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Al-Qaida was active against the United States long before Bush took office. The Beirut bombing, the bombing of the USS Cole, and the first bomb at the world trade center are examples that immediately jump to mind. |
I can certainly agree with this.
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate Out of curiosity, do either of you have a copy of the instruction book that Bush was suppose to use, in the event that Al-Qaida flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center? If you do, I'd sure like to see a copy. |
No, of course not, but invading Iraq would not have been in my playbook without much, much more to go on and I certainly would not have done it as it was done. Would you have?
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate Oh, you don't have one? Well, like Bush then, you would have to play it by ear, and do the best you could, right? Do you honestly think that his agenda when he took office, was to spend his entire eight years fighting terrorism? |
No, but as we now know, George Bush thought at the time and apparently still thinks god put him there for that reason. It was his fate in his mind.
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate Frankly, this Bush bashing shit is really getting old, and so far, I haven't seen one logical alternative plan from anyone, as to what to do next, that will stop Al Qaida.
Do either of you have a plan? If so, start talking... |
there are many alternative plans out there to get from where we are now. I personally like Joe Bidens. BTW--Bush and his administration does quite a bit of bashing of their own as does many of this persidents supporters. Shit, it's how he got elected, his supporters bashed Vietnam war veterans, first McCain and then Kerry. It's hard to forgive not supporting our previous troops. There are many in the field right now whom are getting unequivocal support now because it is the politically correct thing to do, but in the future, will they be treated as McCain and Kerry were? If we are going to support our troops, they deserve that support in the context of serving this country for their entire life.
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate Oh, and Matthew, when it comes to protecting my borders and fellow citizens, I don't give a flying **** what a bunch of goat herders in the Middle East think. |
'ouch'! On behalf of all those 'goat herders' out there.
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate As I've said in previous threads, if the Muslims in the Middle East want to live in peace with the rest of the world, they better get Al-Qaida under control themselves, or suffer the inevitable consequences of non action. |
I agree, however what about doing it without killing sooo many innocent people. They are not responsible for what officials and rich people in the middle east decide.