Comments on: Obama official takes shots at Bush’s words

By: brian lee

brian lee — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:28:17 +0000

thanks for reading my posting getplaning that,s an encouragement,hope some of it is sinking in. Unlike this Brennan guy who seems to have a different slant to suit the president in power.nice to see reuters printing a posting for their liberal sweetheart that would with out any question have resulted with “INVALID”for me or TC,but whether you get this or not we will press on as churchill said “we will fight you on the beaches” signing off from cash strapped CA.

By: getplaning

getplaning — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:07:24 +0000

Brian-
Bush was in office only two months when 9-11 occurred?
Don’t you mean bush had been on vacation only two months when 9-11 occurred?

By: brian lee

brian lee — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:52:58 +0000

Can we see a new policy developing from obama regarding afghanistan?during the campaign he said iraq was not a war that we should have fought.but he would pursue the battle in afghanistan because that was the legitimate battle field.this week end his advisers have been hinting that we should have no obligation to try to repeat what was the objective in iraq,to build up their army and help them to develop a democratic electoral process.Are they suggesting our objective should only be to pursue bin laden,then pull out.this sounds to me that the resolve is going away as the conflict intensifies,and that america will again leave when the mission is not complete and as a result there will be another blood bath for the people who were foolish enough to trust our resolve.The taliban sense that there might not be a lot of fight in obama so that is the reason that there has been a surge from them.Gates and the generals report on the war should have been released but the delay in making it seem ironical to me.leaving a vacuum over there will allow a resurgence of potential terrorist training camps to start again.

By: Jim Hogsett

Jim Hogsett — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:54:02 +0000

After the terrorists knock down the Washington Monument or Golden Gate Bridge or other landmarks of interest, I plan to walk every street in my neighborhood and hold up a sign which reads, BUSH TOLD YOU BUT YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE! WE must stand up against these demons or they will be living in our backyards.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:36:15 +0000

Words DO matter.
Another example is the use of the word “crusade” by the Bush administration. “Crusade” has the about the same meaning for muslims as “holocaust” has for Jews (since muslims were the target of the historical crusades).
Bush and his wordsmith Karl Rove were undoubtedly smart enough to know this, so why did they do it anyway?

You make the call. Conservatives?

By: Whatever

Whatever — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:18:22 +0000

Bribing corrupt governments..
Oh you must be talking for example about Iran contra, when Ronnie “I spoke the truth although the facts proved I did not” Reagan bribed Iran with weapons. Or when his administration decided it was also wise to give both Saddam and the Mujahideen in Afghanistan (predecessors of the Taliban) enormous amounts of weapons. Of course in Conservative Ideology those events are cynically judged by a different standard.

You naughty conservatives… Always screwing up and blaming own sins and mistakes on “the liberals”. *Evil..;)*

By: bruce

bruce — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:51:51 +0000

i love it whem sickening right wingers refer to how safe bush and cheney kept us. they seem to forget 9-11 happened on their watch.JERKS!

By: Patrick E.

Patrick E. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:05:42 +0000

Why do the Obama administration and Obamaholics constantly play the blame game on Bush/Cheney when domestic policy isn’t going well? I thought Obama was supposed to be the “healer”, but instead his administration has created even deeper rifts in America. Also, Obama should not allow his presidency to be compared to Bush’s. This comparison will only hurt him in the long run.

By: drewbie

drewbie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:27:07 +0000

Brian Lee- Bush was in office 8 months before Sept 11, 2001, which is currently less time than Obama’s been in office.

By: Joy DeMoss

Joy DeMoss — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:16:41 +0000

Re: Brian Lee’s post:

Bush was in office just 2 months when 9/11 occured? How do you figure that? He was in office for 8 months prior to 9/11, during which he dismissed the urgent warnings of national security professionals regarding the threat of terrorism, preferring instead to focus on an imagined threat from Iraq.