Posted on 01/16/2009 4:50:57 PM PST by jazusamo
Whatever history's verdict on the Bush administration might be, it is likely to be very different from what we hear from the talking heads on television or read from the know-it-alls on editorial pages.
President Bush's number one achievement was also the number one function of government— to protect its citizens. Nobody on September 11, 2001 believed that there would never be another such attack for more than seven years.
Unfortunately, people who are protected from dangers often conclude that there are no dangers. This is most painfully visible among those Americans who are hysterical over the government's intercepting international phone calls, in order to disrupt international terrorist networks.
Many, especially among the intelligentsia, are also obsessed with whether we are being nice enough to the cut-throats locked up at Guantanamo, some of whom have already been turned loose to resume a life of terrorism. The rights of the Geneva Convention do not apply to people who neither obey the Geneva Convention nor are covered by the Geneva Convention.
That a President of the United States protected us from deadly enemies may not seem like much of an accomplishment to some. But it may be more fully appreciated when we get a President who eases up on that protection, in order to curry favor at home and abroad.
We can only hope that it will not take the sight of an American city lying in radioactive ruins to wake people up to the dangers that George W. Bush protected us against, despite an unending chorus of carping.
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Recent reports have indicated that Mexico is on the brink of collapse. The narco-terrorists have the nation is chaos. Many South American Countries are trending toward marxism. Many "good people" are caught in the crossfire between the drug gangs. We are going to have to deal with this chaos eventually. These gangs are allied with terrorist in many cases.
think ahead three or four steps. Why would we allow some of these mostly "good people" to sneak across our borders?
That's my theory.
The My Lai incident during the Viet Nam war found the Captain who odered his troops to "wipe out those evil troops in the village". He didn't say kill'em all but that happened because the commander ddidn't "command".
As an Air Force Officer I learned the Air Force acronym for Leadership.
POD Cross Country, (P.O.D.C.C.).
PLAN lay down the scenario
Organize - assemble resources
Direct - Order the mission forward
Coordinate - work with other resources that are supporting your action
Control - The feedback loop where you review actions and loop back to modify the plan, reorganize the materials, redirect you focus based on past outcomes, talk to you supporting agencies and so it goes round and round as you move toward your objective.
The terrorist follows the PODCC but they are violating the Humanitarian aspects of the Geneva Convention so we offer them the three options I outlined.
I don’t. Honest! He was trolling others besides me.
(However, Note to self: Don’t turn back on upchuck...) *SMILE*
Hey, quit giving me a hard time or I’ll offer you some serious competition in a chocolate eating contest :)
You’ll have to pry my chocolate from my cold, dead hand... ;)
I am partial to Deroy Murdock’s assessment of President Bush’s legacy.
Bush Fades to Black after Eight-Year Mitigated Disaster
National Review Online ^ | January 16, 2009 | Deroy Murdock
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I agree completely.
I’m not.
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