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WAR ON TERROR: Are We Safer?

I saw this in the paper over the weekend.

The latest leak on the National Intelligence Estimates is an ongoing effort
by the Democrats and the media to raise doubts about the Republicans as 
the more trustworthy in national security where Democrats are weak.

The bottom line in this latest leak is the question, "Are we safer after the 
Iraq invasion?"

Prior to the invasion, the terrorists have bombed:

The Khobar Towers, killing 19 U.S. airmen.
The barracks in Beruit, killing 242 U.S. Marines.
The USS Cole, killing 17 US seamen.
The U.S. embassy in Tanzania, killing 257.
The U.S. embassy in Kenya, killing 271.
The World Center Twin Towers, killing almost 3,000.
The Pentagon, killing 187 U.S. military and civilian personnel.

Emboldened by their success and our non-response, the next logical phase of 
bombing attacks will be in the major cities across America. Today, incidents 
like these are no longer happening to Americans. The only ones killed are our 
brave men and women who fight in Iraq so that we don't have to fight them 
over here and live.

So, are we any safer today?

N. C. S.,  BREMERTON

In response to N. C. S. letter on 9/30/6 I sent the paper the following.

To suggest that the Democrats are weak or for that matter the Republicans are strong on national security because the NIE report was leaked is a silly argument and just nonsense.

Asking "Are we safer after the Iraq invasion?" is nothing more than a slogan without meaning, a talking point that doesn't address the real question. WHY? Why are we even in Iraq.

Mr. Sim goes on to list seven incidents that have occurred since 1983. The problem is there were hundreds if not thousands of attacks during this time period. Including the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

Again Mr. Sims goes delusional on us by suggesting that "incidents like this are no longer happening to Americans." Hello!!! There were Americans on the subway bombing in London. There are still attacks in this country, go to the National Counterterrorism Center on the web and see for yourself.

The "only ones killed" is a thoughtless remark which implies our troops are expendable. Shame on you.

As I said the real question is WHY. Why are we in Iraq. Why? ? ? And better question now is WHY ARE WE STILL IN Iraq?

And to answer his question "NO WE ARE NOT SAFER." We have simply decide to move on.

IS THIS OLD NEWS?

Well a new book by Bob Woodword comes out today called State Of Denial, an aptly named book I'd say.

My problem is that much of what I know that is contained in this book I've felt for a long time, and sometimes saying so here on my Blog. One example is my comparison of Iraq to Viet Nam. (I'll get some dates of my post's on a day or two).

My comparison was never so much about the type of war we were fighting but rather the LIES we were being told. I think that is the thrust of this book. We were laid to about this war. From the reason we needed to go to war to what we are doing to get out. Below are some highlights from the New York Times about this new book.

The White House ignored an urgent warning in September 2003 from a top 
Iraq adviser who said that thousands of additional American troops were 
desperately needed.

The warning is described in a new book by Bob Woodward "State of Denial."   

As late as November 2003, Mr. Bush is quoted as saying of the situation 
in Iraq: "I don't want anyone in the cabinet to say it is an insurgency. 
I don't think we are there yet." 

The American commander for the Middle East, Gen. John P. Abizaid, is 
reported to have told visitors to his headquarters in Qatar in the fall of 
2005 that "Rumsfeld doesn't have any credibility anymore" to make a 
public case for the American strategy for victory in Iraq. 

It says that Mr. Blackwill and L. Paul Bremer III, then the top American 
official in Iraq, later briefed Ms. Rice and Stephen J. Hadley, her deputy, 
about the pressing need for more troops during a secure teleconference 
from Iraq. It says the White House did nothing in response. 

Vice President Cheney is described as a man so determined to find 
proof that his claim about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was 
accurate that, in the summer of 2003, his aides were calling the chief 
weapons inspector, David Kay, with specific satellite coordinates as 
the sites of possible caches. None resulted in any finds. 

The fruitless search for unconventional weapons caused tension 
between Vice President Cheney's office, the C.I.A. and officials in 
Iraq. Mr. Woodward wrote that Mr. Kay, the chief weapons inspector 
in Iraq, e-mailed top C.I.A. officials directly in the summer of 2003 
with his most important early findings.

Mr. Tenet, the man who once told Mr. Bush that it was a "slam-dunk" 
that weapons of mass destruction existed in Iraq, apparently did 
not share his qualms about invading Iraq directly with Mr. Bush, 
according to Mr. Woodward's account. 

As its title indicates, "State of Denial" follows a very different 
storyline, of an administration that seemed to have only a foggy 
notion that early military success in Iraq had given way to 
resentment of the occupiers.

YEA SURE ALCOHOL MADE HIM DO IT.

Now he says the alcohol made him do it. I think it's fun when these guys get into trouble the run to REHAB. I of course am talking about the scum-bag Mark Foley, representative from Florida.

What is almost as bad is that Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail traffic between Representative Mark Foley and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret and allowed Mr. Foley to remain head of a Congressional caucus on children's issues, Republican lawmakers said Saturday.

But news reports about the exchanges led to the disclosure of e-mail 
correspondence with other former pages in which the discussions 
became more and more sexually explicit. Shortly after he was 
confronted by ABC News on Friday about the subject, Mr. Foley, 
who represented a south Florida district, resigned from the House.

The revelations set off a political upheaval, with Democrats and some 
Republicans calling for a full investigation of Mr. Foley's conduct and 
whether House leaders did enough to look into it. Members of the 
Republican leadership sought Saturday to detail how they had 
handled the case in an effort to defuse the situation, even as it was 
emerging as an issue in Congressional races.

Among those who became aware earlier this year of the fall 2005 
communications between Mr. Foley and the 16-year-old page, 
who worked for Representative Rodney Alexander, Republican 
of Louisiana, were Representative John A. Boehner, the majority 
leader, and Representative Thomas M. Reynolds of New York, 
chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. 
Mr. Reynolds said in a statement Saturday that he had also 
personally raised the issue with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert.

Well they knew there was a problem but did nothing about it. They sure as HELL didn't feel that way about President Clinton, and that was between two CONSENTING adults. Think about that.

Some of these e-mails are pretty suggestive. You can go here and see for yourself.

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Go to ABC News for more info. <----( click here to go to the site )

I'm anxious to see what Bill O'Reilly has to say about this on tonight's show. . . he's such a "NON-PARTISAN", completely middle of the road kind of guy. He's also an advocate to protect the children so I'm sure it'll be the lead story on tonight's program.

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART

PRETTY GOOD JOKES

NO WORDS NEEDED

TO: GOD:

FROM: THE DOG:

Dear God: Let me give you a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good dog.

6. The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.

7. My head does not belong in the refrigerator.

8. I will not bite the officer' s hand when he reaches in for Mom's driver's license and registration.

9. I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.

10. Sticking my nose into someone's crotch is an unacceptable way of saying "hello".

Posted by thebscorner at 08:10 AM | Daily Dose |

October 01, 2006

WEEKEND OF FUN (37)

THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

WEEKEND VACATION NOTICE

PRESIDENT BUSH IS THINKING ABOUT IT.

CHENEY IS DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING

I'M KICKING UP, HOW ABOUT YOU!

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