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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:15 PM
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Q: Why has it been so difficult to catch bin Laden and Zarqawi?
Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 08:16 PM by mopaul
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050922.html

Q Why has it been so difficult to catch bin Laden and Zarqawi? And can you really say that you are making progress in the war on terrorism when these people have been, you know, able to stay free for so long?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I can say we're making progress in the war on terror. If you look at the organizational structure of al Qaeda right after September the 11th and look at it today, you'll see a lot of people have been brought to justice -- Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, al Libbi. I mean, there's a series of these folks that had been plotting and planning and ordering attacks. And we have found them -- we being a coalition. So step one is there is a coalition. A lot of people around the world understand the stakes, that this is global war against people who've got a dark vision and a strategy to achieve that vision.

Look, let me take a step back. People have got to understand that there is a global network of terrorists who desire to dominate a part of the world. They would like to see a Taliban-type relationships in countries around the world. They want to be in a position to impose their philosophy. The best way for me to describe what life would be like is to remind people what life was like for those poor Afghan citizens under the Taliban. That's what -- in other words, they have a strategy. We understand that. And we have a strategy. And part of the strategy is to call free nations together to form a coalition, to share information and to find people before they hurt.

Now, look, they've been successful on attacks. They were successful here. They've been successful in London and Madrid. In other words, they have had attacks.

------------bla bla bla, lie lie lie
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:18 PM
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1. oh lord
the man cannot even talk...perhaps a better question would be:

why can't Bush find his ass with both hands?
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:45 PM
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5. You are right. What does this guy do right?
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:51 PM
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8. hmmm...
let's see...can't pronounce nuclear
can't button his shirt
can't find Osama
can't run a baseball team
can't appoint qualified people to protect his ass
can't stop falling off his bike
can't hold his liquor
can't find his ass with both hands..oh wait, I already said that...

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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:19 PM
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2. Because Osama dead is a martyr
and Osama alive is a cause.

And because Al Zarqawi doesn't exist anymore than Robin Hood or the Scarlet Pimpernel did.

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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:21 PM
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3. Because * needs a boogie man n/t
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:23 PM
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4. Osama is the bushturd's co-conspirator and partner
Zarqawi doesn't even exist.
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phusion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 11:01 PM
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19. BINGO.
:applause:
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unrepuke Donating Member (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:46 PM
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6. Like me catching the Plague. I haven't been trying hard enough.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:49 PM
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7. They don't care. They can't organize squat. And one other possibility
They don't wanna piss off the Saudi bin Laden Group. Taking Osama alive will result in questions being asked. They need him dead.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:51 PM
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9. Kinda hard to capture someone you want to remain a threat.
Can't have a bogeyman if he's behind bars, can you?
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:54 PM
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10. The answer to everything now.
Shrimp is an alcoholic who has been boozing since he took office. He's dropped the ball on a multitude of situations because he is incapacitated by his alcohol abuse. Do we want a stupid souse in the White House drunk driving the ship of state? I think not.

Bush is an alcoholic abuser. Remove Bush now.
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:55 PM
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11. He who lives for the sake of combatting an enemy;
has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 09:05 PM
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12. possibly because they are not looking. Unique thought huh?
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Mr Rabble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 09:08 PM
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13. They are both dead. OBL for SURE is dead.
The MSM just wont report it. They need this sick war as much as * does.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 09:11 PM
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14. OBL is too valuable to the Bush Regime as a free man.
He'll never be captured.
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justgamma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 10:39 PM
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15. Shrub is an idiot!
" The best way for me to describe what life would be like is to remind people what life was like for those poor Afghan citizens under the Taliban." Hey idiot! You took your eye off the prize and decided to attack a country that had nothing to do with terrorism. If you would have concentrated on doing it right in Afghanistan, maybe things wouldn't have gotten so EFFED UP!
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INdemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 10:50 PM
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16. WoW..is this guy stupid
how can any real American support an idiot such as this.......
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dasmarian Donating Member (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 10:53 PM
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17. read 1984 and you'll understand
It's like a handbook for this administration.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 10:58 PM
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18. *LOL* The BushCO/neoCON regime NEED identifiable "enemies",...
,...to fulfill their NWO. Period.

Hey, Mo,....:hug:
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