Bush Owes No Apology
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| Wed, 04-14-2004 - 6:35pm |
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.

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If I may jump into this discussion:
This is how I see it. We LIBERATED a country that was living under tyranny. The average Iraqi lived in FEAR. They MURDERED us when they crashed the planes on the WTC. I didn't realize that the average Iraqis loved the life they were living in under Saddam et al. Why then the incredible support we're getting from the REST of Iraq--you ought to read those military and Iraqi blogs out there and not just the leftist media--(I'm keeping Fallujah out of this discussion since it's just one city full of Saddamites and they don't count, IMHO). And the terrorists who kill us whether on our soil or in Iraq are MURDERERS--plain and simple.
>"The average Iraqi lived in FEAR. They MURDERED us when they crashed the planes on the WTC."<
How many Iraqis were on the planes that crashes into the WTC?
>"the terrorists who kill us whether on our soil or in Iraq are MURDERERS"<
How would you describe members of the coalition that kill innocent
My problem with both sides of this They love us they hate us arguement is that there are too many dissenting opinions on both sides.
James
janderson_ny@yahoo.com
CL Ask A Guy
you: How many Iraqis were on the planes that crashes into the WTC?
grrrl: The "They" I referred to was the terrorists who crashed into the WTC, not the suppressed Iraqis. My mistake in not being clear in stating that. That's what happens when I'm in a rush to post as I am running out the door for a medical appt.
>"the terrorists who kill us whether on our soil or in Iraq are MURDERERS"<
you: How would you describe members of the coalition that kill innocent civilians?
grrrl: To which innocent civilians are you referring? The Saddamites holed up in Fallujah? Please clarify.
James
janderson_ny@yahoo.com
CL Ask A Guy
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Thanks again!
Stars and Stripes
European and Mideast editions
(EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the letters that appeared in each edition of Stripes on this publication date. Click here to jump ahead to the Pacific edition letters)
Thanks, Secretary Rumsfeld
I’d like to extend a hearty thank you to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for the pending 120-day extension of our troops in Iraq. After all, what’s 120 days, really? For our family, it’s four birthdays (again), Mother’s Day and Father’s Day (again), our wedding anniversary (again), and the Fourth of July, which is what service is all about for a lot of military families.
I thank Secretary Rumsfeld for all of his talk about not overburdening families and soldiers. One year of their lives on the line, worrying daily about their safety, couldn’t possibly be enough to “overburden” us.
Thanks from our children, who apparently don’t need a father present, who cry when Mommy’s time is not enough for the four of them, who were counting the days until Daddy could hold them on his lap.
Thanks for betraying our trust by telling us one year “boots on the ground” and changing it at your discretion. Thanks for making the small percentage who agree with this sound like the majority. Thanks for not sending help in the form of more troops last spring when soldiers were dying, but keeping our soldiers there for extra time this spring.
Thanks for the lies you spew about how things are not so bad and we don’t need more troops, all the while keeping 1st Armored Division troops there. You’re obviously saying one thing and doing another. Thanks for using the excuse of these troops’ experience to do so. When they kept control last year, they went in with the same experience as the new units have now. Thanks for not bothering to come to Germany, face the family members, answer our questions and put faces with your numbers.
The next thank you should come from President Bush this November, when John Kerry is elected president because of the lies Secretary Rumsfeld told. The final thanks will be from whoever has to rebuild our Army’s strength when my husband and many others refuse to re-enlist.
I support our troops. I love my husband. We should not have to choose the Army or family. We should be able to trust that we can have Army and family.
Jessica Moretz
Giessen, Germany
Stars and Stripes
If you can't read this without having some doubts about what America is doing in Iraq then there are larger problems than politics to face.
Prettykitty... I just have two words for you: Heinz Ketchup! Now, it's your turn...
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