Little Headway in Terror War, Democrats Say

NYTimes.com ^ | November 15, 2002 | DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC LICHTBLAU

[visitor]

let's see, if we follow the Daschle/Graham logic, we never won WW-II ...nervous_logician
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We can't find bin Laden, we haven't made real progress in finding key elements of Al Qaeda. They continue to be as great a threat today as they were one and a half years ago. So by what measure can we claim to be successful sofar? ...TOM DASCHLE,the Senate Democratic leader

They are so focused on Iraq that they aren't paying adequate attention to the war on terror, ...Senator Bob Graham, a chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
...rto

[BOBTHENAILER]

Field Marshall Daschle and Obergrupenfuhrer von Graham would have a much better attack stragedy for the war on terror.

1. Overwhelming blitzkreig of taxpayer dollars to al Qaeda to repay them for the "root causes" of their terrorism.
2. Massive propaganda campaign in movies, tv shows and entertainment from their Hollywood warrior friends which would depict the radical muslims as the "true followers of the rligion of peace". Furtherin that agenda would be every bad guy would henceforth be a Christian, right wing zealot. (this may already be happening)
3. All offensive American weapons would be scuttled to prove our good faith efforts at ceasing the violence.
4. The defense budget would be reduced by half in order to pay for social programs, with an emphasis on re-education camps for any muslim haters in the US.

[Cyber Liberty]

They just can't help themselves, can they?

[Kaslin]

Whether we found Bin Ladin or not is besides the point imho. He's just a small part and the war on terror would certainly not be over if we had like the liberals think

[NormsRevenge]

The demRats would have loved to have seen this headline run before the election .. What gives, NYT?

What enemy has the democRatic party ever faced down and defeated? When have they ever done the honorable thing? They are a big damn part of why the world is the way it IS.

I wonder why ClinTon is so quiet? Could it be shame.. for the partial birth world war he left Bush to contend with? Nope!

Politics is a dirty affair between unwilling and, sometimes, unwitting parties performing despicable deeds.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

No, they can't.

One other fascinating bit of blindness on their part is that they completely divorce Iraq and North Korea from the war on terror. I suppose it's the usual "small-bore" Democrat mental set (nothing is large, everything is small and isolated: the War on Terror is just Al Qaeda -- no mark that, just Osama -- and nothing else to them). But to view Iraq (and North Korea) as outside of the war on terror is the height of short-sightedness.

[mhking]

Duplicate post in breaking news column: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/789372/posts

[r9etb]

Little Headway

Hmmm. I think they made a typo. I think article means to tell us that Daschle wants Bush to do it the "Little Head" way.

[OldFriend]

Perhaps Graham would like to bring Mondale to D.C. to work on the problem!

[r9etb]

I suppose it's the usual "small-bore" Democrat mental set

Like I said: the headline should have spelled it, "'Little Head' way".

[alancarp]

Whether we found Bin Ladin or not is besides the point imho.

That's also the President's opinion, which he and Rumsfeld have harped on REPEATEDLY over the past year. Yet on Greta's Fox News show last night, Daschle asserted that Bin Laden WAS the President's target (and therefore how could we be making progress in the war). An outright lie - he knows it, and Greta permitted it.

[clintonh8r]

Hundreds, probably thousands, of terrorists have been killed or arrested around the world. Many more are under surveillance. Their communications have been disrupted. Their finances have been crippled. Many more nations are actively engaged in the war on terror. People are more alert and comitted to security. Iran is close to revolution, although barely reported in the American press. Iraq is on the brink of extinction as a terrorist state. And the RATs say there's no progress. Lying, treasonous bastards.

[Howlin]

I seem to recall Bush saying that this was going to take a LONG time, do you?

And I haven't seen anybody in the administration claiming huge successes, have you?

[Howlin]

So they are basically saying that nothing has changed since 9-10, right? No success at all?

My question to them is, can you kindly point me to ANY news article where you said these exact same things about/to Bill Clinton? Because on 9-10, we were PRECISELY where Bill Clinton had left us.

[Cyber Liberty]

Thius bunch was peeved that Gulf War I took more than 72 hours when the ground war started.

A grand version of a little kid riding in the back seat of a car when going to Granma's:

Are we there yet? Are we there yet??

[keats5]

"Whether we found Bin Ladin or not is besides the point imho."

True. Once the kidneys are shot, there's only so much dialysis can do. He hasn't much more time on this earth.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Fantasy headline from the upcoming NFL battle between the Giants and the Redskins:

Giants Smash Redskins, 142-0.

Steve Spurrier, Redskin's coach, leaves field in third quarter in disgust. Whereabouts unknown.

Tom Daschle, a spectator at the game and a long-time Redskin rooter, was quoted after the game:

"The Giants haven't proved a thing. Spurrier is still out there. Plus, they haven't beaten The Eagles. They haven't beaten the Yankees. This can hardly be deemed a success."

[OldFriend]

My fury has no bounds. Call the US Capitol and let them know what you think of them criticizing our military......1-877-762-8762

Have already called tiny tom.......now I will call Graham of FL and give him a small piece of my mind.

[katykelly]

Are we there yet? Are we there yet??

LOL! Tends to be annoying to the adults.

[Howlin]

You all need to call your SENATOR, and ping your Florida list!