Attack Bomber

Attack Bomber

10 reasons why conservatives are weaker on national security

"You can fool some people all the time, and all the people of the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time ", a quote often attributed to Abraham Lincoln. But as a wise man our 16th president, apparently former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani denies saying and believes that all people can be fooled all the time. Recently in an interview ABC with George Stephanopoulos, Giuliani said that the December 25, 2009, attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 by the Nigerian-born Omar Faruk Abdulmutallab: "What that he [Obama] should be doing is right after Bush did - one of the things he did was to treat this as a war against terrorism. We had no internal attacks on Bush. "Maybe," Mr. 9 / 11 "was not trying to fool all the people. Perhaps he was really amnesiac (and the same Stephanopoulos could have been because she did not challenge Giuliani's strange statement). Giuliani apparently forgot that 9 / 11 and the attempt by Richard Reid - the terrorist shoe - to fly American Airlines Flight 63 occurred in both the Bush administration

Not that most people are amnesiac when it comes biggest attack ever on U.S. soil occurred. I think Giuliani was trying to take advantage of the misconception that most people have that the Conservatives are strong on national security - and by extension the war against terrorism - and that liberals are weak. However, there was the strange omission of 9 / 11 that affected me most about Rudy's statement, which was the recommendation that Obama should follow the example of a way to Bush in the fight against terrorism. I decided to examine what some of those rights things GW Bush and his conservative cronies did or did not do before and after the most calamitous act of terrorism ever occurred on U.S. soil. These are my top ten reasons why Rudy and pipe company when it comes to portraying the underwear terrorist incident not as a sign of weakness Obama against terrorism. Paul Schaeffer delirious play some background music for us.

1. The Bush administration failed to act upon the (AP) Information daily presidential August 6, 2001 that warned of an imminent attack by Al Qaeda to the U.S.. Seventeen days later, George Tenet, former CIA director, was informed FBI report on Zacarias Moussaoui had been taking flying lessons - in a coach 747.

2. The Bush administration ignored warnings January 2001 of the national security team outgoing Clinton and Al Qaeda sleeper cells in U.S. was the most important security threat facing the U.S.

3. Bush ignored the Hart-Rudman Commission created by Clinton to Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Gary Hart (D-w0 and Warren Rudman (R-NH). The commission's final report issued in January 2001 warned of large-scale terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, and specifically "a weapon of mass destruction in a high rise building."

4. The Bush administration took no action against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, even after determining in February 2001 that Al Qaeda is October 2000 responsible for the attack on the USS Cole.

5. Bush announced a new National Office for Terrorism Preparedness within FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), but cut FEMA's budget by $ 200 million.

6. The Bush Administration remains opposed to more than one year research independent of the intelligence failures preceding 9 / 11. President Obama, being "Mr. makes decisions here" is not only requested a review, but accepted full responsibility for security weaknesses that may take place until this attempt at a terrorist attack.

7. In the summer of 2002, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, approved 19-0 a bill with tough security standards at chemical plants. The chemical industry lobbied Republicans to reject it, and the White House let the bill die.

8. In March 2002, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham asked the Administration Bush by 380 million U.S. dollars to protect nuclear weapons facilities. The White House approved $ 26 million request for Abraham.

9. During the Administration Bush, The Coast Guard estimates it would cost 4.5 billion U.S. dollars to secure U.S. seaports. In the year and a half after 9 / 11, received only 318 million U.S. dollars.

10. The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) a year and a half after 9 / 11 there were 14 agents to locate 1,200 illegal immigrants from countries were Al Qaeda was active. Bush rejected the request 52 million U.S. dollars to hire more agents.

I wondered, Rudy as he watched and listened to the conservatives, if any of these events rang a bell. I wondered in this chorus of voices in the conservative opposition these actions, that frustrated the war on terrorism and U.S. security has weakened under GW Bush. I wonder if Obama really wants to be more Bushies in the strategies used in the war on terror. I wonder if they will continue the challenge of Abraham Lincoln's aphorism. They are always boasting that Lincoln was a Republican. Maybe I should heed that Republican big words about the futility of trying to keep people Misshapes perception of reality.

About the Author

I am a native Missourian with a B.A. in English and minors in creative writing and Journalism. I attended the University of Missouri and edited have several newspapers and newsletters. I have worked in several fields but lately have worked in the legal field (not an attorney). My site is www.myhumbleopinion.org

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