It’s nice to see that the future director of the CIA will put the rights of suspected terrorists ahead of the safety of American citizens.
Look, I don’t want innocent people tortured, and if that were to happen, that would really be terrible. However, I am not comfortable with shelving incredibly successful forms of interrogation, and thereby risking the lives of Americans, to look like “good guys” to the rest of the world.
I just find this incredibly troubling.
The argument over President Bush’s place in history is starting to ratchet up, as we are only 23 days away from the swearing-in of President-elect Obama. Some view President Bush as a great president, others, a terrible one, maybe even the worst one.
Me? Well…you’ll have to keep checking in to find out. (I know…what a teaser!)
The one thing that cannot be argued by any rational commentator is that the entire Bush Presidency changed on
I’m not going to sit here and try to articulate the nation’s mindset on that day because that’s for you to decide as that tragedy affected all of us in different ways.
I will say, however, that it’s a safe assumption that the vast majority of us believed that this was not a one-time event. Deep down, I think we all feared that it was not a matter of “if”, but “when” we would be attacked next.
Due to these unprecedented attacks on our country, on our culture, on our way of life, on us, President Bush took dramatic steps to keep us safe and make sure September 11th was the only, not the first attack on U.S. soil.
In this endeavor, he has succeeded.
This, by the way, was no small feat. In fact, I’ve even seen it described as a “miracle”, as no serious observer ever imagined that after September 11 there would be zero additional terrorist attacks on U.S. soil with only three days remaining in 2008.
How did this happen?
Was it luck? Did Al-Qaeda simply pat themselves on the back, crack open a few cold ones and call it a day?
As we all know, it had nothing to do with complacency as we’ve seen that the Islamo-fascists that orchestrated the September 11 attacks have been quite busy all over the globe.
These seven-plus years of safety are the result of the President’s proper identification of the threat posed by these terrorists. He knew that we could not sit down with these people, discuss our differences, hug, make-up and continue on with our lives.
As a result, he knew he would have to take dramatic steps to limit their ability to function, communicate and organize in this country.
Enter the Department of Homeland Security, the Patriot Act,
What do these four tools in the War on Terror have in common?
Well, besides that they’ve all worked, they’re all despised by opponents of President Bush.
Opponents of President Bush say that The Department of Homeland Security is a bureaucratic behemoth that wastes taxpayer money.
Opponents of President Bush say that The Patriot Act tramples the Constitution and limits our personal freedoms. (Remember all of those hysterical stories perpetrated the media of librarians that would be thrown in jail for failing to supply federal agencies with book rental information? Breath easily librarians as, to date, none have been jailed.)
Opponents of President Bush say that
Opponents of President Bush say that the NSA Wiretaps strip us of our personal privacy.
Do you know what the opponents of President Bush never say?
They never say that all of these tools work.
Despite the Left’s blind hatred of these tools in the War on Terror, it is an irrefutable fact that they’ve all worked and we’re safe as a result.
This is an area where President Bush’s record is quite remarkable and we all owe him a debt of gratitude for his actions and policies.
That’s all for now folks. Until next time, take care and be well.
-John
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