Bush Has Failed Us on Terror

July 11, 2007

Recently, the Bush administration has made statements that their intelligence shows al Qaeda is up to something and an attack within the United States is a possibility this summer.

That’s nice, real nice.

It sounds like more fear mongering to deflecting attention from Bush’s problems with Congress. The fact is, al Qaeda is always a threat and very likely has terrorist cells within the U.S. and to put all this in terms of a possible imminent credible threat is dishonest and political.

Bush’s terrorism dishonesty started in 2001, before 911 when he had several opportunities to attack bin Laden and possibly kill him but did not. Further, intelligence back then showed “increased chatter” meaning an imminent attack was possible and incredibly Bush was given a report that specifically mentioned a strike by terrorists using aircraft.

Bush did nothing in 2001.  Bush did not protect us then and he will not protect us now. He reacts politically and does not care of the consequences, even if Americans die.

Since 911, Bush has used the threat of terror as a tool to engender fear which keeps everyone on edge and willing to go along with what he wants. What he wanted the most was an attack on Iraq and he got it after lying about the reasons for war against a country he said was contained and not a threat. No wonder a big lie was necessary.

Now the civil war in Iraq is a hotbed of terrorism and terrorists such as al Qaeda. The war rallies groups against a common enemy, America. Unfortunately terrorists are now in Iraq when they were not there before the U.S. invasion.  al Qaeda is stronger than before 911. It now has significant outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan with headquarters in Pakistan. Bin laden certainly has an ally in Bush.

Finally, Bush further supports terrorism by failing to effectively protect our homeland though spending billions pretending to do so. Basically, most things entering the US are not checked for bombs and other threats. Most significantly people are not checked except for those flying on planes.

What we fail to understand that Bush is a terrorist supporter using his own brand of terrorism to do it. If they attack us again, it will be Bush's fault.