9/11 happened on Bush's watch (Al Gore, Congress, Mossad, compare)

[Creekcat]

...or in the future, a sizable chunk of voters were'nt even in the country.

[crunchman]

9/11 was possible because of our passive approach to airplane hijacking, its that simple. They exploited that.Also, cockpit access was a major issue.

Religious people the world over have some culpability as they foster this mentality.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by le roi

Blaming 9/11 on Bush is a lot like blaming the depression on Obama.

or Pearl Harbor on FDR? Hindsight is fantastic. A lot could have been prevented if we had been paying attention, but none of these things can be blamed on any single person or administration.

Nita

[zoomba]

And the destruction of America has happened on barry's watch.

[residinghere2007]

Originally Posted by nmnita

or Pearl Harbor on FDR? Hindsight is fantastic. A lot could have been prevented if we had been paying attention, but none of these things can be blamed on any single person or administration.

Nita

I agree, 911 was a culmination of a lot of events over many many years and with many mistakes made, it can even be traced back to the mid-80s with the CIA and Reagan supplying funds and weapons to Osama bin Laden. Most people can't see into the future so unfortunatley it couldn't be prevented.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by residinghere2007

I agree, 911 was a culmination of a lot of events over many many years and with many mistakes made, it can even be traced back to the mid-80s with the CIA and Reagan supplying funds and weapons to Osama bin Laden. Most people can't see into the future so unfortunatley it couldn't be prevented.

reagan and the cia TRIED to help the rebels (osama) against the soviet union...osamma REFUSED the help of the usa

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by nmnita

or Pearl Harbor on FDR? Hindsight is fantastic. A lot could have been prevented if we had been paying attention, but none of these things can be blamed on any single person or administration.

Nita

I would love to see these words of wisdom in threads blaming the economic conditions on Obama.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

I would love to see these words of wisdom in threads blaming the economic conditions on Obama.

I dont think anyone is blaming the economy SQUARELY on obama...it was a perfect storm started 40 yearrs ago (even longer)...but obama and the liberals policies are certainly making it worse

[HC475]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

I dont think anyone is blaming the economy SQUARELY on obama...it was a perfect storm started 40 yearrs ago (even longer)...but obama and the liberals policies are certainly making it worse

Bush and Obama are both guilty... Every President since JFK... has been bought and paid for... (except Reagan... that's why they shot him)...

[LexusNexus]

Originally Posted by mmmjv

Just a reminder as we approach the 2012 elections. The largest terrorist attack on the United States happened on a Republicans watch.

"But everybody knows that!" you may be thinking. No, not quite, the voting population is consisting of more and more people who were either too young or, in the future, not even born yet when 9/11 happened. Because of this and because of the current rhetoric used by the cons there will come a time when a sizable proportion of the voting public thinks that 9/11 happened on Clinton's watch.

Consider the rhetoric, below are a few of the more common talking points we hear on TV and read on the internet, probaby radio too but I don't listen to talk radio

"Clinton did a terrible job protecting us"
"Clinton (didn't do this) and that led to 9/11"
"Clinton (did this) and that led to 9/11"

"Bush kept us safe"
"Bush kept us safe after 9/11"

And the whopper that's not really common but I'm going to add anyway
"There were no attacks on Bush's watch"

Now going by just the first five who's watch do you think 9/11 happened on? Sounds like it happened on Clinton's watch to me, I mean after all didn't Bush keep us safe? And didn't Clinton do a terrible job at protecting us? Even the "after 9/11" modifier could be interpreted to mean that 9/11 happened on the waning days of the Clinton Presidency.

I'm not saying this is a conspiracy by the cons in that they all sat around a big table nodding and winking. But they would love for it to happen and if the current rhetoric continues uncontested it will happen.

Yes, 9/11 did happen under Bush's watch and it's arguable that they waited until a village idiot was President before attacking. They thought the country was vulnerable since people elected a dummy to head the country.

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