On 9/8/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hear this a lot and I don't agree. He certainly didn't go after > terrorists as much as we now know he should have, but I didn't see > terrorism as a big threat then and I'd guess he didn't either.
Ah, really? The '93 WTC bombing, the Taliban revolution in '96 complete with terrorist training facilities, the embassy bombings in Africa....which of these events most convinced you in the 90's that terrorism "was no big threat"? I travelled extensively during those years and never once did I ever > even think about terrorism. Further, anytime I was outside of a big > city I usually would attract at least 10 locals who'd spend hours with > me with questions. (Nowadays I'm constantly challenged about "George > Bush" and have to prove I'm not a villain). You aren't charged with thinking about terrorism at all times...our government is. Any government inaction or miscalculation that expressely leads to a successful terrorist attack against this country has to be considered an utmost failure at the highest level. I just don't see how you can not agree with that. So my point is that while terrorists existed, it wasn't the threat is > *known* to be today. Pres Clinton failed to identify the threat, but, > by that standard, he didn't fail to deal with it. > > So while WMD's in Iraq never existed, it was the threat that was thought to be. President Bush failed to identify the lack of a threat, but, by that standard, he dealt correctly with the knowledge he had. So while North Korea was advancing their nuclear program under the cover of the 1994 pact with the US, it wasn't the utter failure known to be today. Pres Clinton failed to identify that, but by that standard, he didn't fail to address it. So while Vietnam and the communism "domino affect" in southeastern asia was never really a threat to become reality, the knowledge at the time was that it was. Pres Johnson failed to realize this, but, by that standard, he did the right thing with the info he had. So...at what point is government failure understandable...even acceptable....? -- "Ma Teresa joined the mob, and is happy with her full time job." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
