U.S. focus abroad hurts domestic security - critics

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062901028.html

U.S. focus abroad hurts domestic security - critics

Reuters
Wednesday, June 29, 2005; 11:32 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's focus on Iraq and fighting other threats abroad comes at the expense of domestic efforts to avert attacks on U.S. soil, bipartisan advocates for more homeland security measures said.

"There is only one course of action against them (terrorists): to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home," Bush said in a speech on Wednesday, affirming a long-standing administration policy.

But critics say this foreign focus diverts resources from essential domestic needs such as tighter borders, improved aviation and cargo screening, and securing critical infrastructure, which they say are just as vital to preventing another attack like Sept. 11, 2001.

"We should hear a lot more that this is a war on two fronts, instead of one that has basically been about 'we do it over there so we don't have to do it here,"' former Coast Guard Commander Stephen Flynn told a public forum on homeland security hosted this week by the former Sept. 11 Commission.

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[Roland99]

1. Hmm...didn't Kerry attack that 2nd front during the campaign?

Why, yes he did!

[rodeodance]

2. well, guess the WP is catching up?

......But critics say this foreign focus diverts resources from essential domestic needs such as tighter borders, improved aviation and cargo screening, and securing critical infrastructure, which they say are just as vital to preventing another attack like Sept. 11, 2001.

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3. not to mention housing, health care, infrastructure, child care. ect ect!!

[Malva Zebrina]

4. don't forget, we need a president that actually pays attention to

intelligence warnings and takes action to protect the American people, This boob and his consort security advisor, went to Crawford for a whole month to frolic and play. God knows what he will do next as he tumbles down his dark tunnel to being accused of war crimes and treason .

We need a leader that does not LIHOP in order to pursue war and all the benefits his buddies will reap from it. It ain't him.