Bush Owes No Apology

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Wed, 04-14-2004 - 6:35pm
NBC "Today" show co-host Lester Holt tried to get top talker Sean Hannity to say Tuesday morning that President Bush should have apologized for making "mistakes" in the war on terror.

But Hannity, who was on hand to promote his book "Deliver Us From Evil," would have none of it.

"Let's talk about critics and the question of whether he owns up to mistakes," Holt began. "Has he made mistakes in the war on terror?"

"Why should he apologize, number one, for the terrorist attack that was brought to this country?" Hannity shot back.

"We've got to face reality here - America is at war and they attacked us," the conservative host reminded, noting that critics of Bush's handling of the war on terror seem to want it both ways.

"We're criticizing the president for not responding to a memo five weeks . But yet we knew that Saddam wasn't abiding by 17 resolutions in 12 years' period of time. And he didn't abide by a cease-fire agreement."

Hannity told "Today" that had Bush allowed Saddam to remain in power and his continued efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction resulted in an attack on the U.S., "would we not have a commission a year and a half later" blaming Bush for ignoring the threat.

Holt complained that Hannity's scenario was "theoretical."

Just like the August 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing that warned Osama bin Laden wanted to attack America.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/4/14/115849.shtml

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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 9:29am

Responsibility for 9/11? Really? I had NO idea our very own president sent those planes in to kill thousands of Americans. If that's what happened, yes, he should take responsibility, but, unless my memory has failed me...it was Osama bin Lauden and his fanatics that were responsible for 9/11.


Failure in Iraq? What failure would that be? Was it a failure to topple and capture a murderous dictator responsible for the deaths of perhaps more than 1 million people and the rape and torture of unkown thousands of others? Why should we impeach Bush for 9/11 or Iraq? He didn't start that war...that dubious honor goes to the likes of Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat, Osama bin Lauden and ther terror-spawning groups named Al-Qaeda, Hezboliah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liveration of Palestine. Why should Bush take responsibility for an intelligence apparatus that was dysfunctional when he inherited it less than seven months before 9/11??


If any apologies are due, they should come from the warmongering religious fascists who fear freedom and pervert the name of God. If a mistake has been made, it is by insurgents and terrorist who believe that the United States learned nothing from VietNam and Mogadishu. Simply not true.


You are entitled to your opinion, however uninformed it may be, but please use some respect when referring to our president. His name is Bush, NOT Shrub. You don't have to like him, but any responsible adult doesn't

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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 9:32am
I don't think he's too proud. I think he has said just that over and over again.

(I was referring to this from you, "In saying that I do agree that Bush should say that he and his administration are determined to find and correct the faults that allowed this event to happen, and make sure that he and his administration do everything in their power to make certain that something of this nature does not happen again. This puzzles me why he cannot at least say that."

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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 9:46am
You say, "There seems to be some sort of mindset in the United States that an apology is an admission of weakness." I disagree with this totally. It seems to me that in America an apology is a way to skirt any responsibility. Lately our leaders are saying "I'm sorry" and since they said that, now everything is OK. President Clinton escaped responsibility this way many times. I honestly don't think president Bush has anything to apologize for. He has voiced his deep regret that this happened, as we all have. I deeply regret that this happened, although I had nothing to do with it. The president is not psychic any more than any of us are.

Back to the *skirting responsibility* apology, look at Chris Dodd. He apologized the other day, now everything is supposed to be alright. And to the whites in the left wing, this is enough. He said he's sorry so now everything is fine. He said he "wasn't thinking about Byrd's KKK membership or vote against the civil rights movement" when he said that. I think THAT statement is very telling. For most people who actually CARE about civil rights can't look at Robert Byrd without seeing those white robes. I wonder if he could have forgotten if his grandfather had been in danger of being LYNCHED by Senator Byrd. What a disgrace.

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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 9:49am
You Go! God bless America, and God bless President Bush!
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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 1:53pm
I agree with Sean Hannity. Osama Bin Laden and his goons are who should be blamed for September 11, not President Bush. Did people blame Clinton for the last attack on the World Trade Center?

And I also agree with going after Sadaam Hussein for not abiding by the UN Resolutions. I'm so sick of hearing "no weapons of mass destruction". He used them on his own people; they are still out there somewhere. Sadaam and Bin Laden hid in underground places; why wouldn't Sadaam bury weapons to hide them underground too?


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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 2:00pm
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No, actually he didn't respond in a childish way to the childish attacks. He answered the reporters but they kept asking pretty much the same questions. And his name is President Bush.

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First of all, Osama Bin Laden was responsible; not President Bush. And Iraq was not a failure, Sadaam is out of power. Yes, there is some unrest, but what would you expect? And why would we impeach him? He didn't lie under oath.


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Sat, 04-17-2004 - 2:13pm
Great thread!

It is ridiculous that anyone in America would even think of blaming President Bush for the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It is amazing that liberals have such hatred for the man that they would actually find fault with him, and not where it lies, and that is with the terrorists. Those that actually blame Mr. Bush and not the terrorists are only supporting the terrorists of their true mission, and that is to bring down the US. To think that the Administration could have avoided this is insanity.

Let's place blame where it belongs, right on the heads of the terrorists.

And for those of you who think that Richard Clark is some hero, he now sells his story to Sony, and for how much? Is any of that going to the 9/11 fund? Yeah, right. Right into his pockets, which he planned for all along. We will soon see that these hearings were simply one thing. A waste of taxpayer dollars.

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Sun, 04-18-2004 - 8:57am
And the fact that Iraq was in voilitation of many of its agreements and resolution.....
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Sun, 04-18-2004 - 9:04am
WOnderful post.... God bless our soliders, our country and our president

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