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

To: Bob who wrote (597501)	7/30/2004 10:41:06 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm glad you pointed that out. Yes, Kerry was VERY CLEAR he WOULD NEVER attack anyone UNLESS we were first attacked. That was ALL WELL AND GOOD in the MIDDLE AGES, but technology has advanced so that waiting for the first punch could be very bad for us. On top of that what is he going to do when a TERRORIST group WITH NO NATIONAL AFFILIATION attacks us (the most likely scenario)? Swing his fists in the air? Kerry is a BOOB, especially when it comes to DEFENDING AMERICA. jdn

To: Bob who wrote (597501)	7/30/2004 10:54:19 AM
From: Bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

affirmation from that post: NRO: Why does my life depend on W. winning? HEWITT: Because hundreds of thousands of Islamists are trying to kill you. George W. Bush isn't going to try and stop them on the cheap or pray that we get lucky. He's committed to preemption when he believes it is necessary. John Kerry is not so committed. In his acceptance speech he said "[a]ny attack will be met with a swift and certain response." This is not the question, and by refusing explicitly to answer the question of when if ever he would act preemptively, we can only conclude that Kerry will not move preemptively against gathering threats. Like Clinton, he will judge the intelligence too vague, the country insufficiently prepared for battle, or the undeniable costs in the lives of Americans and American dollars too great. George Bush is trying to kill the terrorists before they kill more Americans. He will not always succeed. But I think fewer Americans will die from such attacks if Bush wins reelection, far fewer in fact.