with this video:
However, the day after he made his remarks he said he hadn't meant to alarm anyone and Official White House Spinmeister Tony Snow responded as following in a presser:
Q: Does the White House and the President share that same gut feeling?Fine.
MR. SNOW: I don't want to try to get into gastrointestinal descriptions.
So we were told: "Don't worry, be happy" only to discover later that night that:
"The al Qaida terrorist network has rebounded and is at its greatest strength since it was expelled from Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a new top-level U.S. intelligence assessment concludes..."And, then there's this:
The White House has called an urgent multi-agency meeting for Thursday to discuss a potential new al Qaeda threat on U.S. soil, ABC News reported on Tuesday.So which is it?!?
[snip]
The unnamed official told ABC the level of concern of a new attack in the United States was now higher than it had been in some time.
Do we believe the Bush Administration or the Bush Administration???
Maybe it's because the NeoCONs are so completely conflicted about a possible terrorist attack themselves, they can't keep their stories straight.
After all, they tell us we're in Iraq because "we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here" and that they are the only ones who can save us, but then they have to periodically scare us into submission with terrorist warnings every time Bush gets some bad PR.
So who's a poor girl supposed to believe?
Then to top it off we have this from Virginia's own (he never moved back to PA, did he?) batshit crazy Rick Santorum:
Santorum Suggest New Terror Attacks Will Change View Of WarYep, that's Lil Ricky getting all misty-eyed about how another big terror attack on US soil will bring the American public back around to the right way of thinking.
[...]
Santorum went on to clearly imply that terror attacks will occur inside America which will alter the body politic and lead to a reversal of the anti-war sentiment now dominating the country.
"Between now and November, a lot of things are going to happen, and I believe that by this time next year, the American public's going to have a very different view of this war, and it will be because, I think, of some unfortunate events, that like we're seeing unfold in the UK. But I think the American public's going to have a very different view," said the former senator from Pennsylvania.
[sigh]
So, to review, according to the Bushies:
Got it?Run! Run! We're all going to die! It's all cool! :-) Run! Run! Only we can save your sorry asses! We're creaming our jeans for a big BOOM from al Qaeda to put you bitches back into line -- our only hope for November '08.
Good!
So, what's the only things that we do know?
1. According to our own government, the Iraq War has created more terrorists.Heck of a job, Bushy!
2. Al Qaeda is now as strong as ever.
3. Bin Laden has still not been captured "dead or alive."
(h/t to Bram for emailing me the Santorum quote.)
and still there are bush defenders out there.
ReplyDeletethat is more worrisome that any "evildoers" because they are fellow citizens.
Maria,
ReplyDeleteYou've got to be freakin' kidding, right? Look at the patterns, if you would of bothered to actually listen and comprehend what Michael Chertoff said in regard to the terrorist attacks taking place during the Summer months.
It's called being prepared and using common sense, since Summer is a relaxed time of the year when people vacation, etc.
Heaven (oops! I made a Biblical reference!) forbid the word get out for people to be alert and to pay attention as to what is going on, right Maria?
But, like the liberal you are, you just cannot help yourself when it comes to blaming Bush.
Does common sense offend you that much, Maria?
From reading what you just said, I can't help but think in my mind:
"Angels and ministers of grace defend us"
I'd like to append my last comment.
ReplyDeleteI submit to you, David, and all the other libs here that you all would be the first to cry and whine if and when this country gets hit by another terrorist attack again, but then again, you did complain when warnings were made public information.
So that being said, what's Bush to do (since you do insist on blaming him)?
He'd damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.
Bottom line: (1) We'll complain when potential terrorism warnings are sent out, and we'll make accusations that it's being used as a political tool, or (2) we'll complain and cry "neglect!" if/when another terrorist attack happens.
Amazing. There's no pleasing you people.
There's no pleasing you people.
ReplyDeleteYet you are just pleased as the dickens about this lying, thieving cabal of would-be despots in the White House, are you not, Master Lie?
Amazing indeed.
TrollBraden,
ReplyDeleteBy all means ignore the main point of the post that the Bush Admin. is telling us "to be very afraid of a major attack soon" and "there's no reason to suspect a major attack soon" in the SAME WEEK.
Moreover, if Chertoff was really paying attention to a "pattern of attacks" then he should have had his "gut feeling" in April or May.
Major al Qaeda Attacks by Month:
Feb: 1
April: 1
May: 2
June: 4
Aug: 1
Sept: 1
Oct: 1
Nov:1
Dec: 1
1993
Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.
1996
June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.
1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.
2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network.
2001
Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism.)
2002
June 14, Karachi, Pakistan: bomb exploded outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.
2003
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers killed 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.
2004
May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American.
June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks.
Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: terrorists storm the U.S. consulate killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security.
2005
Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan: Suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn, in Amman Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility
2007
April 10, Algeria: Al-Qaeda claimed to have been responsible for tAlgiers bombings. Two bombs exploded within a short time of each other, one at the prime ministers office and the other at a police station. The blasts killed 33 people.
June 29, London: England: Two car bombs found in London. Police: attempt to kill was al-Qaida or its supporters.
Oh yeah Miss. Smartie-Pants? Well you dont know everything even thow you think you do. Your really stupid, you know? I know your stupid, because Im smart! I have my own blog and everything where I tell the truth but you have to depend on David to carrie you and you both lie. All the time. See that proves your stupid???
ReplyDeleteSo there! I gess I told you?
Braden;
ReplyDeleteYou need to go see your wife. Remember her? She's the one who convinced you that blogging was bad for your health.
For the sake of your mental health, go see her. Now.
I will ignore the morons who can't spell....
ReplyDeleteAnd say just this. The person who is the head of Homeland Security isn't supposed to operate on "gut feelings," any more than a general in the field should. You don't win battles by being a "good guesser," you do it with good intelligence and strategic manuveurs.
In another reality, Chertoff would have been fired for making such a ridiculous statement.
Piltdown Man
"Between now and November, a lot of things are going to happen, and I believe that by this time next year, the American public's going to have a very different view of this war, and it will be because, I think, of some unfortunate events, that like we're seeing unfold in the UK. But I think the American public's going to have a very different view," said the former senator from Pennsylvania.
ReplyDeleteJust had to comment on Hollywood Rick's comments. I mean, my initial, emotional response was; WTF? Actually, that was my second response, too.
One has to wonder precisely what basis Rick has for this, since he is no longer privy to Pentagon briefings. Is is just stuff he's picked up at the Starbucks in Leesburg? Or on the set of his new movie?
And, is it just me, or does he sound positively gleeful? Like he WANTS this to happen. And how sick is that?
I don't doubt that terror will continue to plague both the US as well as the rest of the world. No one is arguing that point. And yes, much of it is fomented by whacked out Islamic jihadists. No argument there, either.
Where you will get an argument RICK is whether we can "win the war on terror" by fomenting a civil war in a very uncivil nation thousands of miles from our shores. I would argue, and it's nothing new, that we WILL be attacked again; not because "the evil ones" hate us, but because they want to keep their enablers in the GOP in positions of power. So far, it's worked quite nicely for them.
Pilt