How To Look At The War On Terror

The Washington Times ^ | September 7, 2003 | David Horowitz

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Imagine the date is Sept. 12, 2001. Ask yourself this question: Are you willing to bet that two years will pass and there will not be another terrorist attack on American soil?

I will wager that there is not one person reading this column who would have made that bet two years ago.

[Peach]

It is so obvious the Rats care more about power than national security.

[Freee-dame]

By taking the battle to the enemy camp, by making the terrorists the hunted instead of the hunters, Mr. Bush and the U.S. military have kept Americans safe.

Thank you, President Bush.

[niteowl77]

Even Mrs. edskid - not a politically savvy person, but a darned fine RN - recently came to the conclusion that the 'rats are willing to sacrifice anything to win the White House in 2004. That includes the economy, free and honest elections, and the lives of every U.S. serviceman/servicewoman. "They hate George Bush so much that they'll ruin everything to get him," she said.

I smiled in benevolent superiority and told her that only the names have changed since the '68 Democratic convention.

[maica]

Nice tagline!

[Travis McGee]

The US military in Iraq is like a giant purple bug zapper light, drawing the jihadists.

Better they go to Bagdad than Washington.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

MEGA PING ALERT! No matter what you think about Horowitz, this article is excellent. It explains Clintons ignorance regarding terrorists during his presidency and Al Gores ignorance when speaking out against President Bush during the war.

PLEASE PING YOUR LISTS!!! Thanks. Vets

President Bush 9/7/03 "We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength - they are invited by the perception of weakness..."

We used to know this. During the Clinton years we forgot it.

[CyberCowboy777]

I am just surprised that after two years of rationalizing why 9/11 was not their fault at least in part (Clinton/Gore), this is all they can come up with.

Gore has to make theese speeches - or face reality - could you live with yourself?

[CyberCowboy777]

This is one issue that is going to help bring Patty down!

[bigfootbob]

"This is one issue that is going to help bring Patty down!"

Maybe. I don't hear anyone locally educating the uninformed. It's early, I know. Which mainstream media source in the megatopolis will care to report the truth about Patty bin Murray?

[Coop]

Thought you might enjoy this excellent perspective. It certainly puts the President's speech into context.

[CyberCowboy777]

I do not know - not for Seattle anyway. I hope you guys can come up with ideas at the picnic.

Down here - Lewis, Clark, Skamania, Cowlitz counties it will be allot easier. As well as Eastern Washington.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bump!

[MeekOneGOP]

President Bush 9/7/03 "We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength - they are invited by the perception of weakness..."

We used to know this. During the Clinton years we forgot it.

During the clintoon years, clintoon couldn't have cared less about defense ...

"A presidential executive order issued during the Clinton
administration hamstrung the FBI so badly that bureau
lawyers decided it would be illegal to infiltrate Osama bin
Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, a senior
FBI official during the Clinton administration said Saturday."
(June 1, 2002)

____________________

"I don't believe 9-11 happened because of an intelligence breach," Quayle told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes."

"I think it was really a policy breach. It was the inaction of the previous administration, by and large, that al Qaeda -- and bin Laden in particular -- thought that they could hit the United States, and there would be a retaliation maybe of a cruise missile but nothing more than that," he explained.

The comments make the former vice president, who served under President Bush's father from 1989 to 1993, the highest ranking former U.S. official to suggest that the Clinton administration should get the lion's share of the blame for not preventing the 9-11 attacks.

[spodefly]

SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0 .............................................. 0 rows returned


Is that the proper syntax for P-SQL (Political SQL)?

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Osam Bin Clinton!!! LOVE IT!!

[MeekOneGOP]

How To Look At The War On Terror

Excerpt:

There is one reason — and one reason alone — that Americans have been safe for the almost two years since the September 11 attacks.

That reason is the aggressive war that President Bush and the U.S. military have waged against international terrorism and its "Axis of Evil." The war on terrorism has been fought in the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, and Baghdad instead of Washington and New York. By taking the battle to the enemy camp, by making the terrorists the hunted instead of the hunters, Mr. Bush and the U.S. military have kept Americans safe.

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The president vowed to stay the course, but noted that it is only recently that the United States has done so. "During the last few decades, the terrorists grew bolder, believing if they hit America hard, America would retreat and back down."

Perhaps Mr. Bush had in mind al Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, when President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.

Perhaps he had in mind al Qaeda's attack on U.S. troops in Somalia, when President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.

Perhaps he had in mind the attack on the Khobar Towers, a dormitory housing U.S. soldiers, where President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.

Perhaps he had in mind the attack on the USS Cole, when President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.

"Five years ago," Mr. Bush continued, "one of the terrorists said that an attack could make America run in less than 24 hours. They're learning something different today. The terrorists have not seen America running; they've seen America marching. They've seen the armies of liberation marching into Kabul and to Baghdad."

And they know and respect the difference.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[BOBTHENAILER]

It is a dark day for Americans when one of their two leading parties cannot be counted on to support the flag when it is committed in battle,

Beautiful article...this is a must read. Wraps up the whole perspective of weakness versus righteous anger and retribution.

[Aquamarine]

Great article! May God bless the Washington Times for telling the truth!