Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>I guess you forgot about this piece of Democratic trash talk<<<


Ok.....so he doesn't like to call it a war but does he recognize a threat? Sounds like he does: ("We need a post-Bush, post-9/11, post-Iraq military that is mission focused on protecting Americans from 21st century threats, not misused for discredited ideological purposes," Edwards said in remarks prepared for delivery.

Point is that Bush republicans label anyone who disagrees with Bush's Iraq policy a hopeless pacifist who won't even acknowledge that terrorism is a threat. So let me rephrase it then. I don't know of anyone who doesn't acknowledge the threat of terrorism and the fact that it needs to be addressed agressively. But maybe it IS a mistake to call it a war since apparently a fair amount of 1 billion islamic followers around the globe feel they're at the recieving end of this war or soon will be.


Former CIA Analyst Says New Video Shows West Is Losing Fight Against Al Qaeda, Warns Of New Threat

Scheuer spent years tracking al Qaeda as the head of the CIA's bin Laden unit.

What he is trying to say is that he is under no pressure from the Americans. The Americans are failing in their effort to kill him, and in their effort to destroy al Qaeda."

"The war is motivated on the enemy's side by the impact of our policies," he said. "It's not about democracy. It's not about women's rights. It's not about freedom or elections. It has everything to do with the impact of our foreign policy in the Muslim world. It's not to say that our policy is wrong, it's simply to try to understand the motivation of your enemy."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/08/terror/main3244193.shtml