NAZARETH, Pa. - Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) said Saturday that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s latest message to the United States underscores the importance of staying focused on pursuing terrorism wherever it exists.
The new bin Laden tape is
"a reminder that we are engaged in a global war on terror," Cheney told more than a thousand supporters at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. "It is a contest we did not choose, but it is one that we will win." "Freedom is the best antidote for terrorism," the vice president told the cheering crowd as he pressed his criticism of John Kerry (news - web sites)'s stands on national security.
Bin Laden's sudden reappearance on videotape and the deaths of eight Marines in Iraq (news - web sites) on Saturday framed the most important issues of the campaign: The war in Iraq and terrorism
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_el_pr/cheney&cid=694&ncid=2043Yeah, right buddy...and the tape also reminds us the * misadministration hasn't captured or killed SBL and he's still on the run.
and more proof of failure:
{b]Bush Makes Late Appeal in Radio Address
He did not mention a new videotaped message from terrorist leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites). Bush recorded his radio address in the morning, before the tape surfaced.
(* my comments...but he new early in the morning about the tape, while recording this message. Guess he thought they would be able to surpress the tape) "Since September the 11th, 2001, I have led a relentless campaign against the terrorists," Bush said. "We have strengthened homeland security. We removed terror regimes in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites). We are on the offensive around the world, because the best way to prevent future attacks is to go after the enemy."
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_el_pr/bush&cid=694&ncid=2043