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Offline rpm

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Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« on: May 25, 2007, 12:22:44 AM »
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THE PRESIDENT: Why is he at large? Because we haven't got him yet, Jim. That's why. And he's hiding, and we're looking, and we will continue to look until we bring him to justice. We've brought a lot of his buddies to justice, but not him. That's why he's still at large.

TRANSLATION: I took my eye off the ball.

Example: 6 months after 9/11...
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THE PRESIDENT:  I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority.



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Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007, 12:39:56 AM »
Let's see, worst president ever.  Ok, I'll bite.  Can't find 1 guy hiding in the sand out in a very large swath of land, yet devastated their ability to cause more damage to Anything in the US.  Bad Bad Bushy.

Had him handed to us on a silver platter and some other president let him off the hook..a few years back...

Ya, I can see the problem here.

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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2007, 12:47:52 AM »
Funny thing rpm, you quote something he said only 6 months after 9/11.  Yet we still managed to vote him back in.  I'll admit that i didn't vote for him in 2004, but i didn't want to vote for Kerry either.  I still support the man, i still support the war.  I voted for kerry because i was not very thrilled about how Bush was handling the war at the time (no body armor for our troops, lied about WMDs, pick your reason).  I am finally happy about his recent decisions to send more troops.  I find the solution being either to send more troops to do the job or to turn all security over to iraqi forces and let them sort it out.  The first results in more Americans dieing and Bush getting all the blame and the second results in Iraq becoming a much more terrible breeding ground for terrorism than it was before we invaded.  I believe lasersailer said it best in another thread, Bush is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.  

Worst president ever?  I dunno, maybe Hoover?  I think his failure to know how to adequately deal with the stock market crash makes him a great nominee for this distinct honor.  Or Andrew Johnson who was nearly impeached, twice, nearly succeeded in destroying all efforts made for post-civil war reconstruction.

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Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2007, 12:49:24 AM »
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Originally posted by ROC
Let's see, worst president ever.  Ok, I'll bite.  Can't find 1 guy hiding in the sand out in a very large swath of land, yet devastated their ability to cause more damage to Anything in the US.
You honestly think "they" can't do any damage to the US now? :huh
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2007, 12:51:04 AM »
I have a deep sense of disappointment in this President.   Not that he has done so poorly, because I dont think he has, but rather that he has NOT done great things, and if he has done great things, I dont think anyone knows it, yet.
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2007, 01:23:46 AM »
I fear that Bush will go down in History as the President with the most opportunity for greatness.  Thats all though.

I voted for him and 2000, and I voted for him in 2004.  If I had to go back and it was between Gore and Kerry again, then I would vote for Bush.  However, if I had the chance to primary, I think I would go with someone else.  Most likely McCain at the time.
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Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2007, 01:26:08 AM »
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You honestly think "they" can't do any damage to the US now? :huh

I'll agree here, but i doubt we will ever be in a position in which we are completely immune to any attack at all within our borders.  I guess the question is have we weakened their chances to attack the US?  I would say most definitely.  The US government overthrew the Taliban in a short period of time over 9/11, i would hope there wouldn't be too many governments that would risk losing their power by harbouring terrorists who attack the US based on lessons learned from Afghanistan.  I'm not sure about the financing of terrorism, but all i read is that the US has made a great deal of progress in freezing the assets of terrorist groups.

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Re: Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2007, 01:39:23 AM »
One reason, the FBI doesn't have enough evidence to indite Osama for 9/11. I posted a link in another thread.

"The U.S. government found that huge sections of Prescott Bush's empire had been operated on behalf of Nazi Germany and had greatly assisted the German war effort." (1)"

Bush is just another Bush, doing what the Bush do: make sure he and his cronies profit off war.

http://ecosyn.us/Bush-Hitler/Bush-Hitler.html

edit: I was just thinking of the irony here, we have Hitler and Nazis $$ to thank for the "Bush empire". LMAO
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2007, 01:42:11 AM »
Wish I had an emotocon that slammed it's head against a wall for everyone of your posts.
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2007, 02:27:14 AM »
One reason, the FBI doesn't have enough evidence to indite Osama for 9/11.
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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2007, 03:08:14 AM »
Osama Bin Laden already claimed responsibility for the attacks of 11 September 2001. Several captured Al Queada members have admitted complicity in the planning and execution of the attacks, and stated that the orders came from Bin Laden himself.
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2007, 06:41:37 AM »
Maybe he's still at large because a former president didn't take him into custody when he had the chance...

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"[F]ormer Sudanese officials claim that Sudan offered to expel Bin Ladin to the United States.


Of course the Clinton Admin's deny this...

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Clinton administration officials deny ever receiving such an offer. We have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim.


hmmm maybe the documents Sandy Berger was trying to steal/hide/destroyed, contained the "reliable evidence"...

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Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2007, 06:59:53 AM »
slow day at the minimart RPM?

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Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2007, 07:20:45 AM »
First prez in ages that has actualy shown some cajones and pride in the U.S.
What has been done under Bush everyone in the U.S. benefits from every day. Some are just too thick to "get it".
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Re: Mr. President, why is [Osama bin Laden] still at large?
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2007, 08:16:47 AM »
Storch and Jackal :aok
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...Worst

President

EVER.
You forget JFK, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clitone already?  

JFK got us stuck in Nam to the tune of 50,000 American soldiers lives thrown away when we pulled out. And then we all know what happened when Congress tried running a war from DC.

Carter's claim to fame, other than killing that attack rabbit while fishing, is he never got our hostages freed, and screwed the economy up.

Clitone... Well what more can be said to somebody that gives favored trade to a nation that is our enemy, to say the least of all the corpses in his wake, as well as national embarasment of his sex life.  Bill when answering a question during his impeachment; "Well that depends on what your definition of is, is?"

Yeah Bush has made his share of mistakes, but ask yourself if you're better off now than with those other three?  I know I am.
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