July 8, 2005

  • Update: I'd almost forgotten about this one... Back during the last presidential election, Bush outed an Al Qaeda double agent working for the US and the UK and Pakistan, in order to show that terror alerts weren't politically-motivated. This agent happened to be in Britain at the time. When he was outed, Al Qaeda operatives ran for the hills. One wonders if the London bombings would have happened if that operation had been allowed to complete, rather than having been wrecked by Bush.

    OK, let's look at the chronology, shall we?

    Late 2001: Terrorist attack in New York City, killing 3,000+

    2002: US invades Afghanistan to get rid of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the NYC attack.

    2003: US invades Iraq with 'coalition' of Britain.

    Two years pass, during which the US doesn't really do anything other than bomb Fallujah a few times. In 2004, radical Islamists bomb Madrid, however, killing 191.

    2005: Al Qaeda bombs London, killing 40.

    This very moment: Osama Bin Laden walks the earth. A bunch of people who might be terrorists (or might not be) are being tortured in Cuba by the US. NO criminal arrests of any terrorists by the US.

    Bush and Blair sure did a good job of fighting terrorism, didn't they? Meanwhile, Iraqis are happy to have traded Saddam Hussein for... Insurgents? Terrorists? Al Qaeda? Democracy?

    Bush's War On Terrah is unaccountably inept. Either you're with him, or you're not stupid.

Comments (6)

  • *shakes head*

  • well put.

  • But you miss the point: All of Georgie's friends have made lots of money. That's why they wanted him as President in the first place. That's what has driven all US policy. Without this war how could he have given Halliburton $40 billion?

    I myself will agree to vote Republican if I get my share of the loot. I just want 1% of each government contract with a firm that has contributed to the Republican Party.

  • That's not a point I miss, d00d.

    A reasonable US policy that could be called a 'War On Terror' would be OK, even if it made a shitload of money for everyone involved, IF it actually WORKED.

    By the way, you'll recall that Bush promised a tax 'refund' should he be elected the first time. He delivered it, too, but it wasn't actually a refund. It was a loan against future taxes, and it put the country even further in debt. Bush bought off voters.

  • bought off stupid voters

    "In a democracy the people always get what they deserve."

  • "Either you're with him, or you're not stupid."

    Couldn't have said it better myself.

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