Bush says U.S. will be fighting terrorists for years

[sabra]

http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/295494422860615

Bush says U.S. will be fighting terrorists for years

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush cautioned Tuesday that the foiled plot in Britain to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic means the U.S. will be fighting terrorists for years to come.

"America is safer than it has been, yet it is not yet safe," Bush told reporters in an operations center at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va., just outside Washington.

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Bush said that plot is indicative of the challenges that America faces from terrorists now and for years to come.

"I will assure the American people that we are doing everything in our power to protect you," Bush said.

[BOSSHOG]

1. In other words, getting over my fuckups is hard work

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Ding! Ding! We have the answer!!

[The2ndWheel]

2. No kidding

They've been around longer than Bush has been in office, and will be around long after he's out.

[Vincardog]

5. gwb Has done a great job of creating more of them.

The whole * agenda has been to increase terrorism and thus "prove" he need for ever increasing illegal powers for aWoL. :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

WE have to stop the fascist agenda.

[The2ndWheel]

10. Maybe

Doesn't change the fact that terrorism, whatever that means, has been around since politics began, and been used for the same amount of time to increase powers, legal or illegal. Who got to choose what were legal powers in the first place? Probably terrorists, depending on what side you found yourself on at the time.

[Vincardog]

14. The law I look to is the US CONSTITUTION.

The link is here. May be you should read it.
< http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm >

[The2ndWheel]

32. Well they had to take over a land mass with people on it

as well as bring people from another just to get this thing started. So they gave themselves the legal right to make the rules.

[maxsolomon]

3. now watch me attack this straw man!

safer then it has been? define "the past". safer than in 1890?

[MrCoffee]

6. Don't worry Chimpy, you have a right to a speedy trial...

It won't take years.

[Joanne98]

7. I don't want your protection mr bush...

[gp]

8. * made sure there will be an ample supply of terrorists...

for generations to come...

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. How about we wait to see if they can validate the "facts" of this plot

first?

Or would that be too much to ask?

[Botany]

11. and how many will be coming from Iraq & Lebanon?

The blow back from his screw ups is gonna be huge.

BTW anybody seen this guy?

[damntexdem]

17. Hey, when did ...

Dubya grow a beard and mustache?

[Iwasthere]

12. WAR IS PEACE WAR IS PEACE

WAR IS PEACE We should blanket the country with Orwells book. needs to be read again by everyone.

[coalition_unwilling]

21. Ignorance is strength. (n/t)

[AndyA]

13. Bullshit Bush.

"I will assure the American people that we are doing everything in our power to protect you," Bush said.

Oh really?

What about our wide open ports?

What about our military, that's stretched too thin and EXHAUSTED from the "war" in Iraq?

What about the selling off of critical American infrastructure, bit by bit to foreign governments?

What about selling weapons and nuclear technology to other countries? Just because they're a friend now, doesn't mean they will always be. (See history Shah of Iran, and Saddam Hussein in Iraq for details.)

You're an idiot, Bush. America is less safe today than ever before, because of your bungled foreign policies and irresponsible governing of the country.

And to top it all off, you're a liar, and all of America knows it except for the brain-dead Kool Aid addicts that believe everything you tell them.

[acmavm]

15. If this is such a big deal to this guy, why is he always wanting

to cut the funding for the very programs that would protect this country.

Please, this bastard doesn't care one whit.

edit: I take that back. He cares very much about what he and him family and friends can rake in loot and power-wise. It's the safety of the American people that he doesn't give a damn about. I said earlier, if he cared about the people, this country, he'd fire his administration and resign.

[damntexdem]

16. Oh, he just (again) misspoke himself. What he meant was:

if he has anything to do about it, the U.S. will REMAIN terrorists for years to come.

[orwell]

18. Bingo...n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

19. Close, but sadly, the USA will remain the #1 terrorist for decades . . .

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.
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PNACers will make sure of that

Considering that the USA has troops and bases in over 120 countries around the world

They got Al Qua-ida beat by a long shot

Over a million military personnel spread around the globe in over 600 bases

More nukes than any other country in the world, possibly more nukes than the rest of the world combined . . .

And certainly the most dangerous War-Machine ever to exist on this planet

Under the control of a madman . . . .

(sigh)

[ima_sinnic]

20. "doing everything in our power to protect you"? One word, a-hole:

KATRINA

dumbF**K had days of warning and how did you "protect" us?
after the damage was wrought and people--US citizens--were starving and drowning, what help did you offer?
a year later, hel-LO??? remember that entire REGION that used to be thriving along the Gulf Coast? those people who have been dispersed to the four winds? and the thousands, perhaps tens of thousands who DIED HORRIBLE DEATHS because of YOU.

go to F**KING HELL you despicable, clueless, lying PIG and take all of your BULLSHIT CRAP about "TERRORISTS" with you!! :mad: :grr: :nuke: :mad: :grr: :nuke:

[BigDDem]

22. "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States"

Bush: Yawnnnn, Lets play some golf!

[Amonester]

25. "All right. You've covered your ass, now."- Lil' aWoL_iar's way of..

... protectin' us when the PNAC's controlled demolition of 9/11 was near ready for the get-go.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/21/162612/616

(It's sure been a controlled demolition of the Constitution ever since too.)

[krkaufman]

23. Also here: Bush Sees No End to War on Terrorism

Bush Sees No End to War on Terrorism

[krkaufman]

24. Would it be so hard for these "reporters" to highlight the fact ...

... that an overwhelming number of security experts consider us to be losing the fight against global terrorism, largely due to the Iraq war and Bush's misleadership.

[NMMNG]

26. But of course

Your actions have ensured that there will be a steady stream of them for years to come. Anything to try to keep your party in control, regardless of how badly it damages the country.

[Solly Mack]

27. Meaningless, non-statement meant only to pander to the fearful

Terrorism has been around for years. It's not as if it's "new" - and the U.S. has been dealing with terrorism for years. The world has been dealing with terrorism for years.

The actions/policies of the Bush Regime have increased the likelihood of increased, future attacks on US soil, as well as increasing the chances of Americans living abroad being attacked.

Making America less safe than it was before Bush

However, America never has been immune to a terrorist attack. There's a difference between being immune from an attack and the probability of an attack being high or low. America's probability factor has changed as society has become more mobile(and hostilities more aggravated)....but it never was immune from attacks.

So Bush saying America will be dealing with terrorism for years to come is nothing more than stating the obvious and then portraying the obvious as some sort of new development that has never before been seen or dealt with...which is a lie...and by omitting his role in increasing the existing hostilities, Bush undermines America's safety even more.

It's a non-statement that plays well with those only listening at the surface...it's just one more Bush abuse of the truth in a long list of abuses...it's a sound bite to feed people.. to aid those who buy into the co-existing alternate reality created and maintained by the Bush Regime,allowing those people to believe that this is the way it has to be- so just accept it and everything they say

It's like saying "the poor will always be with us"

Well, yes, there will always be people who are poor compared to others...but it denies the fact that government's policies directly affect people being poor and keeping them poor. That government can create poverty and make it worse with their policies. That how poor people are labeled and scorned by society (government) plays into just how poverty is viewed and dealt with...



But making such comments allows members of the viewing audience to tell themselves that this is just how it is and we can't change it, so might as well accept it. And people will and do tell themselves that...

Statements such as these never address the real issues..making them meaningless statements

A more honest statement would be, "Brace yourself. Because we aren't going to work to make things better but we will use this time to advance our agenda and make it worse for you"

and then tell you...it's just how it is in this "post-911" reality we've manufactured

[missTheBigDog]

31. Good post...

solly mack. It's amazing at what lengths they will go to to scare the American people.

[DoYouEverWonder]

28. No

We'll be fighting terrorists until we can get this cabal out of the WH.

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. "My war will last forever - because I'm the war president"

Socialist countries often have a 'permanent revolution' - the USA now has a 'permanent war'. Hmmm, I'm sure I've seen that in fiction somewhere....

[focusfan]

30. he's so full of hot air

i think the only terriost is in his head