tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post109829711403368022..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: The Good Old DaysPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1098328852499204612004-10-20T20:20:00.000-07:002004-10-20T20:20:00.000-07:00Do you have to pay extra for better trolls?
Bush ...Do you have to pay extra for better trolls?<br /><br />Bush does not take take terrorism seriously, and does not understand the threat. Because he is, essentially, a git.Thershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072224569922847217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1098307972067331282004-10-20T14:32:00.000-07:002004-10-20T14:32:00.000-07:00And to count such a proposal as part of a terroris...<I>And to count such a proposal as part of a terrorism measure is misleading.</I>That's basically my point. Kerry included it as part of a multi-pronged general approach to terrorism: one essential gear in a larger machine. Malkin dishonestly sought to portray it as the centerpiece of his approach.<br /><br />I love the attitude of people who go around saying, in mock seriousness, "Kerry doesn't <I>understand</I> the threat of terrorism!" Christ almighty...what's to understand? The issues involved are incredibly simple, and Kerry - the man who singlehandedly broke terrorist-funders BCCI and the Iran/Contra scandal wide open, knows more about it than anyone on Team Bush. And what he doesn't know, he'll learn...by <I>listening</I> to experts, instead of tuning them out or firing them, or letting their untranslated terrorist communications pile up into three-foot stacks (as Bush is <I>still</I> doing).<br /><br />Kerry's approach to terrorism is exactly the same as any sane, serious person's. You rely foremost on intelligence gathering, because that's the way to prevent specific attacks. That can come from the FBI, CIA, double agents and informers, foreign intelligence agencies (like the ones whose warnings Bush ignored), and largely civilian groups like 7Seas, who have an excellent track record. You also go after hidden funding and money-laundering...something Kerry is an absolute expert at, as a lot of Bush's terrorist-coddling Saudi chums will ruefully concede. You also increase security at airports, railway stations, chemical plants, ports, and nuclear plants...stuff Bush has barely started addressing three years after 9/11.<br /><br />When you must use military force, you use it...just like Clinton did when he bombed Al-Qaeda training camps, and just like Bush did when he had OBL pinned down at Tora Bora (before he botched the whole thing). And if, God forbid, an attack occurs, you're prepared, because you've trained every EMT and every firefighter in the country on how to respond to a broad spectrum of threats, just like Clinton proposed, and you've given them every conceivable tool they need. Because you know that contrary to what a deranged liar like Malkin says, first responders <I>do</I> prevent bad situations from getting worse.<br /><br />That's Kerry plan in a nutshell. Agree with it or don't, but don't pretend he doesn't "understand" the issue or wants to get a "permission slip" to defend America or any of that other crap; it's not only not true, it's an utterly nonsensical style of argument that appeals only to dunces. <br /><br />A pleasure chatting with you, PB...I appreciate your civil tone, and the fact that you put yourself on the line by signing in legitimately. But don't expect this level of attention in the future, OK? I don't have time to be your personal adult-education class...not unless you're willing to pay the going rate, that is!Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1098304863142728062004-10-20T13:41:00.000-07:002004-10-20T13:41:00.000-07:00Admit it, you secretly love Michelle Malkin.
Anyh...Admit it, you secretly love Michelle Malkin.<br /><br />Anyhoo, the real irony is that the Bush administration further increased all of the NIH, CDC and DOD funding for CBW countermeasures.<br /><br />But I think the point is that paying for more firefighters, EMTs, and cops is not at all a counter-terrorism plan. They are obviously important but not for terrorism. And to count such a proposal as part of a terrorism measure is misleading. Your example of the FBI neutralizing the threat from whit-supremacists is a good one, but none of Kerry's 100,000 will include FBI agents. <br /><br />That Kerry couches unrelated domestic spending proposals as counterterrorism reflects his failure to take the threat seriously. <br /><br />THEY CALL ME PASTABAGELPastabagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338636301004907323noreply@blogger.com