Cheney re: Terra:"The President and I talk about it nearly all of our appe

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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060119/dcth066.html?.v=25

Remarks by Vice President Cheney on Iraq and the War on Terror Followed by Question and Answer at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

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Q Mr. Vice President, you mentioned that success has bred a certain amount of complacency with regard to how real the threat of terrorism is. What else can be done to convince the American public, and particularly Congress, that this is, indeed, a very serious ongoing threat?

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, we do everything, obviously, we can by way of trying to keep this in front of the nation. The President and I talk about it nearly all of our appearances. I think there are a number of members of Congress who are actively and aggressively engaged in the effort, as well, too.

And I think -- it's not surprising that people want to look and say, well, it's been four years now, maybe 9/11 was a one-off event, that it's easy enough to sort of put it out of our minds and get on with our lives. It's a normal, I think, sort of understanding of the way the human character works.

Those of us in positions of responsibility, though, have to constantly and continually remind everybody that the threat is very real, that it's still out there, and that they're doing everything they can to get at us. And I don't know any other way to address it than to simply get after it.

Obviously, the public can have an impact to the extent that you ask questions about it, demand action. When we get into one of these debates about the appropriateness of defensive measures we've put in place, such as the controversy over the National Security Agency and our program to pick up on communications by al Qaeda types, I think it's important for groups like the Manhattan Institute or others who have an interest in public policy to engage in the debate. Talk to your congressman, talk to your senator, let them know how you feel about it. Don't leave it just some sort of remote esoteric debate for the halls of Congress. It affects the lives of all Americans, and I think it's important that people be heard from.

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1. "defensive measures"

Translation: Offensive measures. In every sense.

Why do the American people tolerate being condescended to by this arrogant baboon's butt? Now that I type that, I realize how unfair it is to baboons' butts.

I despise him most of all. Even more than Bush. He IS the source of evil.

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2. never underestimate your enemies...Al Qaeda doesn't need telephones

to communicate, so they won't be phone calling in the order to "attack".
It's trivial to utilize alternate comm-command-control channels, and we really need to consider the stupidity of the neocons, they let the terrorists hit the world trade center AND the pentagon.
We need to change the leadership, and redirect the U.S.A.s world image. Anyone remember how insane Adolf Hitler became?