Sept 11 once again
This is something that I have been thinking about and composing for a long time and I don't think I'll ever be able to say everything in the right fashion - I know that I am not a writer. But I'll try.... Seems appropriate to post it on the 3rd anniversary of this horrible tragedy.
OK, there has been so much talk about this subject at the RNC - does anyone think that Bush would have a chance in a million for "re"-election if this catastrophe hadn't happened? This sounds bad, but don't you truly think that Bush was grateful for this disaster? It gave people something else to think about besides the awful job he was doing in office up until then, gave him an excuse for everything he has done since then, and let him declare a "war on terror", which basically means that he can do and say anything he wants to anyone he wants and just call them a terrorist and everyone will be afraid to say anything about it.
The only bit of truth that Bush has spoken any time recently is when he said that we cannot win the war on terror. Of course, that contradicts everything he has said since 9/11/01, but it is the truth. There is no way to win a war on terror - that is like saying that we will defeat evil! It is just not possible. But it is a good catch phrase and excuses any and everything he does!
And what did he really do in response to this attack? He bravely and boldly took it upon himself to...invade a country that had nothing to do with it! Few people seem to recall that it was Osama bin Laden who claimed responsibility for 9/11, yet, since we couldn't find him right away, Bush decided to distract the US with a personal vendetta that he tried in vain to connect to the attacks.
Despite any proof or logic, he seemingly has managed to convince people that bin Laden and Iraq are somehow connected. It appears that Bush's entire campaign is based on Sept 11 and the "war on terror" and how he has made us "safer" and more "secure" in it's aftermath.
Well, let's see, we have continual "security alerts", we have a Patriot Act that has taken away numerous civil rights without doing much of anything else, we have lost over 1,000 soldiers in Iraq, we have alienated a good portion of the world, as well as the UN, we are feared and hated by more of the worldwide community than ever and even the president tells us that he is certain that we will be attacked on US soil again!
I don't know about you, but if that is evidence of a job well done, then I think we need someone else doing the job!
OK, there has been so much talk about this subject at the RNC - does anyone think that Bush would have a chance in a million for "re"-election if this catastrophe hadn't happened? This sounds bad, but don't you truly think that Bush was grateful for this disaster? It gave people something else to think about besides the awful job he was doing in office up until then, gave him an excuse for everything he has done since then, and let him declare a "war on terror", which basically means that he can do and say anything he wants to anyone he wants and just call them a terrorist and everyone will be afraid to say anything about it.
The only bit of truth that Bush has spoken any time recently is when he said that we cannot win the war on terror. Of course, that contradicts everything he has said since 9/11/01, but it is the truth. There is no way to win a war on terror - that is like saying that we will defeat evil! It is just not possible. But it is a good catch phrase and excuses any and everything he does!
And what did he really do in response to this attack? He bravely and boldly took it upon himself to...invade a country that had nothing to do with it! Few people seem to recall that it was Osama bin Laden who claimed responsibility for 9/11, yet, since we couldn't find him right away, Bush decided to distract the US with a personal vendetta that he tried in vain to connect to the attacks.
Despite any proof or logic, he seemingly has managed to convince people that bin Laden and Iraq are somehow connected. It appears that Bush's entire campaign is based on Sept 11 and the "war on terror" and how he has made us "safer" and more "secure" in it's aftermath.
Well, let's see, we have continual "security alerts", we have a Patriot Act that has taken away numerous civil rights without doing much of anything else, we have lost over 1,000 soldiers in Iraq, we have alienated a good portion of the world, as well as the UN, we are feared and hated by more of the worldwide community than ever and even the president tells us that he is certain that we will be attacked on US soil again!
I don't know about you, but if that is evidence of a job well done, then I think we need someone else doing the job!
posted by rich at 9:33 AM
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