Grizzlies
02-09-2008, 08:44 PM
McCain campaigns in Kansas: Senator John McCain most likely will be the Republican nominee for President. He's not a maverick on the war — he’s President Bush’s best ally. President George Bush says that we are fighting Islamic terrorism in Iraq and John McCain says he will “Stay the course” against these “Evil people” and continue this fight against Islamic Terrorism.
He goes on to say that Iraq is the central battle ground in the fight against Radical Islamic Extremism that confronts our nation and the world. Then in his very next breath he says: There is an individual that we all know that lives in either Afghanistan or Pakistan that recruits, motivates and inspires these evil people. I tell you now, if I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden and I will bring him to justice. I will bring him to just for what he did to the United States of America.
How can he say in one breath that you know
The man who started this war against the United States is Osama bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden lives in either Afghanistan or Pakistan.
That Osama bin Laden recruits, motivates and inspires the evil people terrorizing Iraq.
That Osama bin Laden is the base, the roots of the terrorism that has on many occasions attacked the United States:
Examples….
World Trade Center 1993 bombings: The attack was planned by a group of conspirators including Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin and Ahmad Ajaj. They received their financing from al-Qaeda.
The Khobar Towers bombing: According to the United States, a group of terrorists who wanted to remove Americans from Saudi Arabia organized the attack. No known group officially claimed responsibility.
In the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings: The attacks, linked to local members of the al Qaeda terrorist network headed by Osama bin Laden, brought bin Laden and al Qaeda to international attention for the first time, and resulted in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation placing bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted list.
The USS Cole bombing: Both the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration have been criticized for failing to respond militarily to the attack on the USS Cole before September 11, 2001. The 9-11 Commission Report cites one source who said in February 2001, "bin Laden complained frequently that the United States had not yet attacked in response to the Cole.. Bin Laden wanted the United States to attack, and if it did not he would launch something bigger." On December 21, 2000 the CIA had made a "preliminary judgment" that "al Qaeda appeared to have supported the attack".
September 11, 2001: Al Qaeda's origins date back to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Soon after the invasion, Osama bin Laden traveled to Afghanistan and with American government assistance, helped organize Arab mujahadeen, creating Maktab al-Khadamat (MAK), to resist the Soviets. In 1989, as the Soviets withdrew, MAK was transformed into Al Qaeda, as a "rapid reaction force" in jihad against governments across the Muslim world. Under guidance of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama became more radical. In 1996, Bin Laden issued his first fatwa which called for "American soldiers to get out of Saudi Arabia". A second fatwa, issued by bin Laden in 1998, "directed his followers to kill Americans anywhere”. In the fatwa, bin Laden outlined his objections to American foreign policy towards Israel, as well as the continued presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States was formed by the United States government and was commonly called the 9/11 Commission. It released its report on July 22, 2004, concluding that the attacks were conceived and implemented by members of al-Qaeda. To date, Bin Laden has not yet been formally indicted for the attack.
After all of this, how can you say that the United States of America must “Stay the course” in Iraq? When you know we can find Osama bin Laden in either Afghanistan or Pakistan, you know he is the one fueling the terrorism in Iraq by recruiting, motivating and inspiring the evil people terrorizing Iraq and the rest of the world, why in the world would you stay the course in Iraq? Why are we not going after Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and or Pakistan?
I’m insulted as an American to hear another Republican say “I tell you now, if I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden and I will bring him to justice. I will bring him to justice for what he did to the United States of America”. I heard this line of crap 7 years ago from George Bush and I’m insulted to be sitting here again 7 years later and hearing it again from another Republican running for President.
We need to stop fighting Osama bin Laden’s recruited, motivated and inspired evil people in Iraq and start fighting Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and or Pakistan.
He goes on to say that Iraq is the central battle ground in the fight against Radical Islamic Extremism that confronts our nation and the world. Then in his very next breath he says: There is an individual that we all know that lives in either Afghanistan or Pakistan that recruits, motivates and inspires these evil people. I tell you now, if I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden and I will bring him to justice. I will bring him to just for what he did to the United States of America.
How can he say in one breath that you know
The man who started this war against the United States is Osama bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden lives in either Afghanistan or Pakistan.
That Osama bin Laden recruits, motivates and inspires the evil people terrorizing Iraq.
That Osama bin Laden is the base, the roots of the terrorism that has on many occasions attacked the United States:
Examples….
World Trade Center 1993 bombings: The attack was planned by a group of conspirators including Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin and Ahmad Ajaj. They received their financing from al-Qaeda.
The Khobar Towers bombing: According to the United States, a group of terrorists who wanted to remove Americans from Saudi Arabia organized the attack. No known group officially claimed responsibility.
In the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings: The attacks, linked to local members of the al Qaeda terrorist network headed by Osama bin Laden, brought bin Laden and al Qaeda to international attention for the first time, and resulted in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation placing bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted list.
The USS Cole bombing: Both the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration have been criticized for failing to respond militarily to the attack on the USS Cole before September 11, 2001. The 9-11 Commission Report cites one source who said in February 2001, "bin Laden complained frequently that the United States had not yet attacked in response to the Cole.. Bin Laden wanted the United States to attack, and if it did not he would launch something bigger." On December 21, 2000 the CIA had made a "preliminary judgment" that "al Qaeda appeared to have supported the attack".
September 11, 2001: Al Qaeda's origins date back to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Soon after the invasion, Osama bin Laden traveled to Afghanistan and with American government assistance, helped organize Arab mujahadeen, creating Maktab al-Khadamat (MAK), to resist the Soviets. In 1989, as the Soviets withdrew, MAK was transformed into Al Qaeda, as a "rapid reaction force" in jihad against governments across the Muslim world. Under guidance of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama became more radical. In 1996, Bin Laden issued his first fatwa which called for "American soldiers to get out of Saudi Arabia". A second fatwa, issued by bin Laden in 1998, "directed his followers to kill Americans anywhere”. In the fatwa, bin Laden outlined his objections to American foreign policy towards Israel, as well as the continued presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States was formed by the United States government and was commonly called the 9/11 Commission. It released its report on July 22, 2004, concluding that the attacks were conceived and implemented by members of al-Qaeda. To date, Bin Laden has not yet been formally indicted for the attack.
After all of this, how can you say that the United States of America must “Stay the course” in Iraq? When you know we can find Osama bin Laden in either Afghanistan or Pakistan, you know he is the one fueling the terrorism in Iraq by recruiting, motivating and inspiring the evil people terrorizing Iraq and the rest of the world, why in the world would you stay the course in Iraq? Why are we not going after Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and or Pakistan?
I’m insulted as an American to hear another Republican say “I tell you now, if I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden and I will bring him to justice. I will bring him to justice for what he did to the United States of America”. I heard this line of crap 7 years ago from George Bush and I’m insulted to be sitting here again 7 years later and hearing it again from another Republican running for President.
We need to stop fighting Osama bin Laden’s recruited, motivated and inspired evil people in Iraq and start fighting Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and or Pakistan.