Remember when we all wondered and worried in the wake of 9/11 if and when we would be hit again by terrorists?
The thinking in those days was that it was pretty much a foregone conclusion. We were sure another attack was coming. There was uncertainty in the minds of some that Pres. Bush was up to the task. His campaign in 2000 had focused on domestic issues almost exclusively.
But due to the efforts of our military, the CIA, and a Bush Administration that proved it was indeed willing to do the necessary, hard work to go on offense against jihadis, we were not hit.
Yes, we used to wonder when it would happen, and on whose watch.
Well, now we know.
The first terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 happened on 5 Nov 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas.
If this had happened on Pres. Bush's watch, what do you think the MSM reaction would be?
Do you expect the Obama Administration -- the same administration that is preparing to treat the mastermind of 9/11 as a common criminal in federal court -- will take aggressive measures against jihadis?
Can Pres. Obama even make up his mind whether he wants to fight to win in Afghanistan?
Remember these questions -- and the answers -- the next time you hear some one argue that it doesn't matter who wins in 2010 and 2012.
The difference on foreign policy -- in particular the will to defend this nation from Militant Islamists -- is like night and day between the Obama and Bush Administrations.
Now, we have to make it through this long night and accompanying nightmare.
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I remember thinking that the terrorists would now be so decimated that they'd never come close to New York City again because a nation would be on watch.
Now they're back. I'm numb with regret and seething with anger.
Nick, I know you know that liberty requires eternal vigilance to survive. Human nature fails, however, and then we throw out baby and bathwater.
Now, our national security is in peril and the sharks are circling to take away the free enterprise system. Other than that, things are fine.
If no one else will say it, I will -- I miss Pres. Bush.
... and I am looking forward to Pres. Palin.
Sarah has always looked good. But, I swear she's getting more attractive every day.
If she were to get elected, just how much would she owe to the Old Media?
To use the phrase "militant Islam" perpetuates the delusion that there is "moderate Islam". Islam is a militant political movement that seeks to dominate wherever it plants roots. Saying there are moderate Islamists is like saying there were good Germans in the thirties. Perhaps there were but it hardly mattered.
I'm missing Dubya more and more with every passing Czar that's appointed.
I was an enlisted guy in Army intelligence when 'political correctness' was first en vogue a few decades back. Looks like it is not only front and center stage these days, but political correctness has given rise to sanctuaries for enemies within.
WAKE UP!!!
Bush always said that it was better to fight terrorism on their soil than on American soil. I don't know if BO's got the teabags to do it.
Velcro, I think you know.
Scun, you are correct that using militant to describe "Islamists' is redundant. I should have used the phrase "Militant Islam". What i have said and mean to say is that not all Muslims are jihadis.
Fredd, a lot of the Bush Derangement Syndrome infected the right, too, to where his flaws were magnified such to where we couldn't see the obvious. We can see better now. One thing about Bush -- he did what he said he would do. After 9/11, he said pursuing terrorists would become the focus of his Admin. Mission Accomplished.
DC, Bush kept us safe. That is why I voted for him in 2004.
Scunn, I find myself agreeing with you tonight. So-called moderate peace-loving muslims make themselves irrelevant by their silence.
as if the already known facts about this weren't enough to frost your buns...
take a look:
http://theuncloggedblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/with-homeland-security-like-thiswhat.html
Guess who is on the Homeland Security Policy Institute's Task Force Event Participants....
I gave a h/t to the blog I found this little hidden nugget....or maybe I am just now crawling out from under my rock...could be both
A few years back the jihadis said that they were to try and break the financial structure of the USA, and now they are working from with in.
Did not the Dinosaur Media say that there were jidahis outed in the gov.?
And now there is proof of infiltration in the Military.
Is not the giving aid and comfort to those engaging in the act of war against this Country the definition of Treason? And violations of the 14th Amendment Section 3, the same for Insurrection.
The Police Officer who told the protester not to display their sign. And the protester said this is America. The police officer said, not no more; Armed Insurrection?
Hack Wilson? This is the blog's biggest sports celebrity visit since Ernie Banks called Rhod a "red ass" after one of Rhod's rants about the designated hitter.
I don't want to get into it too much, but when it requires George Will to explain the damn thing, it's not baseball, it's cricket.
Progressivism doesn't acknowledge evil; it only acknowledges dysfunction, or behaviors that it can attribute to some current of irrationality.
To a prog, Isalmist terrorism is due to some bug in the system of the way people relate, and basically, the goals of the Islamist are simply the desire for respect and the need for self-expression.
I found myself accepting this impacted crap when I was on what DC calls the dark side. Why? Because it's a very economical way to look at life, and relieves you of a lot of messy, complicated effort to uphold civilization and protect your tribe by risk-taking.
It's cowardice, moral indolence, not rationality...it puts the burdens of reality on someone else, and lets the prog rationalize his clean, soft, pudgy hands.
The irony is that the world IS actually full of dangerously dysfunctional people, and one group of them is progressives.
Sorry,
The first attack after 9/11 was the anthrax scare in late Sept of 2001. You know the one that Colin Powell destroyed his reputation on by holding up a vial of baby powder in front of the UN and saying the Anthrax could be traced to Iraq.
Rhod, glad to have you on our side ...
Savior? What a name ... Bruce Edwards Ivins ... posing as jihadi in the Anthrax scare. No, it's the real deal here. Wow, I should have checked with you. Who knew that jihadis had hit us before now?
I guess you realize the point since you point out that Obama supporter Colin Powell destroyed his reputation by claiming the anthrax could be traced to Iraq.
BTW, has every one noticed that Powell is kinda quiet now, and even starting to break out the long knives for Obama ... now that it is clear that he is not up to the job. It's his M.O.. He should have started as the governor of a small state, say Hawaii or Alaska, gotten some executive experience and then run for president.
Maybe a small state governor could be president. Wait ...
Obama is only doing what the very left fringe wanted him to do. Can we expect anything less from this spineless weasel ? "Country" is way down the list with these people. With Bush it was number one!
"If this had happened on Pres. Bush's watch, what do you think the MSM reaction would be? " They'd all be dead, felled by 'Sudden Orgasm Heart Failure'. I mean, Chris Matthews and his tingling leg? Please...
I remember when 9/11 occurred, I started wondering if President Bush was up to the task of dealing with a virulent, mortal terrorist threat. A day later, watching him in the Oval Office, his eyes full of tears and choked with grief, he said (as DC commented above) that fighting terrorism "is now the focus of my administration." At that moment, I knew he was the right guy for the job.
So the guy went nuts and killed 13 soldiers. Ok.
How many Americans have killed each other since 2001 as a result of access to semiautomatic weapons? Probably more than all 9/11 and war on terror casualties put together.
Kurz, logical distinction isn't your strong suit. Give it up.
Zoinks!! I think Kurz has me in check.
Wait ... Kurz, the answer to your question is ... a lot less than access to cars.
Of course, I guess this means that Al Gore was right about the internal combustion engine. Kurz, get out of that car, man!!!! You are endangering humanity!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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