Posted on 06/24/2005 2:12:42 PM PDT by marylandrepub1
Mr. Rove, the first thing that I would like to address is Afghanistan - the place that anyone with a true “understanding of 9/11” knows is a nation that actually has a connection to the 9/11 attacks. One month after 9/11, we invaded Afghanistan, took down the Taliban, and left without capturing Usama Bin Laden - the alleged perpetrator of the September 11th attacks. In the meantime, Afghanistan has carried out democratic elections, but continues to suffer from extreme violence and unrest. Poppy production (yes, Karl, the drug trade) is at an all time high, thus flooding the world market with heroin. And of course, the oil pipeline (a.k.a. the Caspian Sea pipeline) is better protected by U.S. troops who now have a “legitimate” excuse to be in that part of Afghanistan. Interesting isn't it Karl that the drug “rat line” parallels the oil pipeline. (Yet, with all those troops guarding that same sliver of land, can you please explain how those drugs keep getting through?)
Now Karl, a question for you, since you seem to be the nation's self-styled sensei with regard to 9/11: Is Usama Bin Laden still important? Lately, your coterie of friends seems to be giving out mixed messages. Recall that in the early days, Bin Laden was wanted “dead or alive.” Then when Bin Laden slipped through your fingertips in Tora Bora, you downgraded his importance. We were told that Bin Laden was a "desperate man on the run,” and a person that President Bush was not "too worried about". Yet, whenever I saw Bin Laden's videos, he looked much too comfortable to actually be a man on the run. He looked tan, rested, and calm.
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"Usama Bin Laden"
Usama?
Oh brother. On top of it all, she's a spelling-Nazi.
I take that personally because my brave son and his fellow troops are fighting the enemy over there and not here and that is why we have not had any attacks over here.
She seems to have the same misconception that many libs have that al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden are the only enemy we have. They just don't get it that there are other islamic terrorists other that Al-Qaeda.
"and left without capturing Usama Bin Laden-"
WHAT KIND OF A NUT IS THIS Jersey Girl ANYWAY?
We left Aftgan.? When, and in what alter world is this socialist liberal Jersey Girl operating in?
Rant if you must, as we understand that liberals are mental, but, at the very least, get the facts right!
82nd ABN 1/508th BN Bco
"fury from the sky"
Sounds like Kristen has doubts about this.
As to her arch comments about poppy production, President Karzai spoke movingly and eloquently recently about eradicating that and pointed out the obstacles but also the goal of ridding themselves of being known as the heroin nation.
I'll just say it, Kristen Breitweiser is an unmitigated bitch. She cannot point to one thing Rove said that is false. Not one.
I think we killed him! We can't kill him a second time, can we?
Well .. I feel sorry for her .. she's probably headed for a nervous breakdown - and it could be speeded up if the dems lose big again in 2006 and 2008.
Typical liberals .. used her and when they no longer need her they just kick her to the side of the road. I think she's a ticking time bomb - waiting to go off.
"If the President really believes his own words, if those words have meaning, he should at the very least expect a public apology from Karl Rove. And frankly, he ought to fire him. If the President of the United States knows the meaning of those words, then he ought to listen to the plea of Kristen Breitweiser."
President Bush wrote Karl Rove's speech!
This woman is a tool. The Today show trots her out as 'representative' of the 9/11 families.
Debra Burlingame is much more representative of the majority of them, from what I can see.
This is from her (I hope it is okay to link...)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005251
Great piece on NRO the corner on how Rove was right on.
MOVEOn.org did infact have an online petition with over 500,000 signatures within one week of 9-11 asking for "moderation and restraint"
Roves' comment was brilliant. He knows liberals better than they know themselves. This was calculated not off the cuff and he knew what their reaction would be
Liberals didnt say a thing when Durbin compared American soliders to the SS and Gitmo to a death camp in Poland. Now they are screaming bloody murder over Roves statement, which is factually correct.
they look like fools, hypocrites. Rove flushed them out like Ive never seen anyone flushed out before.
I remember in Feb 2002, in the middle of operation anaconda, the DEMS were demanding Bush come up with an exit strategy from Afghanistan.
She's trying to have it both ways. She said we were justified to go into Afghanistan, yet implies we're there for the oil.
Anything that John Kerry is for, is bad for America!
"we invaded Afghanistan, took down the Taliban, and left without capturing Usama Bin Laden - the alleged perpetrator of the September 11th attacks"
Wow what a moronic statement.
1. we're still in afghanistan
2. Osama alleged????
hahaha if we left Afghanistan, then why am I still here..please call my congressman
Exactly! And even before 9/11, A-Zarqawi was meeting with certain leaders of the Kurds and Arabs as they were setting up (and financing via AQ in Afghanistan) the very infrastructure that would soon become Anzar Al-Islam. It wasn't a coincidence that AZ spent nearly two months in Iraq after being injured in the Afghan war...even before we invaded Iraq.
I've always believed that Iraq was going to be AQ's fallback because once Afghanistan fell, there were no other nations left that would be willing to harbor AQ...especially with an angered US coming after them. And with Saddam's recent history of providing safe-haven to other wanted terrorists (Abbas and Nidal), it was a pretty good bet that Iraq was going to become one of the new homes for AQ...especially with Saddam's financing.
Shhhhhhhhh! Let the woman talk--often and loudly!
Are you really there?
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