safer with Bush?

[jhain]

Think-tank warns of increased nuclear threat


Think-tank warns of increased nuclear threat
By Peter Spiegel in London
Published: October 19 2004 20:21 | Last updated: October 19 2004 20:21

The threat of nuclear proliferation by North Korea and Iran has increased over the past year and will probably get worse because of continued US difficulties in Iraq, a leading defence think-tank reported on Tuesday.

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[kerryin2004]

1. He is going to sell you the safer to get you to vote for him..

but we all know the majority of the fundies think GW Bush was appointed becuase the end is near..

[indigobusiness]

2. Bush is like a high school kid promising his girlfriend

he won't get her pregnant.

[Lilli]

3. Well I didnt buy that crap back then

and i'm not buying it now either :)

[NYC Liberal]

4. The way to put this 'Safer with Bush nonsense is...

to just say to people:

"Do you feel safer than 4 years ago?
When an accident happens, is your first thought 'Is it terrorism?' Was it 4 years ago?
When an airplane passes low overhead, does your heart subtly skip a beat? Did it 4 years ago?
In the airport, are you looking over your shoulder every now and then? Did you 4 years ago"

[fob]

5. Good questions.

Did you have to take your shoes off to board a plane 4 years ago when the Millenium bomb plots were being planned? No, because Clinton Admin was on it and foiled them.

[NYC Liberal]

6. And look at all the things Clinton did:

What did Bill Clinton do? He tripled the FBIs antiterrorism budget, sought tough antiterrorism legislation, ordered stockpiling of smallpox and anthrax vaccines (extremely important post-9/11), signed an airport security bill. He gave the order to kill OBL in 1996, and began to plan to attack terrorist training camps in Afghanistan after the USS Cole bombing. He ordered that $254 million of Taliban money be frozen, and even had money of OBL frozen as well.

Yet, Congress fought against these efforts.

Robert Oakley, a counterterrorism expert in the Reagan State Department, said "Overall, I give them very high marks" (WaPo) when asked about Clinton's efforts in national security.

Others praised Clinton. Newt Gingrich even said, "I think the president did exactly the right thing," and "By doing this we're sending the signal there are no sanctuaries for terrorists."