A Question for the democrats....?

Question

If the Bush administration is so inept, can you explain why it is that 5 years have gone by since 9/11 and we still have not had another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. I have a bet with a friend on how you will answer so keep it civil please. I'm not looking for a fight- just a logical answer. My buddy and I have agreed to the phrasing of this question as it does not reveal either of our political allegiance (if any at all).

Kutekymmee- the anthrax attacks were never conclusive as to whether it was foreign or domestic. This question refers to only the Islamo-fascists and blame can not be placed on them for the anthrax attacks until we have something concrete.
jessezgl_2005- there was a bombing attempt on the Twin Towers in '93. The Clinton Administration decided to lob a few missles at the terrorists and treat the attack as a criminal offense and not an act of war.

worriedaboutyou- you're right. Better that Bush invited the terrorists to your backyard rather than Iraq.

Q-burt- might I point out that all those attacks yoou lis are more than 5 years ago-- A for effort- C in paying attention.

worriedaboutyou- read the question please- I mention nothing about the recent Israeli/Hezbolah conflict. Has NO bearing on Bush as the U.S. wasn't involved. This question pertains to attacks on U.S. soil.

02B30C1- NOT Katrina. That's a whole other issue. Stick to the topic please.

Answer 1

I asked the same question. Not one liberal could give him credit for this. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuM2YSQNmLVWn.oR4yV6IbLsy6IX?qid=20060911110809AA471Oh

Answer 2

Its like the old joke about the man holding a banana in his ear to keep away alligators - his friend says "but there arent any alligators here", and he replies "well it must be working!"

So there havent been any attacks in 5 years (except for the anthrax, good point!). That doesnt mean we are any safer or the people in charge are doing a great job. Before 9-11, the last attack on US soil was 8 years earlier. Before that....? But worldwide, the pace of attacks is way up. Look at Bali, London, Madrid, and any number of attacks in the middle east.
And then we look at the government response to other disasters. Katrina was a dismal failure. If our government cant even protect us from rising water, what can we expect when something unexpected happens? The guy in charge of FEMA turned out to be a Bush crony whose only experience was running an Arabian horse breeders association. The company the federal government hired to write the disaster plan for New Orleans turned out to be a major Republican party donor with no disaster plan experience, who ignored experts and couldnt even FIND the plan when it was needed.
This kind of ineptitude leads to distrust of our current leaders. If Katrina hadnt happened, we wouldnt even know how screwed up our disaster plans are. What kinds of mistakes are going on right now that we DONT know about?

Response to additional comments - my point about Katrina is that it showed how poorly prepared our government is to handle any kind of disaster, and that cronyism trumps the public good for this administration. Sure, we may not have been attacked, but this showed that we are not at all prepared to handle another one.

Answer 3

The Question does hold meritt. Under the Clinton administration there were five major terrorist attacks against Americans. 1993 Worlt Trade Center, 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers, 1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Africa and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.

Clinton did nothing in response to these attacks so the terrorists got the balls to execute 9/11. Bush bombed them into the stone age and enacted a tougher national security. It took a few months to get off the ground, (anthrax letters, shoe bomber) but we got it tightened. Since then there have been many attempts to hit the US again, and all have failed because Bush has enforced this security, even in the face of mass adversity.

The question is, when the next President takes office, will he have the balls to enforce the same standards or will he become a slave to the screaming libs and lessen the security?

Edit:

Reading this, I seem as if i am saying Bush is some sort of savior. I am not. Clinton failed to retaliate, Bush couldn't set his intelligence agency straight. Both are to blame, but Bush did not back down. Americans died and then Terrorists died...That never happened under Clinton.

Stormy: If you noticed, I pre-empted the attacks during the Clinton administration, showing what happened before 9/11 leading up the fact that nothing has happened after 9/11.

Gotta give you a D- for paying attention on that one bro.

Answer 4

there were plenty of years without a terrorist attack this does not mean that Bush is doing a good job. They don't have to attack here because they are attacking our reporters and troops overseas. The only reason that they attacked us in the first place is because of the Bush family. They warned us and that is their way of fighting back. Just like we performed gorilla warfare to win the revolutionary war and win our freedom in this country. That is the method of fighting the powerful. I am not saying I know the solution to the problem at this point, but the Bush's are definitely a large part of the cause. It is also not just the war it is the whole economy and the rest of the corrupt representatives.

Answer 5

We just had two close calls ----- what planet do you live on?
"Wild Bill" Bush has invited the terrorists to Iraq with his "Bring em on" bit and Damn if they didnt come! Bigtime! That man needs to travel the yellow brick road as the scarecrow because he truly needs a brain.
So now we have the Shi-ites in power who will unite with the Iranians after we leave. So what the hell was the point in invading Iraq? Yes that crowd from "Emerald City" is totally inept! And they have only managed to hide this long because of our shock from 9/11. Thank God we are waking up now! And that inhumane stance on Lebanon was as cold as anybody could be. They even left cluster bombs to kill the children. Its time for Wild Bill Bush to go back to the ranch.

Answer 6

No other attacks? What about the anthrax mailings? At the time those happened, all we heard from the government was "its another terrorist attack!". Now, we seem to have forgotten about them, and they never found out who did it, just that it came from a government labratory.

I dont understand you follow up - because we couldnt find out who did it, that means it wasnt a terrorist attack? That makes no sense. I guess you only call it a terrorist attack if it suits your political purposes?

Answer 7

Bush has nothing to do when the attacks happen. He was in office when the last attack happened. Your question doesn't hold any merit in it to me.

As far as Bush, he is an ignorant and uneducated oil man who wants the price of gas to go up because that is where the family money comes from.

And I'm not a democrat either, but I am not a G W Bush fan at all.

Answer 8

"Inept"..what a fitting word.
I think right now, the head guy, (Osama) is lying low to avoid being caught. But thats not to say they're not planning another one. Of course, it would have to be something major, to equal 9/11. I'm sure it takes a lot of time to round up enough stupid people willing to blow themselves up in the name of Allah.
Plus, they've been hitting places here and there, just to let us know they are still around.
But I don't feel safe with Bush as the president. Something else will happen, and he will be too scared or ill prepared to deal with it. Or he'll be on vacation at his ranch, and couldn't be bothered with such issues.

Answer 9

here's a plan i agree with doesn't matter what your views are '''works for me'
Killing Osama will only create a martyr. Holding him prisoner will only inspire his comrades to take hostages to demand his release.

Therefore, I suggest we do neither.

Let the Special Forces, Seals, or whoever covertly capture him, fly him to an undisclosed hospital and have surgeons quickly perform a complete sex change operation. Then return "her" to Afghanistan to live as a woman under the Taliban controlled area

Answer 10

Because after 9-11 any administration (incompetant or not) would start to take their job a little more seriously. And that not only includes politicians, it (most importantly) includes security and law enforcement personnel.

Answer 11

Because the Bush administration is not inept at all. Liberal slanted media would have you believe it is for political reasons.