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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 04:51 PM
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List Bush's failures on terrorism here (both before and after 9/11)
Here's what I've come up with:

Letting Bin Laden away at Tora Bora

Drug cartels and warlords are in charge in Afghanistan

Failing to look at the Hart-Rudmann Report

Iraq has become a magnet for Al Qaida recruitment and distracted us from the broader War on Terrorism

And let's not forget that Bush cut funding for explosives detection at airports:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/12/173810/788

And neither should we forget the Dubai Ports World deal

Bush dragged his feet on the USS Cole investigation

Bush also flip flopped on creating the 9/11 Commission, tried to prevent Condi from testifying, and did not testify under oath

Able Danger - Remember the bureaucratic bullshit and stifling of the unit's job

Remember how tried to cut counter-terrorism funding both pre-9/11 AND post-9/11:
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=39039
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new.cfm?doc_name=fs-108-2-99

And let's not forget the less than steller grades that the 9/11 Commission gave the Bush Administration:
http://www.9-11pdp.org/press/2005-12-05_summary.pdf

...Or how Homeland Security cut funding for NYC and DC, while at the same time gave money to a freakin' PETTING ZOO?
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/us-terror-targets-petting-zoo-and-flea/20060712022709990001?_mpc=news.10.1&cid=842
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creeksneakers2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:07 PM
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1. Very long article full of them.
http://suite101.com/discussion.cfm/investing/68672/588144#message_1

Scroll down a few inches to A Strategy's Cautious Evolution
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:08 PM
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2. Ooooh... Good Thread
:popcorn:
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:13 PM
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3. I usually think first of the August memo about bin Laden attacking
Edited on Mon Sep-04-06 05:16 PM by MasonJar
the USA and of Bush not only continuing his vacation, but spending any work time on opposing stem cell research.
I also abhor the fact that Bush did not warn the airlines, which instead of protecting themselves used the time-honored philosophy of doing as the terrorists demanded.
I also cannot understand why the Air Force did not intercept any planes.
I do not know why a president would read a story about a pet goat, albeit upside down during an attack on our country.
I also think of Ashcraft refusing to fly commercial in the summer of 2001.
I think of Richard Clarke begging the Bushites to have a meeting on al Queda and being transferred.
I think of the warning of the FBI in several states, which were purposefully ignored by D.C.
I think of how the whistleblowers were muted by use of seldom used or outdated laws.
I think of Bush refusing to let the Secretary let NYC residents know that the pollution was dangerous in the city and that they should be wary of a return to work. Heaven forbid that the stock market be off work another day.
I think of the great Americans who gave up salary and health to help the citizens of New York City at the rubble.
I think of Bill and Hillary being there to support the people and of the Stump coming and creating a photo op for himself and his minions to use to ruin our country.
This is only my short list; I can add many more.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:19 PM
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4. His Agendas are arguably treasonous ,is he trying to ruin our economy?What
or is it a by-product of not having a clue?
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davidwparker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:55 PM
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5. Rejecting Afghanistan's offer to turn of bin Laden to a neutral nation.
It's never been about bin Laden to them.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:22 PM
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6. Leaking the ID of covert CIA agents?
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