An enlightening look at the the politics of terror:
Monday, February 25, 2008
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All politicians use fear... For instance, Global Warming. Gore and misrepresented the IPCC panel by 17x the estimated increase of sea level in his documentary. The far left continues to do this... but funny how they keep their beach front property. I'd say terrorism is something worth fearing... just me though.
Note, IPCC had already countered 60-70% of scientists who don't believe carbon dioxide causes GW and used far estimates. Not a surprise from the same guys who called it Global Cooling in 1970 as a "fear tactic"
Read the facts... LIke the 400 scientists whose EPA report says its not caused by carbon dioxide? Or the polls that show 70% of scientists dont believe its caused by man made carbon dioxide?
How about the multiple IPCC scientists who have said the policy makers exploited and manipulated their research?
No surprise the Liberal Media doesn't cover those thigns... but dont confuse hype for a consensus.
There is far more actual evidence to show that there is no causative relation between man made carbon and climate change. Maybe you should take your own advice, I have read the IPCC reports and multiple books as well as a ton of articles on it.
However, I do agree with you, and I think the issue should change to being energy efficient and independent from foreign oil to cause less conflict. I just hate the issue being revolved around GW, because the science is so weak and uncertain compared to strong evidence of millions of years of natural climate change.
On top of this... maybe you are comfortable without Intelligence agencies being able to track Terrorists... I personally prefer stay as safe as the past 7 years without a terroist attacks.
Wow man, you must not have been awake during the Clinton administration.
Oct. 12, 2000 - A terrorist bomb damages the destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39.
Aug. 7, 1998 - Terrorist bombs destroy the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In Nairobi, 12 Americans are among the 291 killed, and over 5,000 are wounded, including 6 Americans. In Dar es Salaam, one U.S. citizen is wounded among the 10 killed and 77 injured.
June 21, 1998 - Rocket-propelled grenades explode near the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
July 27, 1996 - A pipe bomb explodes during the Olympic games in Atlanta, killing one person and wounding 111.
June 25, 1996 - A bomb aboard a fuel truck explodes outside a U.S. air force installation in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 19 U.S. military personnel are killed in the Khubar Towers housing facility, and 515 are wounded, including 240 Americans.
Nov. 13, 1995 - A car-bomb in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills seven people, five of them American military and civilian advisers for National Guard training. The "Tigers of the Gulf," "Islamist Movement for Change," and "Fighting Advocates of God" claim responsibility.
February 1993 - A bomb in a van explodes in the underground parking garage in New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and wounding 1,042.
Not to mention that Clinton was handed Osama Bin Laden in 1996 and would not allow his arrest.
Mr. Clinton led to 9/11, he was lax on security and response, he showed the enemy that we were weak. On US soil or not, when you ignore a problem it grows. Mr. Bush had to deal with that problem.
And how about before then.. how about these major attacks on the U.S. home and abroad.
Dec. 21, 1988 - A bomb destroys Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. All 259 people aboard the Boeing 747 are killed including 189 Americans, as are 11 people on the ground.
April 1986 - An explosion damages a TWA flight as it prepares to land in Athens, Greece. Four people are killed when they are sucked out of the aircraft.
April 5, 1986 - A bomb destroys the LaBelle discotheque in West Berlin. The disco was known to be frequented by U.S. servicemen. The attack kills one American and one German woman and wounds 150, including 44 Americans
In response, on April 15 the United States retaliated in an operation dubbed ‘El Dorado Canyon.’ Approximately 100 aircraft were launched in direct support of the raid. It was an attack against military targets involving land-based bombers from Great Britain together with carrier-based air strikes from ships in the Gulf of Sidra.
December 1985 - Simultaneous suicide attacks are carried out against U.S. and Israeli check-in desks at Rome and Vienna international airports. 20 people are killed in the two attacks, including four terrorists.
November 1985 - Hijackers aboard an Egyptair flight kill one American. Egyptian commandos later storm the aircraft on the isle of Malta, and 60 people are killed.
October 1985 - Palestinian terrorists hijack the cruise liner Achille Lauro (in response to the Israeli attack on PLO headquarters in Tunisia) Leon Klinghoffer, an elderly, wheelchair-bound American, is killed and thrown overboard.
August 1985 - A car bomb at a U.S. military base in Frankfurt, Germany kills two and injures 20. A U.S. soldier murdered for his identity papers is found a day after the explosion.
June 1985 - A TWA airliner is hijacked over the Mediterranean, the start of a two-week hostage ordeal. The last 39 passengers are eventually released in Damascus after being held in various locations in Beirut.
June 1985 - In San Salvador, El Salvador, 13 people are killed in a machine gun attack at an outdoor café, including four U.S. Marines and two American businessmen.
April 1985 - A bomb explodes in a restaurant near a U.S. air base in Madrid, Spain, killing 18, all Spaniards, and wounding 82, including 15 Americans.
November 1984 - A bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia kills a passer-by. The attack was preceded by death threats against U.S. officials by drug traffickers.
October 1983 - A suicide car bomb attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut kills 241 servicemen. A simultaneous attack on a French base kills 58 paratroopers.
April 1983 - A suicide car bombing against the U.S. embassy in Beirut kills 63, including 17 Americans.
I think Derek pretty much covered all the highlights. I think the truck bombing underneath the World Trade Center counts as U.S. soil. Not sure though, feel free to make an argument that the garage was underground.
I think we can all argee that terroists are incredible difficult to stop. That said, increased security at least allows us to say we did everything within our power to stop terrorism. I personally would not want to be the one to tell a grieving family that I didn't do everything in my power.
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