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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (561867)	4/8/2004 2:00:36 PM
From: HairBall	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

JakeStraw: Even the usual left wing whacks will be unable to respond to that post. Where was the commission investigating the WTC bombing in 1993, asking what was known before and what was done to prevent the bombing. Maybe if Clinton had declared war on terror after that attack, the twin towers would still be standing and the thousands that died would still be among the living. Of course, it has never been about serving their country for many of the DemoSocialist, but about acquiring and retaining power. They are truly a despicable bunch...

To: JakeStraw who wrote (561867)	4/8/2004 2:05:59 PM
From: LPS5	Respond to of 769670

I agreed with every point in that post...until reaching this portion: Since then, Bush has won two wars against countries that harbored Muslim fanatics... What "two wars" have we "won"? To me, it looks like we're still fighting two wars with no clear end in sight to either of them. ...captured Saddam Hussein... Yes, that's true. I personally don't think he had anything to do with 9/11 but, yes, Saddam Hussein is in U.S. custody. ...immobilized Osama bin Laden... I don't know that Bin Laden has been "immobilized." What I do know, though, is that to know that something or someone has been 'immobilized' one would have to know where they are, and we certainly don't know where Osama Bin Laden is: this is akin to saying, "we don't know where he is, but we know that wherever he is, he can't move at all." Huh? ...destroyed al-Qaida's base... We destroyed one of al Qaeda's bases: certainly a meritorious task, and long overdue. However - and unfortunately - terrorists are notoriously inconsiderate, and tend to move around a lot: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Waziristan, the Philippines, Chechnya... ...and begun to create the only functioning democracy in the Middle East other than Israel. Is Iraq a "functioning democracy" yet? Not that I am aware of. LPS5

To: JakeStraw who wrote (561867)	4/8/2004 4:29:04 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Worth reformatting...... PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, DEMOCRAT <font color=gray> In February 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed by Muslim fanatics, killing five people and injuring hundreds. </font> <font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. <font color=gray> In October 1993, 18 American troops were killed in a savage firefight in Somalia. The body of one American was dragged through the streets of Mogadishu as the Somalian hordes cheered. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton responded by calling off the hunt for Mohammed Farrah Aidid and ordering our troops home. Osama bin Laden later told ABC News: "The youth ... realized more than before that the American soldier was a paper tiger and after a few blows ran in defeat." <font color=gray> In November 1995, five Americans were killed and 30 wounded by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia set by Muslim extremists. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. <font color=gray> In June 1996, a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia was bombed by Muslim extremists. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. <font color=gray> Months later, Saddam attacked the Kurdish-controlled city of Erbil. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, lobbed some bombs into Iraq hundreds of miles from Saddam's forces. <font color=gray> In November 1997, Iraq refused to allow U.N. weapons inspections to do their jobs and threatened to shoot down a U.S. U-2 spy plane. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. <font color=gray> In February 1998, Clinton threatened to bomb Iraq, but called it off when the United Nations said no. <font color=gray> On Aug. 7, 1998, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim extremists. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. <font color=gray> On Aug. 20, Monica Lewinsky appeared for the second time to testify before the grand jury. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton responded by bombing Afghanistan and Sudan, severely damaging a camel and an aspirin factory. <font color=gray> On Dec. 16, the House of Representatives prepared to impeach Clinton the next day. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton retaliated by ordering major air strikes against Iraq, described by the New York Times as "by far the largest military action in Iraq since the end of the Gulf War in 1991." The only time Clinton decided to go to war with anyone in the vicinity of Muslim fanatics was in 1999 - when Clinton attacked Serbians who were fighting Islamic fanatics. <font color=gray> In October 2000, our warship, the USS Cole, was attacked by Muslim extremists. </font><font color=red><font size=4> Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. Message 20003309