If the terrorists are over here....

[jillian]

The Bush Administration claimed that their efforts thwarted terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

Perhaps going around the world apologizing for America, announcing the closure of GITMO, and renouncing enhanced interrogation techniques isn't a good strategy.

Was there a SUCCESSFUL attack on US soil since Obama took office? When? What did I miss?

The only reason the Christmas Day and The Times Square bombing attempts were not successful is due to the incompetence of the bombers. We got lucky. The fact that they got as far as they did is a failure of the Obama Administration.

yeah... couldn't have been the fact that people worked with law enforcement and law enforcement did a great job.


nah...

 

[boedicca]

Was there a SUCCESSFUL attack on US soil since Obama took office? When? What did I miss?

The only reason the Christmas Day and The Times Square bombing attempts were not successful is due to the incompetence of the bombers. We got lucky. The fact that they got as far as they did is a failure of the Obama Administration.

WARNING: Do not believe everything Fox News tells you. Try thinking for yourself every once in a while. It is great exercise.

^^^ Right on cue.

He can't address substance, so must engage in personal attacks.

You forgot to blame it on Bush, btw.

 

[Liability]

I said all along that Bowing & Apologizing is no real Foreign Policy. I think i'm being proven correct at this point.

The President's AMERICA SUCKS Tour was part of his campaign to become President. One of the campaign stops was in freaking Germany.

Always a good idea to run on a platform of how much America Sucks when seeking to be the elected leader of this country.

And now?

The same man is busy telling us that there is a limit on what income is too much income. The same man is telling the world that we shouldn't exclude immigrants from JUST entering this country without our approval -- but if they do sneak in, hey, so what? Fuck it. They should be entitled to some previously unknown "right" to just stay here anyway.
The same man is entering into treaties (subject to the advice and consent of a witless Senate, of course) unilaterally limiting our nuclear capacity and getting jack shit in exchange. Thanks President Obama. Shrewd deal making.
The same man lectures us on the niceties of politically correct speech in referring to Islamic fundamentalist terrorists (how many rules did I just break in that one phrase?) and only most reluctantly acknowledges that some of them ARE out to kill us. Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, we are at war. And the identity of the enemy isn't really all that difficult to ascertain. {{ Pssst. It's them. The Islamic fundamentalists. }}

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Obviously i'm happy they got this cretin but lets not carried away and start praising this President and his Homeland Security. This was all just shear luck this bomb didn't go off. It was just like the Christmas Bomber. This President's Homeland Security was completely clueless on both attacks. It is what it is.

 

[Liability]

Was there a SUCCESSFUL attack on US soil since Obama took office? When? What did I miss?

The only reason the Christmas Day and The Times Square bombing attempts were not successful is due to the incompetence of the bombers. We got lucky. The fact that they got as far as they did is a failure of the Obama Administration.

yeah... couldn't have been the fact that people worked with law enforcement and law enforcement did a great job.


nah...

Bullshit, Jilli.

Law enforcement has been doing some good work. But their efforts are NOT what prevented the home-made bomb contrived inside the Nissan Pathfinder by the would-be Times' Square scumbag from going BOOM. It actually did go POP. IT fizzled and smoked. But had we not gotten lucky that the asshole happens to have been quite inept, that improvised bomb COULD have done some serious damage. Law enforcement had exactly NOTHING to do with how badly it was constructed (or wired).

Similarly, the fact is that law enforcement had absolutely NOTHING to do with the FAILURE of the Christmas panty bomber to have his device go BOOM. It too actually did go off. It, too, went POP. It fizzled (not without burning the scumbag's crotch). But our law enforcement played no part in why it failed.

Some of our law enforcement efforts have been sterling successes. For example, the Tonawanda, NY al qaeda cell got exposed and taken down. The Colorado to Queens idiots who wanted to set off bombs in the NY City Subway system. But for some reason you seem reluctant to credit HOW AND WHY our law enforcement was able to defeat those maggot fuckers. Did they have a sudden flash of ESP? Were they clairvoyant? OR, possibly, maybe, perchance, did they obtain some information about the bastards from perfectly lawful INTERCEPTS via the system put into place by the Bush Administration? Hm.

 

[CMike]

The Bush Administration claimed that their efforts thwarted terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

Perhaps going around the world apologizing for America, announcing the closure of GITMO, and renouncing enhanced interrogation techniques isn't a good strategy.

and when pressed they couldn't prove they stopped anything aside from a pathetic little group of guys who didn't even have the money to do anything.

and if they did such a great job, why did richard reid try to bomb that plane?

or does it only count when the right is out of power.

i really hate disingenuous people

Your information is inaccurate. You should try and getting it from other places than left wing rags, I mean blogs.

The waterboarding of the 3 arch terrorists averted two major terrorist attacks

1) A passenger plane into a LA building

and

2) A "dirty bomb" that was supposed to explode in Washington D.C.

http://luxmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o10/clients/aclu/olc_05302005_bradbury.pdf



CNN.com - White House lists 10 foiled attacks  - Feb 9, 2006

1. West Coast airliner plot:

In 2002 the United States disrupted a plot to use shoe bombs to hijack a commercial airliner to attack the tallest building in Los Angeles. The plot was "set in motion" by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks.

"Rather than use Arab hijackers, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sought out young men from Southeast Asia whom he believed would not arouse as much suspicion," Bush said.

2. East Coast airliner plot:

In mid-2003 the United States and a partner disrupted a plot to use hijacked commercial airplanes to attack targets on the East Coast of the United States.

3. The Jose Padilla plot:

In May 2002 the United States disrupted a plot that involved blowing up apartment buildings in the United States. One of the alleged plotters, Jose Padilla, allegedly discussed the possibility of using a "dirty bomb" inside the United States. Bush has designated him an "enemy combatant."

4. 2004 British urban targets plot:

In mid-2004 the United States and partners disrupted a plot to bomb urban targets in Britain.

5. 2003 Karachi plot:

In spring 2003 the United States and a partner disrupted a plot to attack westerners at several targets in Karachi, Pakistan.

6. Heathrow Airport plot:

In 2003 the United States and several partners disrupted a plot to attack London's Heathrow Airport using hijacked commercial airliners. The planning for this alleged attack was undertaken by a major operational figure in the September 11, 2001, attacks.

7. 2004 Britain plot:

In the spring of 2004 the United States and partners, using a combination of law enforcement and intelligence resources, disrupted a plot to conduct large-scale bombings in Britain.

8. 2002 Persian Gulf shipping plot:

In late 2002 and 2003 the United States and a partner nation disrupted a plot by al Qaeda operatives to attack ships in the Persian Gulf.

9. 2002 Strait of Hormuz plot:

In 2002 the United States and partners disrupted a plot to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean.

10. 2003 tourist site plot:

In 2003 the United States and a partner nation disrupted a plot to attack a tourist site outside the United States. The White House did not list what site that was.

 

[CMike]

Was there a SUCCESSFUL attack on US soil since Obama took office? When? What did I miss?

The only reason the Christmas Day and The Times Square bombing attempts were not successful is due to the incompetence of the bombers. We got lucky. The fact that they got as far as they did is a failure of the Obama Administration.

yeah... couldn't have been the fact that people worked with law enforcement and law enforcement did a great job.


nah...

Law enforcement had nothing to do with it.

The only reason that the christimas day bomber didn't explode was because of a mechanical failure. It had nothing to do with law enforcement.

The only reason that the Times Square bomb didn't explode, once again, was mechanical failure. It should have exploded and didn't.

We got lucky, no thanks to the Obama Administration.

 

[MarcATL]

Seems that God really loves Obama.

He brought him from relative obscurity to the highest Office and position in the world in a matter of 2 years or less.

He confused both bombers' efforts and cause them to fail and by defacto giving Obama's Administration the credit.

He's allowing events to occur, read The Oil Spill, that proves Obama's arguments correct.

The list goes on...under Bush EVERY THING went to hell.

The tide keeps rising under Obama.

No matter how you look at it...Obama's 1000 times better for the country AND the world than Bush ever was or could be.

Poor RWnutjobs.

LOL!!!

 

[namvet]

Seems that God really loves Obama.

He brought him from relative obscurity to the highest Office and position in the world in a matter of 2 years or less.

He confused both bombers' efforts and cause them to fail and by defacto giving Obama's Administration the credit.

He's allowing events to occur, read The Oil Spill, that proves Obama's arguments correct.

The list goes on...under Bush EVERY THING went to hell.

The tide keeps rising under Obama.

No matter how you look at it...Obama's 1000 times better for the country AND the world than Bush ever was or could be.

Poor RWnutjobs.

LOL!!!

say that a 100 times as fast as you can

 

[zeitgeist2012]

The size and the organization of these demonstrations cannot be denied, buy you see more than La Raza, and Hispanics, you see Union Made and printed signs, Union banners, and Union members, whites and blacks mixed in with the Hispanics. No denying this was on May 1st, or Revolutionary May Day a Communist Holiday. In America have we come to this point where apparantly a large group of hundreds of thousands are marching in league with communists and desire communism? I know many who identify with the tea party do so from the comfort of their arm chairs at home or on the internet and these people will show up at the polls and will vote. My father always advised me not to draw attention to yourself because you are exposing yourself to trouble, I agree with his wisdom but I disagree because at some point you have to stand up and fight, join with others of like mind and campaign. Our country is in danger of collapse, of being overthrown by communists who will bring oppression, and totalitarian control, gulags, re education camps, and firing squads to eliminate all opposition. Are we seeing the end times?

Look at europe, many older countries are tetering on collapse and overthrow by Islam, or communists - Greece, Spain and Portugal are in trouble, France with its socialists and islamic population, England has socialists and a large Islamic population as well, Germany seems solid, Italy has always had poor governments. These are dark days for Freedom, and for our country. Storm clouds are gathering it is like the years before World War II only this time we have no large industrial base, our faith in God has slipped, and we are in danger of losing control of our Republic. We are in trouble folks and it does not look good. There are natural and man made disasters. Beck has exposed an evil insidious communist scheme funded by trillions of dollars and our taxes. It is as if we are being closely stalked by a wild, poserful and hungry lion ready to pounce and eat us alive the minute we turn and notice. The question I ask is is it too late? Are we too late? Communists do not just leave you alone - even in the back woods they will track you down dig a hole, line you up and shoot you in the head then bury you! There will be no place to hide. Like that movie Red Dawn, only the communists will be our own people. We may like to believe we can go into the woods and become self sufficient - that is a fantasy - there is no place to run, and no place to hide. The cry is literally Liberty or Death!

LOL....

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