Below is a recent news article that I found interesting. I am a moderate conservative, but do not support everything that Pres. Bush has done. On the other hand, I think that Al Qaeda's threat to the US has been understated if anything. Read on.
John Kerry Says Al Qaeda Not That Bad
February 11, 2004
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by Bob Newman
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In an alarming assessment of the dangers America faces from al Qaeda, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry, upon being asked in a debate on January 29th if President Bush was overstating the terrorist threat, said, “"I think there has been an exaggeration. They are misleading all Americans in a profound way."
Kerry seems to have forgotten the horrific events of 9-11-2001, or perhaps in his staggering wealth he simply doesn’t give a ****. Kerry loved the disgusting insult the cover of his book, The New Soldier, delivered to the thousands of United States Marines and sailors who died on Iwo Jima (the cover has protestors mocking the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi and holding the U.S. flag upside down). He marched with protestors carrying Viet Cong flags while the Viet Cong killed American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. He supported North Vietnam’s use of American POWs as bargaining chips in peace negotiations. He remains a vocal supporter of the traitorous “Hanoi Jane†Fonda, who encouraged the torture of American POWs. And with other radical leftists, John Kerry threw medals he implied belonged to him at a statue at the Capitol, when in reality they were not his at all (he later admitted he wasn’t sure whose medals those were). He even claimed to have personal knowledge of numerous American servicemen raping, pillaging, plundering and murdering across South Vietnam, which he later admitted to having heard as hearsay from fellow supporters of North Vietnam.
North Vietnamese war strategists have repeatedly stated that the communist insurgency was able to defeat the U.S. military in large part because of the motivation and hope the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong received from U.S. “war†protestors.
Kerry sees nothing wrong with any of this.
Now John Kerry, who according to the North Vietnamese gave them aid and comfort in time of war, says al Qaeda isn’t all that bad and that President Bush is exaggerating the danger we are in.
I wonder if he would feel that way had his family been killed in the attacks of September 11th, 2001.
Al Qaeda has butchered thousands of Americans and would kill every American man, woman and child on earth if they could. They destroyed the World Trade Center, attacked the Pentagon, nearly sank the USS Cole, destroyed our embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, blew up the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, plotted to slaughter Americans around the world, and are desperately seeking nuclear, chemical and biological weapons to use against us.
And John Kerry says President Bush is exaggerating how dangerous al Qaeda is.
There is a long-running fallacy that someone who served in the military would no doubt make a good commander in chief in time of war. In reality, you must look at the entire candidate and get inside his head. You have to judge him by all his past actions, policies, beliefs and philosophies.
Do you want a president who believes al Qaeda isn’t all that bad?
Bob Newman
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I don't typically put political comments on this site for the same reasons that many don't discuss religon here, but I hope that our next President, weither that is Bush, Kerry, or someone else, understands Al Qaeda's threats to the US. An old proverb says that a disaster will happen as soon as the last one is forgotten. I hope we never forget 9/11 and don't go through any other type of attack(s).
For more info checkout
http://www.terroristwarning.com/That site amoung others give much more info than the US's current color code system. And with that have a safe and enjoyable 3-day (for those who get federal holidays) weekend.
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"Politicians need to be more honest about lying."
