Bush: "His number two man, Zawahiri, has also invoked Vietnam"

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/

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There was another price to our withdrawal from Vietnam, and we can hear it in the words of the enemy we face in today’s struggle – al Qaeda. In an interview with a Pakistani paper after the Nine Eleven attacks, Bin Laden declared that "the American people had risen against their government’s war in Vietnam. They must do the same today." His number two man, Zawahiri, has also invoked Vietnam. In a letter to al Qaeda’s chief of operations in Iraq, Zawahiri pointed to "the aftermath of the collapse of the American power in Vietnam and how they ran and left their agents." Zawahiri later returned to this theme, declaring that the Americans “know better than others that there is no hope in victory. The Vietnam specter is closing every outlet.” Here at home, some can argue our withdrawal from Vietnam carried no price to American credibility – but the terrorists see things differently."

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[Bitwit1234]

1. Changing channels I came across this on CSAN

a caller from Pennsylvania was saying, we had been duped by rove and bush's administration. And she also said this rhetoic about fighting them over there because we don't want to fight them here makes no sense.

She said, and boy this was the truest statement of all, "what's to stop them from coming here now if they want to kill Americans"...and I agree 1000%.

If they really and truly wanted to kill Americans so bad they would come over here now. And if they did come over here after the war, what would that say for all the money, all they hype, all the laws bush has gotten passed in the name of security. They wouldn't mean diddly squat. If he can't protect this country what in the hell has this administration been doing for the last 6 1/2 years. OH OH I KNOW. Stealing our money and killing our children in the war, killing blacks and the poor in New Orleans and locking us up for protesting. ARE WE THE ENEMY.

[Rob H.]

2. At this point, it's obvious he thinks it's all about him

He means to do everything he can and use whatever warmongering rhetoric is necessary to salvage what remains of his failed presidency, the rest of the world and his own countrymen be damned. He'll do his everything in his power to ensure that we never leave Iraq while he's in office and he has every intention of leaving the mess for his successor to clean up. That's what a lifetime of dodging responsibility, being bailed out by powerful friends, and surrounding himself with toadying yes men has done for him. :mad: