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Question

So you think that capturing Bin Laden wouldn't have stopped 9/11? Well what about capturing Sheik Muhammed? Which occured after Bush enacted "The War on Terror". Bush reached out to countries all over the world with known terrorists that live in their countries to turn terrorists over to the United States. Sheik Muhammed was wanted for conspiring against the United States in a 1995 plot to blow up Airlines headed to America and the death of journalist Daniel Pearl who had his head cut off with a bouie knife. He was also revealed to be the "Mastermind" of 9/11. Please tell me, would democrats have enacted a similar war of terror, yeilding the mastermind of 9/11?

Answer 1

I think that if Bush had listened to the warning he was given about a great threat from Bin Laden before 9/11, the crisis may have been adverted.

I am not American, but I identify with the policies of the Democratic Party. I am pretty sure most Democrats agree that the U.S. must punish the one who is to blame for the terrible terrorist attacks of 9/11.

All I wonder is, why has the attention been shifted from fighting terror to fighting the Iraqi insurgency? Why is it not Find Osama asap?

Answer 2

Yeah, right. We reached out like the way the schoolyard bully "reaches out" to another kid for lunch money. Had we actually engaged in a "war on terror", rather than getting sidetracked in Iraq, we might have Sheik Muhammed AND Bin Laden AND a few remaining allies. And several million fewer very well funded terrorists-in-training, and the ability to respond appropriately to Iran- which, unlike Iraq, actually poses a legitimate threat to us.

Answer 3

I'm not following your "logic". 9/11 happened on Bush's watch, before he started his "War on Terror". If Muhammed was the mastermind of 9/11 how would capturing or killing Bin Laden have stoped 9/11?

Answer 4

of course they would have? have you ever looked at history at all?

heck, Clinton did more to get Osama before 9-11 than Bush ever did... it probably still wasn't enough though...

so, it could stand to reason that a Democrat's actions would be at least equal to Bush's post-9-11 actions... in fact, a Democrat probably would have focused more on the terrorists and maybe even gotten Osama after 9-11... instead of running off to Iraq...

and can you cite some of this? because I have heard different versions and I would like to see your information...

and I think that capturing Osama would have stopped 9-11? so I don't know what you're talking about?

I guess, my question to you would be... what makes you think that they wouldn't have... actual citable reasons?

apparently some people don't remember that we did send a few cruise missles to Osama's camps... which wasn't a lot, but more than Bush did pre-9-11

Answer 5

Richard Clarke was a national Security adviser to Bush, week after week he sent memos to the administration warning of the impending disaster, no one cared. The Administration had no strategy on terrorism, they didn't even have their first meeting until September. Bill Clinton had Hussein completely boxed in, he had no army, no WMD's, and no allies. There were no terrorists in Iraq, they had electricity, an infrastructure, a school system, water, and no foreign governments invading and killing civilians. Nice job George.

Answer 6

I'm not sure I follow what it is you're looking for here. I assume what you're doing is trying to bait Democrats into a scalding rant so that you can use it as an example of...whatever. I also know that every response you'll get from someone, like me, who doesn't get what you're after or your mentality, will be filled with real logic and common sense which you'll gleefeully ignore. You're just going to pick anyone who trashes Democrats as the best answer. Well, you go have fun with that. I'll pass.

Answer 7

Ask Richard Clarke, or read his book-Against All Enemies. He was there, in the middle of both the Clinton and Bush administrations. He's no partisan and his book makes it clear that ClintonTRIED, Bush DID NOT. Your conclusions are unfounded, unsupported and,quite frankly, partisanly ridiculous

Answer 8

Democrats do not go to war with abstract ideas...

"War on Drugs"
"War on Terrorism"

Democrats generally are more focused on eliminating the need for war (reducing fossil fuel that is purchased from terrorists) Democrats would have actually caught Bin Laden and not invited his family to a cocktail party...

Answer 9

Well let's review for a moment what the democratic response was to past terrorist attacks against the United States to find the answer as to how democrats deal with terrorism......

02/26/93: Al Qaeda plans and executes it’s first attack on the World Trade Center Towers. Six are killed and over 1000 are injured. Clinton considers the incident only a criminal act, arrests six, and considers the case closed.

10/03/93: Clinton sends US forces to Somalia to engage and capture Somali warload Mohammed Adid while refusing to equip them with air gunships or heavy armor out of UN sensitivities. Al Qaeda trains the local insurgency to ambush and counter attack US Rangers. 19 American soldiers were killed, and a naked US Army Ranger was dragged through the streets in celebration. Days later Clinton announces an abrupt pullout of Somalia.

06/26/96: Militans strike US military barracks with a truck bomb in Saudi Arabia. 19 are killed. NOTHING was done until Bush took office and a federal grand jury indicted 13 Saudis and a Lebanese. The Clinton administration considered the case closed.

08/07/98: Al Qaeda attacks US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 and injuring over 5000. Two weeks later Clinton launches cruise missiles against an aspirin factory in Sudan, and considers the case closed.

10/12/00: Al Qaeda attacks the USS Cole, murdering 17 sailors. Clinton did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING while focusing his attention instead on supporting Al Gore’s bid for the white house.

Now by comparison you have President George W Bush. And what did HE do in response to the September 11th terrorist attaks just 8 months into his presidency? Let's review......

* Established the The War on Terror, led a coalition to defeat the terrorist-supporting regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and liberated 50 million people.

* Increased the defense budget by 26%

* Increased military pay by 21%

* Created the Department of Homeland Security

* Enacted the largest Government reorganization in a half-century, merging 22 entities into the Department of Homeland Security.

* Provided $4.5 billion to State and local governments and hospitals for Bioterrorism preparedness, and secured $5.6 billion for the BioShield Initiative

* Transformed the FBI into an agency whose primary mission is to prevent terrorist attacks. Then rightfully increased its budget by over 40 percent

The FACTS speak for themselves!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

Didn't you ask this twice yesterday?