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Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 years, 5 months agoSeeking to rally support for the war, President Bush released intelligence asserting that Osama bin Laden in 2005 ordered creation of a terrorist unit to hit targets outside Iraq, including the United States.
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hamy
May 23, 2007, 1:47 p.m.OK. But this is just them telling us that this happened. We have no proof. And they have given us plenty of reason to doubt their word.
I don't buy it. Also, the war on the emotion "terror" has nothing to do with the war in Iraq according to the administration. So I don't see how this will bolster the war in Iraq when they are not related.
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jeffery1
May 23, 2007, 2:44 p.m.What Bush is admitting is that al Qaeda set up shop in a country in which they had no operations until we invaded and removed the one person that kept them from operating in Iraq.
Man, Bush supporters have got to be the most stupid people in the world. He comes out and tells them that AFTER we invaded al Qaeda was going to use Iraq as a base of operations and they use this to show Bush-haters how we must fight terrorists in Iraq! What a bunch of idiots.
These morons are wholly incapable of seeing just how stupid and needless invading Iraq was. Imagine if Bush and his administration weren't so ideological and they paid attention to the outgoing Clinton administration warnings about al Qaeda and the Presidential Daily Brief of August 6, 2001. Imagine, if we completed the job in Afghanistan and continued to contain Saddam. Saddam would have been contained and by default helped us control al Qaeda and we would have captured Bin Laden in Tora Bora!
What a bunch of idiots.
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rightfromwrong
May 24, 2007, 7:36 a.m.This president is a bad joke...a curse on humanity.He and his thugs Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Pearl and many others should be turned over to the world court, convicted of atrocities, tortured and then hung.
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scriblerus1
May 24, 2007, 10 a.m.Shrub was probably thinking of quoting FDR: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
But naturally, President Malaprop would have garbled up the quote and said in his typically awkward and unintentionally ironic way:
"We have nothing but fear itself."
Because that's all Shrub has left: FEAR!
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ETproductions
May 24, 2007, 11:55 p.m."NEW LONDON, Conn. - President Bush, stressing that Americans face an ongoing threat from terrorists, shared intelligence on Wednesday asserting that Osama bin Laden was working in 2005 to set up a unit inside Iraq to hit U.S. targets.
This is classic Bush newspeak "logic" Where is Mr. Spock when America desperately needs a leader who can manage logical thought.
"We're fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here."
The Proof? They say they are coming here!
What's even more tragic? They weren't "there" till Bush went in and made a total bloody mess of things so they could COME there!
Not crazy enough? When we had Osama bin Laden pinned down in Tora Bora, someone in the top echelons of the Bush Administration refused to commit US forces to his capture or kill. They DELIBERATELY let him slip into safe haven in Pakistan's tribal zones. WHY? So King George could be the Commander Guy and funnel money to the military industrial complex forever.
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tiredofnonsense
May 30, 2007, 12:45 p.m."'Victory in Iraq is important for Osama bin Laden, and victory in Iraq is vital for the United States of America,' Bush told the graduating class seated in a stadium under bright sunshine along the Thames River"
This is the heart and soul of the situation in Iraq, The Iraq Study Group even said if we fail in Iraq it will be a historic victory for Al Quada, and historic victories are what they depend on for recruitment.
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hamy
May 23, 2007, 1:48 p.m.They made up reasons for why we went to war. Why wouldn't they make up reasons to keep us in it?
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quackpot
May 23, 2007, 4:14 p.m.Had we invaded Indonesia, the same press release would have been issed, but with a different Country named.
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nakedtruth
May 23, 2007, 4:31 p.m.Whenever Bush gets desperate he plays the "Al Qaeda card". Bush doesn't care about fighting terrorism. If he did he would NOT have signed off on a deal to create a safe haven for the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan.
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Dave59
May 23, 2007, 11:08 p.m.However the time line is not correct. Bin Laden had no influence in Iraq until we removed Saddam. It seems that 2005 was post Saddam.
So who allowed them to set up a terrorist organization to supposedly threaten the US? If Saddam was not in charge just who was?
It appears we were in charge at that time. If we had not displaced Saddam he would not have allowed the incursion of Bin Laden into his country and it would not be a base of operations for terrorists.
Having said this I will take a flying guess and say Bush has again put the cart before the horse in an attempt to justify his foolish invasion and again try to use the scare tactic to bolster his failing administration.
The fact stands that there was no Al-Qaeda threat from Iraq prior to our invasion. There is now that threat. It stands to reason then that we have allowed the proliferation of the terrorist network by removing the control (Saddam) that kept it out of Iraq.
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beachboy6000
May 23, 2007, 1 p.m.We can fight al Qaeda on the streets of Iraq or the streets of New York.
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Bkumm
May 23, 2007, 1:02 p.m.Well, this is news, but it doesn't make me feel any better about the war in Iraq or about the President.
Why do you think that Al-Queda wanted to use Iraq? They sure a hell couldn't have done it when Saddam was in power, they tried and Saddam told them to go pi$$ up a rope.
So, what I took from the story was that the President is telling us that invading Iraq was a good idea because in 2005 Al-Queda wanted to use Iraq as a base to launch attacks into the United States. Of course, if we had never invaded Iraq in the first place they wouldn't have even thought about using Iraq as a staging area, but that is what this Administration does best. Circular reasoning and justification.
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djrevelky
May 23, 2007, 1:03 p.m.luvmyprez,
Surely you realize the liberal America haters are just going to come in here and say that Bush faked all of these intelligence documents?
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HannibalBarca
May 23, 2007, 1:14 p.m.djrevelky: are you suggesting then, that shrub can read the future? Wow what a guy, to think that he invaded Iraq before 2005 because he knew that in 2005 OBL would try to set up units in Iraq, I can now see why he was elected twice or did God tell him?
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lovelytxwoman
May 23, 2007, 1:30 p.m.Just watched the press release from the White House not surprising to me but many people may say they just do not care! You know them Rosie fans the nay sayers and the blind and dumb to such truths!
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NelsonR
May 23, 2007, 2:12 p.m.Terrorist target America for one abiding reason, our intrusion into other nations business's and governments. With Iraq the breeding and training ground has only enhanced Al Queda, all due to Bush's policies.
Now Bush uses these terrorist plots as an excuse and faulty logic to explain his attack on Iraq, lunacy and unjustified.
The fear factor is what Bush uses to promote the war and dilute the fact that his unjustified attack on Iraq was the worst mistake any president has ever made.
Yet the conservative war mongers think they can use this as ammunition to perpetute the war of aggression by America. Gosh, how much longer will idiots rule the roost in our country and for that matter, when will hawks see the light of day? This war is Bush's war not America's. Fear, Fear and more fear is the justifiable excuse conservatives use while breeding a world of terrorist. You fight terrorist with stealth not national wars.
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not2needy
May 23, 2007, 3:38 p.m.EGAD, so now he decides to share this information with the world! Something stinks here!!
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not2needy
May 23, 2007, 3:50 p.m.It's sad, very sad that they loose themselves in their politics. All Bush would have to do is hold a press conference and tell them, "The Sky is Falling", and we could just sit back and watch them scramble.
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walden3
May 23, 2007, 4:06 p.m."Here in America, we are living in the eye of a storm," he said. "All around us, dangerous winds are swirling and these winds could reach our shores at any moment."
this positive message of hope, well-being and promise of the future brought to you by america's fear monger in chief.
why is this important information for any of us to have? fighting terror should be like the police. it all happens behind the scenes. it doesn't make sense for him to even publicly speak about OBL's plans. it artificially pumps them up. it's exactly what OBL wants - infamy and publicity.
once again W does the exact opposite of what should be done, but as long it helps him politically that's all that matters.
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quackpot
May 23, 2007, 4:21 p.m.OK, Mr. Bush. You speak of "Victory in Iraq" Yet, you deffinition of "victory" is such a moving target that it can never be reached until Iraq is declared the 51 state of the "United States of Bush Empire".
Instead of making such vague comments, how about coming up with a plan to turn Iraq over to Iraqis?
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Truzseeker
May 23, 2007, 4:31 p.m.Shouldn't this be under "HUMOR" waiving a dead guy since 2001 ... see ...
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mivan4
May 23, 2007, 4:47 p.m.Now, What makes you so sure its unwinnable? Are you the Keeper of Knowledge of all things unknown? Show me documentation that its unwinnable ? There is documentation showing that VietNam was infact very winnable (A very good example of defeat snatched away from almost certain Victory) which according to the Left was also "unwinnable". Other things thought impossible in life that latter happend. Going to the moon going around the Earth, Israel becoming a state (it was in the bible and people said that it was an accident! that was NEVER suppose to happen) and according to all the Left I Know; Bush getting re-elected .
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