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To: Brumar89 who wrote (307901)	10/27/2006 1:55:11 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572406

We were attacked bigtime on Bush's watch. It's called 9-11. And Bush was warned. We haven't been hit since? So what? Nobody's tried to hit us in the US. And why should they? We've lost about 4000 people and over 20,000 wounded over the in the Middle East, many of them due to terrorist attacks. Plus all the horrendous atacks in Europe and Indonesia. Al Qaida has its hands full over there. But if you're implying Bush is good on Homeland Security, the 9-11 Commission gives him all D's and F's, so it's just luck so far. This "they haven't hit us since 9-11" is a phony boast. First of all, it turns out there were no Al Qaida cells in the US, just the 19-20 hijackers. Second, it didn't stop Bush-CHeney from putting out six phony terrorist alerts before the 2004 election. Third, Afghanistan is sliding back into chaos, the Taliban and the grip of heroin traffickers. All that because Bush poulled out too soon. And finally, Bin Laden and Zawahiri are still alive and well 5 years after 9-11. Bush promised to get them and did not.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (307901)	10/27/2006 2:00:30 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572406

"Sure, that's it - they just have chosen to leave us alone for 5 years." If there have been attacks that were foiled, what were they? The administration has used as examples things that weren't very serious, like the plan to take apart the Brooklyn Bridge with blow torches...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (307901)	10/27/2006 2:06:02 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1572406

Today's headlines, see a pattern here? It's called corruption, gas gouging, a borrow and spend economy coming to the end of its party days and a White House which is trying to act like a dictator. * Weak home building drags down economic growth - 2 hours ago * Stocks fall on soft GDP data; - 31 minutes ago * Chevron profit beats the Street - 2 hours ago White House denies Cheney OK'd torture - 2 hours ago * Safavian seeks leniency in Abramoff case - 9 minutes ago * IG: Halliburton subsidiary abused rules - on