Are we ready to turn the fight against terrorism over to the Democrats in 2008?

Question

So far, their strategy has only been to assign blame for the terrorism. But they have not expressed a better plan to deal with it. Clinton's strategy was to ignore it. And we got 9/11. Bush met it head on and we haven't been attacked in 5 years. Will the Democrats come up with a candidate and a plan that will look better to the voters? Any guess as to what that plan will be?

Plus: If he takes the blame, he takes the credit!

Bobbie: Do you have any proof of those accusations? You are making things up.

xphile: What are you talking about? Explain yourself better.

OKAY. SO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NO PLAN, NO IDEA, HOW TO DO A BETTER JOB PROTECTING AMERICA. ALL YOU DO IS BASH BUSH. WHERE ARE YOUR FRESH IDEAS, HMMM?

Answer 1

yeah lets do that....our soldiers will be under funded and wearing pink


for the empty head of mush that replied first......OUR TROOPS ARE STILL IN AFGANISTAN. wake up cool aid drinkers. if you think you can do a better job and have better ideas lets hear them other wise shut up and stop drinking the cool aid

Answer 2

this is crap, pure and simple. Sept. 11th was the greatest failure to protect Americans in our history, if America were a Corporation the failures would already be gone. Bush and his cronies knew about Sept. 11th. they were told by a PDB. Bush was even told they would use planes to attack the USA. The military was not ready, the Government was not ready and the people were not warned.
get the facts, also you should really read some and become more informed on the issues that face our Country. Clinton would not have taken America to war with lies. Clinton also was 1000 times smarter than Bush. Clinton had a balanced budget all 8 years and even paid down the debt twice. The debt under Republicans is up to $9 trillion now with no end in site. The Iraq war will cost working class tax payers $2 trillion over 10 years. Republicans never pay for their own mistakes. They also love sending others to fight and die doing their dirty work for them.
Bush and Cheney are both draft dodgers and both liars. We spend $500 billion on defense and can't even keep 22 million illegals from walking across the borders. Under Republicans we spent over $ 900 billion on Star Wars and it does not work. We have a patriot system that cost tax payers $600 billion and it can not even stop rockets from hitting Israel now. You say we have not been attacked, don't you read. We have been attacked all over the world, our allies in Bush's war don't count?

Answer 3

First off, Bush went into office with plans to attack Iraq. He received 3 phone calls from the Egyptian president concernong 9/11 and did nothing to stop it.

That is fact. If the terrorists wanted to hurt Clinton, they would have attacked during his administration and not wait a year.\ after he left office.

Thirdly, the war on terror is actually a crusade to gain control of the oil in the Middle East. Claiming they want to instill democracy in a country that hates America for the years of bombing, sanctions, and ultimate takeover, the Bush administration is slowly taking away our rights as Americans.

But let's blame Clinton for all this. Did you know that Clinton had the respect of most of the world and the Bush administration has made America hated? but, blame clinton.

My question to you: Is this what you heard from one of the spin doctors yesterday?

Answer 4

Clinton did not ignore terrorism. He arrested and had tried the first WTC bombers. He repeatedly went before the Republican congress and tried to get support to catch Bin Laden and others, only to find the support of the Congress lacking.

That is the history of the thing.

As for George Bush's record on the matter. Well we attacked a country, Iraq, that didn't attack us while ignoring the country that did, Saudi Arabia... and the effort to find Bin Laden or whoever it was who organized 9/11 was abandoned.

Yes, I am decidedly ready to give someone else a shot at the problem, because the current administration has bungled the effort seriously.

Answer 5

Bush was given warning of the terrorist's intent to attack the US using planes as bombs. Neither he/nor his administration took any steps in the months leading up to 9/11 to stop the attacks. Clinton may have ignored it, but Bush didn't get his *** in gear until after the fact. and then, somehow, Iraq became the enemy. Forget about the guy who was actually responsible for killing AMERICAN CIVILIANS, lets go take over a country that is barely a threat to us.

As for "turning the war on terror over to the Democrats", I personally think they are just as incompetent as the republicans in power. Frankly, both parties in the US are full of ****, and manipulate their supporters to further their own agendas, rather than what is best for their supporters.

The idea of a "War on Terror" is rediculous, we'll never irradicate every single indiviual who is against the US or its policies. Having a "War on Terror" will only breed more terrorists, as we attack and kill their brethren. We're adding fuel to the fire.

I don't think there is a way for us to beat "the terrorists", someone or some group will always hate the United States, be it because of foreign policy, our socio-economic standing, etc.

Whatever. I'm rambling

Answer 6

I'm going to answer Pallas Athena.

First off, Clinton's likeness was used in terrorist drills. Even Hillary admitted that. She even thanked Bushy for retrieving her husband after 9/11.

Secondly, the military had Bin Laden - Clinton refused to bring him in. (Thanks Bill!) That's a 100% truthful fact.

Third, Clinton was impeached. He had the respect of no one.

Fourth, we were attacked because Clinton weakened the US. He was a b-a-d president.

Fifth, you need to do some fact-checking. And go back to 1979. Your hero Jimmy Carter was in office. The reason Bin Laden has targetted the US (and YES he has said so himself MANY MANY times) was Carter's policy in the MIddle East. The overthrow of the Shah of Iran is the biggest factor in all the MIddle East mess. The US has been hated by Muslims ever since and it doesn't matter who has been in office. The damage is done. We will be targetted for death by these fanatic groups for the rest of our lives no matter who is in office. Get that through your head.

Answer 7

But they have not expressed a better plan to deal with it.

How do you know? They may not have expressed a more popular plan to deal with terrorism, but THIS plan of waging war on Iraq isn't working. I thought we fight in Iraq so we don't fight them here, that all the terrorists were flocking to Iraq to engage the US, but gosh, they're in Michigan buying cell phones and in England blowing things up and planning to blow up planes, and over a dozen arrested in Canada.

I guess I assumed, and I admit you did not mention Iraq, that you include Iraq in the fight against terrorism since the President does. But that aspect of the fight is an utter failure.

Answer 8

Well, it depends. Would the Dem follow the pure Chamberlainian policy of appeasement, cowardice, dishonor and backstabbing? Would they go the full route and pull a Czechoslovakia on Israel? The only plan that seems to be driving the Dems is a 'Repeat the Defeat' cut & run reiteration of their Vietnam policy.

Besides, if they go back to Clintonian 'anti-terror' methods, we'll be sure to get rid of a bunch of our 'excess' domestic population, with a little help from our jihadist buddies.

Answer 9

Do you really think that Bush is responsible for 5 years with no attacks? Bush stopped looking for the person responsible for 9/11. He isn't in Iraq. Maybe if we had kept our troops in Afghanistan, we would have bin Laden and could really believe that Bush met it head on.

We need to stop exacerbating the issue and actually solve it. Creating a civil war in an Arabic country isn't exactly making them warm and fuzzy.

I honestly couldn't care less which party wins the presidential race-I will vote for the candidate who makes sense. And Bush's war on terror makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Answer 10

As a democrat, liberal SOB... I can't see terrorism being a partisan issue. Democrats / Republican / Conservatives / Liberals have to come together an create a bi-partisan plan, that includes introducing Capitalism, and Materialism into those countries... Once they become greedy little bastards like us, they won't want to blow themselves up.

Simple, but it'll work.