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As a resident of Manhattan I've endured the nightmare of 9-11. My children were in school that morning, less than 2 miles from the WTC. I lost several friends and know of several other families that were touched directly by Al Quaeda that day.
Eventually Bush got it together and invaded Afghanistan. I think almost all of the USA and most of the world supported our military action. We had a real enemy to go after, a group of terrorists who had killed thousands of Americans and were a real threat to do it again. Republicans, Conservatives, Democrats & Liberals et al were united, for once, in their resolve to get Al Quaeda.
Problem was we didn't finish the job. Concurrently to the invasion of Afghanistan the Bush NeoCons fuc*ked us all by creating an enemy that wasn't, Saddam Hussein. Instead of putting all of our resources into getting Al Quaeda they took our resources out of Afghanistan and put them into Iraq!
To me, this sick and horrible decision making contributed to the bombings in Madrid last year and in London today. Of course Al Quaeda is 100% responsible for these acts of terror, no Westerner, not even Bush and his boobs are to blame.
However, if Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice et al had kept the pressure on Al Quaeda maybe, just maybe these events don't happen? No way to ever know, but not doing what he promised:
Read it again? Has Bush led us to the defeat of terrorism / Al Quaeda as he promised? NO! He instead started a WAR in Iraq, a country that had zero terrorists, that was not a threat to the USA, that had not killed even one American in years!
The mistakes of this administration are monumental, and sadly have led to the death of more than 1700 Americans in Iraq and indirectly contributed to the deaths of many in Spain and today in London.
I am sick over this. I fear for my life and my families well being. I live in NYC, a city that most definitely is still a target for our enemies (none of which are Iraqis!).
Perhaps those of you who do not live in or near NYC, or DC, or Madrid or London cannot grasp the real fear that we live with everyday? After all how many people in Kansas City or Little Rock have to worry about getting blown up on the way to work. I take the subway everyday, and let me tell you that it was damn unnerving going to and coming back home from work today.
Why did Bush stop going after our enemy and instead attack Iraq? WHY DAMN-IT!
George W. Bush is an asshole, yes, an asshole, as are his damn henchmen and women.
I want to know what you all think now? All the bullshit about fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here is just that BULLSHIT, and it's costing thousands of innocent people and their families their lives.
SHAME ON YOU GEORGE W. BUSH!
Eventually Bush got it together and invaded Afghanistan. I think almost all of the USA and most of the world supported our military action. We had a real enemy to go after, a group of terrorists who had killed thousands of Americans and were a real threat to do it again. Republicans, Conservatives, Democrats & Liberals et al were united, for once, in their resolve to get Al Quaeda.
Problem was we didn't finish the job. Concurrently to the invasion of Afghanistan the Bush NeoCons fuc*ked us all by creating an enemy that wasn't, Saddam Hussein. Instead of putting all of our resources into getting Al Quaeda they took our resources out of Afghanistan and put them into Iraq!
To me, this sick and horrible decision making contributed to the bombings in Madrid last year and in London today. Of course Al Quaeda is 100% responsible for these acts of terror, no Westerner, not even Bush and his boobs are to blame.
However, if Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice et al had kept the pressure on Al Quaeda maybe, just maybe these events don't happen? No way to ever know, but not doing what he promised:
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.htmlOur war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.....[snip]
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success. We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.....[snip]
These measures are essential. But the only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it, and destroy it where it grows.
Read it again? Has Bush led us to the defeat of terrorism / Al Quaeda as he promised? NO! He instead started a WAR in Iraq, a country that had zero terrorists, that was not a threat to the USA, that had not killed even one American in years!
The mistakes of this administration are monumental, and sadly have led to the death of more than 1700 Americans in Iraq and indirectly contributed to the deaths of many in Spain and today in London.
I am sick over this. I fear for my life and my families well being. I live in NYC, a city that most definitely is still a target for our enemies (none of which are Iraqis!).
Perhaps those of you who do not live in or near NYC, or DC, or Madrid or London cannot grasp the real fear that we live with everyday? After all how many people in Kansas City or Little Rock have to worry about getting blown up on the way to work. I take the subway everyday, and let me tell you that it was damn unnerving going to and coming back home from work today.
Why did Bush stop going after our enemy and instead attack Iraq? WHY DAMN-IT!
George W. Bush is an asshole, yes, an asshole, as are his damn henchmen and women.
I want to know what you all think now? All the bullshit about fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here is just that BULLSHIT, and it's costing thousands of innocent people and their families their lives.
SHAME ON YOU GEORGE W. BUSH!