W. and the damage done

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon

The Left doesn't seem to know or understand that Islamic terrorism actually precedes the Bush administration by many years.

Do you actually mean this or are you making things up?

Also this article seems to believe that Mr. Bush can snap hurricanes into existence. Or the aftermath is his sole responsibility.

Bush appointed a man with no emergency management experience to the post of FEMA Director, an agency that failed to deal with the Katrina situation. Surely this act of gross incompetence makes him somewhat responsible for the aftermath.

Nowhere does it say that Bush has sole responsibility. The article is is an assessment of Bush's management, a comparison of two situations - 2000 and 2008. His management role in Katrina was to ensure that the government agencies were capable of response. They were not. His most personal involvement with FEMA was the naming of Michael Brown, a man with no experience of emergency management. Bush's role in this episode was a failure.

[Sea Demon]

This is utter stupidity. Peace and prosperity? Yeah, there was no Islamic terrorism before Bush. What planets do you Democrats live on? Seriously? The funny thing about this is the fact that Mr. Clinton ignored multiple terrorist attacks against our nation. He basically swept 4 terrorist attacks under the rug. Meaning no action whatsoever. I don't think the people who died in the Khobar towers incident, the African embassies, the USS Cole, or Bosnia believe in the "peace" angle of this idiotic article intended for the truly stupid among us. Surplus?!?!? As a former member of the Clinton military, I can directly attest to the lack of proper funding. I remember the pay freezes. I think I know how some of that Surplus was accounted for. Through neglect of vital Constitutional government obligations. As far as prosperity goes, I wonder if they forgot about the situation involving the influencing of lending institutions to give bad loans to people with no ability to pay it back.

Not to mention the Maneuvers made by the Clinton Democrats to move dual use technologies to the Commerce Department from the DoD. This has made things more dangerous potentially for our sailors who serve in the 7th fleet. Peace and prosperity?? Nonsense.

[AngusJS]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon

The funny thing about this is the fact that Mr. Clinton ignored multiple terrorist attacks against our nation.

Wrong. Read the the 9/11 Commission Report.

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

Wrong. Read the the 9/11 Commission Report.

I did. Other than labeling terrorist acts as "criminal"...nothing got done to alleviate more attacks. Truth is, Clinton Democrats simply did not choose to fight these radicals. More than one attack occured against U.S. interest in the 90's with no real response. Also, the Clinton administration helped Muslim fanatics gain an empowered leverage in Bosnia.

[AngusJS]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon

I did. Other than labeling terrorist acts as "criminal"...nothing got done to alleviate more attacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing...n_(August_1998)

Something was done. If bin Laden was at one of those camps, we might not be talking about this now. You can say the response was ineffective, but don't say there was no response.

[SteamWake]

Hrm... no one mentions the event where Bin Laden was handed to Clinton on a silver platter yet Bill dident want to stir things up.

[August]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

Something was done. If bin Laden was at one of those camps, we might not be talking about this now. You can say the response was ineffective, but don't say there was no response.

That's technically correct but there's no denying that it was a token response.

[Onkel Neal]

President Bush inherited a lax and unguarded America.

Fixed.

[Kapt Z]

Well, the man did have a way with words....

That's got to count for something down the line.

[Digital_Trucker]

Doesn't this need to be merged with the "Bash Bush" thread?