Fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here,
part two:
Terra alert!
During last week's press conference, Our Great Leader warned that
Osama bin Laden is back, baby:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0524iraq-bush0524.html
President Bush on Wednesday sought to bolster his argument that
terrorism in Iraq poses a threat to the U.S., offering details from
previously classified intelligence to underscore his warning that the
war was at a "pivotal moment."
The 2-year-old information, declassified by the White House a day
earlier, provided new information about what Bush described as orders
from Osama bin Laden to a key ally in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to
develop plans for terrorist strikes in other countries, including the
United States.
Scary stuff!
I have a few questions...
First, since there weren't any Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq before we
invaded in 2003, and now there are apparently Al Qaeda terrorists in
Iraq who are trying to kill us, how exactly has the occupation made us
safer? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5328592.stm
Second, if the Bushies are so concerned about bin Laden attacking
America, why did they shut down the CIA's "bin Laden unit" in 2006?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/07/04/MNGAHJOS611.DTL
Third, if George W. Bush is convinced that Osama bin Laden poses a
clear and present danger to the United States, why did he say in 2002
- just six months after the 9/11 attacks - "I wouldn't necessarily say
he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know
where he is. I - I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that
concerned about him."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
I mean, I'm sure it all makes sense somewhere in the back of that
rotten peanut George W. Bush calls a brain, but to the rest of us it
just seems a bit weird.
Actually, allow me to juxtapose the rest of that 2002 statement
against the warning that George gave last week.
It'll give you a pretty good idea of just how badly Dubya has screwed
us all:
GEORGE W. BUSH, MARCH 2002:
Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him.
And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command
structure.
And, again, I don't know where he is.
I -- I'll repeat what I said.
I truly am not that concerned about him.
I know he is on the run.
I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country.
I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running
Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban.
But once we set out the policy and started executing the plan, he
became -- we shoved him out more and more on the margins.
He has no place to train his al Qaeda killers anymore.
And if we -- excuse me for a minute -- and if we find a training camp,
we'll take care of it.
Either we will or our friends will.
That's one of the things -- part of the new phase that's becoming
apparent to the American people is that we're working closely with
other governments to deny sanctuary, or training, or a place to hide,
or a place to raise money.
GEORGE W. BUSH, MAY 2007:
I've often warned that if we fail in Iraq, the enemy will follow us
home.
Many ask: How do you know?
Today, I'd like to share some information with you that attests to al
Qaeda's intentions.
According to our intelligence community, in January 2005, Osama bin
Laden tasked the terrorist Zarqawi -- who was then al Qaeda's top
leader in Iraq -- with forming a cell to conduct terrorist attacks
outside of Iraq.
Bin Laden emphasized that America should be Zarqawi's number one
priority in terms of foreign attacks.
Zarqawi welcomed this direction; he claimed that he had already come
up with some good proposals.
To help Zarqawi in these efforts, our intelligence community reports
that bin Laden then tasked one of his top terrorist operatives, Hamza
Rabia, to send Zarqawi a briefing on al Qaeda's external operations,
including information about operations against the American homeland.
Our intelligence community reports that a senior al Qaeda leader, Abu
Faraj al-Libi, went further and suggested that bin Laden actually send
Rabia, himself, to Iraq to help plan external operations.
Abu Faraj later speculated that if this effort proved successful, al
Qaeda might one day prepare the majority of its external operations
from Iraq.
So there you have it...
Numbnuts wasn't concerned about bin Laden before the invasion of Iraq
because he didn't have a base of operations.
But now Numbnuts is telling us that he's worried about bin Laden
because he's trying to use Iraq as a base of operations.
Gee, I wonder how that could have happened?
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
.
|
