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thanks to chimpy.
from an article in Newsweek
January 14, 2007
Beloved Leader Has Made Us Safer
Isikoff's latest piece in Newsweek should make quite clear that the Decider and his Cheney have in fact created a situation where the US and our interests are far less safer than before we invaded Iraq (emphasis mine):
"Jan. 22, 2007 issue - Intel director john Negroponte gave Congress a sobering assessment last week of the continued threats from groups like Al Qaeda and Hizbullah. But even gloomier comments came from Henry Crumpton, the outgoing State Department terror coordinator. An ex-CIA operative, Crumpton told NEWSWEEK that a worldwide surge in Islamic radicalism has worsened recently, increasing the number of potential terrorists and setting back U.S. efforts in the terror war. "Certainly, we haven't made any progress," said Crumpton. "In fact, we've lost ground." He cites Iraq as a factor; the war has fueled resentment against the United States.
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But he warned of future attacks. "We don't want to acknowledge we're going to get hit again in the homeland, but we are," he said. "That's a hard, ugly fact. But it's going to happen." Crumpton cited no specific intel, but said the most worrisome scenarios involve lone operatives who slip into the country and take directions through cyberspace."
And the Bush administration's Homeland Security slush fund has really made sure to have secured us from a potential second strike.
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