pakistani territory where we suspected OBL to be hiding.
We should have NUKED Saudi Arabia into oblivion - beginning with Mecca.
Jebby, your brother was a gullible halfwit, whose idea of warfare was lost in the fog of his asinine evangelical sense of “fair play” ... You KILL your enemy - you don’t coddle them with asinine promises of “democracy” .... You stomp them out of existence! Your bro had not a damn clue on either how to fight a war or who to make war upon!
In fact, like you and your daddy, your bro was a half wit with everything he touched! Hell, he could barely speak a complete sentence w/o tripping over his words. He came across as an deer-in-the-headlights idiot, in way above his head - just like you, fool! Your bro took the battle to the wrong state, and wasted a lot of young American lives and treasure for no reason other than to make happy your jackass daddy.
Screw you, JEB - and all your groveling crap-for-brains RINO GOPe buddies!
No, Trump's point was that if he were president instead of Bush, the 9/11 attacks wouldn't have happened. To that specific point I call B.S.
As to Trump's intentions to clamp down on illegal immigration, I give him a standing ovation.
Most of the 9/11 attackers were NOT in the country legally.
Hani Hasan Hanjour (26) — Saudi Arabian — pilot
In illegal status because he did not enroll, and his entry permit had expired at the time of the attack.
Nawaf al-Hamzi (or Alhamzi) — Saudi Arabian (brother of Salem)
Had been in illegal visa overstay status for nine months at the time of the attack.
Mohamed Atta — Egyptian (43) — pilot
According to the 2/04 Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, had overstayed his entry permit as of Dec. 4, 2000.
Satam al-Suqami (25) — Saudi Arabian
Was in overstay status at the time of the attack
Waleed al-Shehri (or Alshehri) (21) — Saudi Arabian (brother of Wail)
In illegal nonimmigrant status (visa overstay) at time of the attack.
Abdulaziz al-Omari (or Alomari) — Saudi Arabian
his passport was doctored (presumably with pages removed to hide his travel to countries where he obtained terrorist training).
Ahmed al-Ghamdi (or Alghamdi) — Saudi Arabian
In illegal visa overstay status at the time of the attack.
Saeed al-Ghamdi (or Alghamdi) — Saudi Arabian
According to the 2/04 Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, application falsely stated he had not previously applied for a U.S. visa.
Ahmed Ibrahim A. al-Haznawi (or Alhaznawi) (21) — Saudi Arabian
Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, his passport may have had “suspicious indicators.”
Ahmed Abdullah al-Nami (or Alnami) (23) — Saudi Arabian
Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, his passport may have had “suspicious indicators.”
http://www.fairus.org/issue/identity-and-immigration-status-of-9-11-terrorists
It’s time for us to boot every stinking musloid out of this country, shut down and then bulldoze their mosques, and out law the practice of Islam here - just as we would outlaw Nazism.
“Is Trump going to shut down all student visas? “
I would sure hope he would shut them down from Muslim countries (our enemy’s).
They overstayed.....six of them were illegals at the time and only one entered on student visa
And yes he said we need to be selective in legal immigration
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