Friday, October 22, 2004
Yellow Dogs vs. Fraidy Cats
The fearmongering has begun. While Bush and Cheney are trying their best to scare voters into believing that if they vote for Kerry, the US will be attacked by terrorists (a pretty shameful and slimy tactic, even in an election year), the truth is that terrorism has increased on their watch.
First, there is the report from their own State Department, which notes an increase in terrorism post-9/11.
And the following article notes that, according to security experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the war in Iraq has strengthened terrorist groups, not weakened them.
"As the IISS says, Iraq serves the purposes of groups like al-Qaeda. The sooner the occupation is ended, the sooner one primary source of terrorism will be shut off. As a threat to Americans, Iraqi resistance will end once the occupation ends.
Then the president, whoever he is, can concentrate on the terrorist source that should have been the focus of our intention all along: al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden.
In the second debate, Bush was asked to name three mistakes he'd made. In three weeks, voters have a chance to point out one of them: Never base a campaign on fear. We are not a fearful people."
James O. Goldsborough -- When the only thing that's left is fear
First, there is the report from their own State Department, which notes an increase in terrorism post-9/11.
And the following article notes that, according to security experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the war in Iraq has strengthened terrorist groups, not weakened them.
"As the IISS says, Iraq serves the purposes of groups like al-Qaeda. The sooner the occupation is ended, the sooner one primary source of terrorism will be shut off. As a threat to Americans, Iraqi resistance will end once the occupation ends.
Then the president, whoever he is, can concentrate on the terrorist source that should have been the focus of our intention all along: al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden.
In the second debate, Bush was asked to name three mistakes he'd made. In three weeks, voters have a chance to point out one of them: Never base a campaign on fear. We are not a fearful people."
James O. Goldsborough -- When the only thing that's left is fear
