The London Subway bombings show Bush as the failure he really is.

tjwash

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Thu Jul-07-05 11:56 AM
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The London Subway bombings show Bush as the failure he really is.

I woke up to the news of the London tragedy this morning, and am utterly shocked. So I really have not had any time to research this, and have been reading LBN and GD for news on it. So please forgive me if I have the odd fact or two wrong for now, and have to shoot straight from the top of my head.

First, I need to say one thing and get it off my chest: Please stop the panicky "end of the world-the stock market is doomed-martial law is coming-OMG OMG OMG-we can never take public transportation again" posts. This is just the type of mentality that shrub and the rest of the neo-cons prey on. We can set an example by showing cooler heads, something which is obviously lacking in the Federal Government.

Now on to my take of today’s events:

We will find these people and bring them to justice, what ever it takes"

"I think about Iraq every day. EVERY SINGLE DAY. And I'm going to KEEP thinking about Iraq."---the lying chimp

The attack in London, tragic as it is, is a direct result of Bush and Blair losing interest in pursuing al-Qaeda. They followed their own agenda when they went to Iraq, knowing full well that there was no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

Bush and Blair both lost interest in Afghanistan, where the Taliban is now in resurgence. Both failed to take any action whatsoever against Saudi Arabia or Egypt which is where the 9/11 hijackers came from. They both forged an alliance with Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden is apparently being hid, and orchestrating present terrorist attacks.

Had we stayed in Afghanistan, spent the billions necessary to rebuild that war torn nation, and aggressively pursued Bin Laden and crew, much of what is a real terrorist threat could have been nipped in the bud.

Since 9-11, we have constantly been barraged, day in and day out, with nonstop mentions of "terrorism" and "terrorists" and "alert levels". Shrubs entire 2004 campaign was run as he stood on the backs of thousands of dead men, women, and children caused by his incompetent bungling, while he smugly lied to the world about how we are all safer today. How many freedoms have been given up in the name of fighting terrorism? How many hundreds of billions of dollars given to sleazy war profiteers like Halliburton? How many thousands of human lives lost as a result?

Believe me, I could go on for pages just about this, however, it would serve no real purpose but to tell everyone here what you already know. The point I am getting at, is that this administration appointed themselves as the worlds police force, and used that as their excuse to rob the treasury blind, and cause an illegal war in a different unrelated country to fulfill their own agenda of controlling OPEC.

They got what they asked for, handed to them on a silver platter by the conservative majority in the Senate and House, and by a handful of weak kneed Democrats that went along with them. Guess what. Today’s events prove beyond a shadow of doubt that this administration consists of complete and utter failures. It's what we do with that knowledge that will be the important thing.

I confess that in the first couple of days after September 11th, I thought we'd be better off with the tough-talking, senior guys running the government and couldn't quite imagine Al Gore being that tough. My God, how I have beat myself up for that in all the ensuing years that followed.

Anyway, just my two cents…