No, I Didn't

[arisbe]

Vote for Bush. Even though I pulled his lever.

I was voting against the other clown. The one who invented the Internet. The one whose wife wants the government in charge of popular music.

I was wrong.

When the Democrats left office they left behind them at least one strong and effective policy against terrorism. Hijacked aircraft were to be intercepted and forced down. Immediately. No discretion. No exceptions. No excuses. And the world knew it.

On June 1, 2001, Rumsfeld's Pentagon trashed it. Now there would be no interceptions. Except on the order of Donald Rumsfeld. And on September 11 there was no such order. None that we know of. And nobody cares.

So one bright Tuesday morning I stood behind the glass walls of a Manhattan office tower and watched a neighboring tower burn. And then another one.

I don't like Kerry any more than I liked what's his name. But I don't think I'll make the same mistake twice.

Comments

[rabblebabblelog.livejournal.com]

Amen to that. The blame lies with the terrorists. And with those who let them run free the first few times they attacked NYC and other US sites. Let's see...does 1993 WTC bombing ring a bell? How 'bout the Cole? Why doesn't anyone want to hold Clinton's failed policies accountable in the 9/11 tragedy? He had bin Laden in his crosshairs and did nothing.

As for Kerry, God help us. If he ever makes up his mind, he'll be flat out dangerous. Not that Bush is doing such a sterling job. I wish there were a more clear-cut choice. The only thing that's clear is that Kerry isn't "it".

[scottopic.livejournal.com]

As someone who despises Bush, I do have to wonder what some people expected - for him to be on the side of the WTC with a big flyswatter?

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

There was time to scramble the fighters. It didn't happen. It would have under Clinton. It costs me a lot to admit that because I truly disliked the man. In fact that is a bit of an understatement.

But the attack was also the natural consequence of policies I, along with the Catholic Church and the entire civilized world, regard as utterly evil. I refer to the coddling of the most egregious elements in Israeli politics, and the (then) continuing sanctions against Iraq.

If that makes me a terrorist I am in good company because then the Pope is one too.