Reframing Bush's national security record (repost)

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Wednesday March 17, 2004 · 1:24 PM PST

2004/03/17 · 13:24

(This is a repost from last Saturday.)

Atrios gets it right. To defeat Bush on the issue of national defense, the issue must be reframed. No more talk about Bush's "strong leadership" post-9-11. There was none.

Bush took power

Bush ignored the threat of terrorism

9-11 occured

Bush was indecisive in that kindergarten class

Bush then hid out in Nebraska while his staff invented a "threat" to Air Force One to justify his absence

Bush went to war against Afghanistan (so far okay)

But instead of finishing the job, he let Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, and lots of Taliban and Al Qaeda to escape

Why did they get away? Because they diverted intelligence and military assets to fight a non-threat in Iraq

And how do we know Iraq was a non-threat? Because they invented evidence to justify the war and lied to Congress and the American people

They botched the occupation of Iraq, and close to 700 allied and countless Iraqis have paid the ultimate price, and more continue to do so

They botched the occupation of Afghanistan, as the US-backed government controls nothing more than Kabul, and the rest of the country is a haven for terrorists, religious fanatics, opium producers, and regional warlords

And now, over two years after 9-11, the administration is finally training all of our intelligence and military resources toward capturing Osama Bin Laden

I wouldn't call that a successful run.

Reframing Bush's national security record (repost)

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