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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (79742)	10/4/2006 9:44:13 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

As far as I know the Clinton agenda to get Bin Laden was not contradicted by the Bush Administration. Bin Laden went much deeper underground after 911 so any efforts to snag him are by definition greater efforts than were called for by Clinton. Notwithstanding the fact that Ben Laden went deeper underground after 911, Bush has had a chance to finish him off at Tora Bora, Afghanistan. Bush failed only because he outsourced the mop-up operations for the hunt for Ben Laden to local tribesmen. It would later appear that Bush had contrived to let Ben Laden off the hook. ...... I feel less safe simply because the world wide movement of radical terrorism has mushroomed, which it was geared to do no matter who or which party had control of the Administration of the USA. Yes, worldwide radical terrorism has indeed mushroomed. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Bush and his Neocons are responsible for it all and they have thereby made Americans less safe, not only at home but also elsewhere in the world! .

To: one_less who wrote (79742)	10/4/2006 9:54:07 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

>>The need to respond and the effectiveness of the response fell rightfully on the Bush Administration. I don't have a problem criticising operations from that perspective, but making comparisons with what Dem Admins did or would have done seems kind of NA.<< RCG - The Republicans have made a point, if not most of their campaign strategy, out of comparing the Republican and Democratic responses to terrorism. Cheney went so far as to say outright, before the 2004 election, that "if we make the wrong choice there's a chance that we will be hit again. I find that conservatives only start saying there's no point in making these comparisons when someone confronts them with the facts. Personally, I find the Bush administration's ham handed handling of events post 9/11 appalling. Basically, leaving Afghanistan in the lurch while attacking a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 (according to Bush himself) has motivated a whole new generation of terrorists. The idea that nobody could have done any better is ludicrous. Certainly another administration could have handled things differently, and not squandered all the good will the U.S. had even in the Muslim world in the months after 9/11. - Allen