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Originally Posted by JBX
I have read all the post with great interest. Many have had excellent points, some of which I disagree with. The different view points are amazing to say the least. The only thing I’m voting for this election is security. I believe that GWB is more likely to accomplish securing the nation and has been doing it since the attack in 2001. If another attack occurs, I believe that President Bush is more likely to aggressively prosecute it. Do I lock step with the Republican Party? No. I do vote the candidate, however, I do have conservative leanings minus religion. I believe this election is crucial in showing that we will not be Spain or the U.S. during Vietnam, and Mogadisu, Somalia. That we can drive through tough times as a Nation and prevail. That an aggressor need not only wait out until the next election to get a desired result. Is the perfect candidate out there? No, and if I thought there was one, someone would disagree. I understand this. Thank You for your thoughts. JBX
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On September 11th, this country was attacked. Airplanes crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. The Pentagon, the home of our countries security and military, was also attacked. On September 23, Condoleezza Rice, the National Security Advisor, stated that the government had evidence that linked Bin Ladden with the terrorist attacks. She also said that they would release the evidence in 'due time'. It is now October 22, 2004, and they have still not released the evidence.
So we are all in agreement that in the reality that you based your decision, Ossama Bin Laden was responsible for the attacks. Immediatally after the press release on September 23, 2001, we started our hunt for Ossama. We tracked him across deserts, systematically taking out his cheif officers. We finally had him cornered in Tora Bora. We pulled back our troops. The administration that you put so much faith in as far as our security stopped short of the easily attainable goal of capturing the supposed mastermind that was responsible for killing over 300 Americans. We left it up to some local warlords to finish the search. Well, he still isn't in custody. He is free. He has the same ability he had before 9/11 to orchestrate another attack. He is free.
Then we attack Iraq, a country that has been very uncooperative with the US and the UN. His country was known to have harbored terrorists. We even might have had information that indicated that he had WMDs. We attacked. We killed thousands of innocent civilians in a preemptive strike. Even in this great attack, we did not catch Hussain, our main objective. He eluded us for month after month. The problem with the singling out of Iraq is that there were other countries that were and are harboring terrorists and were proven to be supplying them with WMDs. There were other countries that were being very unwelcoming to the UN.
We gave up on Ossama, and went after Hussain. Now we know there were no WMDs in Iraq. Hussain is no longer able to hurt the Iraqi people, but what did that do for us? Ther are still cells in Iraq. There are still terrorists in the other countries. Ossama is still out there, able to plan more attacks. I'm glad you feel safe with the presentt administration. In the world that even you paint a picture of, it seems more dangerous that it was before 9/11.