Re: President Bush's Veterans Day speech
Originally posted by CJY:<br /> I do not and will not support W. He has done nothing, in my opinion, to deserve my support. <br />
<br />And this is where neocons like me loose understanding of this opinion, not just opposing it.<br />In the statement "I support the troops, but not the war", you have substituted "WAR" with "BUSH"....I am at a loss to understand the motives, much less, the opinion itself. Such shear hatered for one man, i can only equate to osama Bin laden, myself.Can you explain your apparent rage?<br /><br /><br />
Originally posted by CJY:<br /><br />The war on terror made much more sense until he stated, "I am not worried about Osama Bin Laden." At that point, I felt his war on terror to be more self serving than anything else. <br />
<br />You took "I am not worried about Osama Bin Laden", and formed an opinion from it...An opinion formed from one sentance taken out of context? You base your logical understanding of the war on terror from this??<br />Allow me to REPLACE that sentance so much a key to your foundation of opinion,
back into the context it was first uttered within ---and at the same time, expose a tactic used by enemies thruout history, regrdless of side, righteousness or wrongness, used by us, used by them, used by me, and used by you (this time)-- the word is "PROPAGANDA";<br /><br /><br />Q Mr. President, in your speeches now you rarely talk or mention Osama bin Laden. Why is that? Also, can you tell the American people if you have any more information, if you know if he is dead or alive? Final part -- deep in your heart, don't you truly believe that until you find out if he is dead or alive, you won't really eliminate the threat of -- <br /><br /><br />THE PRESIDENT: Deep in my heart I know the man is on the run, if he's alive at all. Who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not; we haven't heard from him in a long time. And the idea of focusing on one person is -- really indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission.<br /><br /><br />Terror is bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person who's now been marginalized. His network, his host government has been destroyed. He's the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match. He is -- as I mentioned in my speech, I do mention the fact that this is a fellow who is willing to commit youngsters to their death and he, himself, tries to hide -- if, in fact, he's hiding at all.<br /><br />Q But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive? <br /><br /><br />THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run. I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country. I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban.<br /><br />
Originally posted by CJY:<br />I do remember that Hussein had a price on his father's head.
<br /><br />And that is a good thing?<br /><br />
Originally posted by CJY:<br />By the way, I think terrorist activities have increased since the "war on terror has begun."
Are you counting WTC attack one? Attack on USS Cole in Yemmen? Attacks on US Marine Baracks? Attacks on US embassies? <br />Was this discrediting more of the same tactic?<br />I personally think so, so i will disagree strongly with that.<br /><br /><br />
Originally posted by CJY:<br />Let's fight the war on terror. Let's just find our real threat and terrorism may then begin to decrease.
I totally agree., and hope you start supporting the right side of this war. Not saying you shouls support the commander in chief, if you disagree with him. I do (not on the war tho), and sometimes feel the need to defend him due to the spin machine that encourages the enemy, while criticizing tactics, logistics, theatres of battle, and obvious supporters of them and the job they do. In other words, real military troops are there to defend us from other militaries. They are not global policemen. That would be the job of the UN, if you can stomach them. I never could.
<br />you go gurl
