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Originally Posted by ila
I like reading your posts, Tracy. You bring a sane perspective to all the antiBush rantings that are so common throughout your country. I would like to know though why you blame Obama for what happened at Fort Hood. I don't think that anyone could have prevented that except those in the army.
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Thank you
I blame Obama indirectly. He is the one who sets the tone of political correctness that we can't allow to get in the way of security. See
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Originally Posted by randolph
Oh boy! Tracy, you are amazing! How can such an intelligent person be so biased and then actually blame Gore for 9/11!  |
What? I didn't blame Gore for 9/11. I said Gore antics delayed Bush's transition.
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Originally Posted by randolph
Tracy--"It might have been sooner if his transition into office hadn't been delayed by Gore's antics."
The implication of this statement is that if Bush had had more time, he could have prevented 9/11. This is total BS!
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How? Considering that Bush had a certain amount of time to work on the Al Qaeda problem, and that it progressed to the point that he signed an order for military action on September 10th. Obviously if he started working on the problem sooner, he would have initiated military action sooner. When you look at the fact that Bush was delayed in receiving funds to start his administration, and putting together his cabinet because of the contested election, you have to realize that that delayed any action against Al Qaeda. Or am I a Time Lord and therefore the only one able to see such complexities in SpaceTime?
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Originally Posted by NyTimes
Senior Clinton administration officials called to testify next week before the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks say they are prepared to detail how they repeatedly warned their Bush administration counterparts in late 2000 that Al Qaeda posed the worst security threat facing the nation -- and how the new administration was slow to act.
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Yes, they did warn Bush. But later than they would have if Bush had been given the win earlier. Also, Bush was unable to assemble a team to act on the information. Also remember who the source is. Bill Clinton does not want to look like they dropped the ball. But if they had such urgent warnings, why didn't they act on it? Why didn't they at least hand Bush their draft of a plan of attack?