Bush kept this country safe (Reagan, politicians, terrorism, leader)

[chad3]

Originally Posted by bchris02

Think what you want about Bush's policies, both domestic and foreign, but one thing you can't deny is he kept this country safe after 9/11. Everybody thought there would be followup attacks, but to this day there hasn't been another attack on US soil.

Before Sept 11 Germany had more Al Qaeda cells than Iraq. Saddam H. feared Al Qaeda taking his power so he kept Al Qaeda out of Iraq. (Iraq had nothing to do with Sept 11)

But as my following source states, the Bush White House told 935 documented lies about Iraq and Sept 11.
Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war - CNN

Then GW Bush attacked Iraq for nothing, and in the process GW Bush killed over 100,000 innocent Iraqi people.

Today Iraq is a hot bed for anti-America terrorists, and 100,000's of Iraqis hate America for killing their family members.

GW Bush is nothing but a corporate puppet sent to enact supply side tax cuts. If anyone kept America safe after Sept 11 it was our Military, FBI, CIA, and Police agencies.


Your post is void of any actual facts or figures, how did GW Bush keep us safe after Sept 11 ???

[RD5050]

Originally Posted by krichton

It makes you wonder if he knew what was going to happen so he can start a war in Iraq.

There was a Washington based think-tank called Project for the New American Century (PNAC) which had many members of the Bush Administration associated to it. It was founded by the Neo-Cons William Kristol and Robert Kagan.

Project for the New American Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The PNAC exerted influence on high-level U.S. government officials in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush and affected the Bush Administration's development of military and foreign policies, especially involving national security and the Iraq War.[3][4]

In September 2000, they created a 90 page document titled "Rebuilding America's Defenses"

Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force", includes the sentence: "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor" (51).[14]
Though not arguing that Bush administration PNAC members were complicit in those attacks, other social critics such as commentator Manuel Valenzuela and journalist Mark Danner,[39][40][41] investigative journalist John Pilger, in New Statesman,[42] and former editor of The San Francisco Chronicle Bernard Weiner, in CounterPunch,[43] all argue that PNAC members used the events of 9/11 as the "Pearl Harbor" that they needed––that is, as an "opportunity" to "capitalize on" (in Pilger's words), in order to enact long-desired plans.

Practically the entire Bush Administration, including Cheney, Rumsfeld, Armitage, Bolton, Abrams, and many, many more were associated to the PNAC.

See the list of the Bush Administration members shown at the bottom of the Wikipedia Page.

And in 2006, the PNAC came to an end:

By the end of 2006, PNAC was "reduced to a voice-mail box and a ghostly website", with "a single employee" "left to wrap things up", according to the BBC News.[26] According to Tom Barry, "The glory days of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) quickly passed."[27]

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by bchris02

Think what you want about Bush's policies, both domestic and foreign, but one thing you can't deny is he kept this country safe after 9/11. Everybody thought there would be followup attacks, but to this day there hasn't been another attack on US soil.

You mean apart from the 2001 anthrax letters, and the shoot-up of the El Al counter at LAX, I assume?

[gomexico]

Originally Posted by bchris02

Think what you want about Bush's policies, both domestic and foreign, but one thing you can't deny is he kept this country safe after 9/11. Everybody thought there would be followup attacks, but to this day there hasn't been another attack on US soil.

He did more to damage our national security than any President in my lifetime.

[MTAtech]

He did come up with that cool color system, yellow -- be careful; or angle -- be more careful; Red-- my approval ratings are too low.

[Think4Yourself]

... Except on 9/11 which was the worst terrorist attack in US history. So much for the "Bush kept us safe" meme.

[mmmjv]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Kerry and Gore were presidents? The fact is, we do not know how Gore (Bush's opponent in 2000) would have handled 9/11.

But we do have a very good idea how the Republican Congress would have handled it with a Democrat in the White House. Just look at how much they resisted Clinton's anti terrorism measures, many of which they then gave to Bush by a huge majority. If Gore had been President the Republican Congress wouldn't have given him anywhere near the help they gave Bush

[djacques]

Originally Posted by bchris02

Think what you want about Bush's policies, both domestic and foreign, but one thing you can't deny is he kept this country safe after 9/11. Everybody thought there would be followup attacks, but to this day there hasn't been another attack on US soil.

As has been pointed out, the invasion and occupation of Iraq killed more Americans than 9/11. Bush killed more Americans than bin Laden.

[juppiter]

Originally Posted by bchris02

Think what you want about Bush's policies, both domestic and foreign, but one thing you can't deny is he kept this country safe after 9/11. Everybody thought there would be followup attacks, but to this day there hasn't been another attack on US soil.

Tell New Orleans 2005 how safe Bush kept them.

[Nonarchist]

Originally Posted by djacques

As has been pointed out, the invasion and occupation of Iraq killed more Americans than 9/11. Bush killed more Americans than bin Laden.

They worked as a team.