Rove warns of threat of terrorism

[babylonsister]

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17102685.htm

Rove warns of threat of terrorism
Political strategist raises specter of attacks in U.S. if military pulls back abroad
By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer


ALLIANCE - Presidential confidant Karl Rove painted a bleak picture Wednesday of what would happen if the United States walked away from the global war on terror.

``We are foolish if we think we can turn away from this threat and draw inward, and they will not come,'' President Bush's chief political strategist told an audience of about 400 at the Mount Union Theater.

``If we lose, they will follow,'' he said.

Rove's appearance brought out about 25 protesters, who walked in front of the theater prior to the speech holding anti-war and anti-Rove signs.

Among them were a Minerva Marine, her daughter and the Marine's mother. Cpl. Amanda McNeeley, 25, completed her active-duty enlistment in 2005 after serving in the initial invasion of Iraq, and she has been in the Inactive Ready Reserve since then.

McNeeley, who works for Estee Lauder, has received orders to go back into the active-duty Marines, she said, and she leaves for a ``recall consideration screening'' in Kansas City, Mo., today.

Her daughter, Jayda Grace Ortiz, 3, held a sign that read ``Don't send my mom to war.''

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[Straight Shooter]

1. "If we lose, they will follow."

Sort of like, if we build it ...

:wtf:

[Jim Warren]

3. or

he means they'll follow HIS sorry ass right to the Hague.

[1620rock]

6. They're all on the hot seat, time for more terra terra terra.

[thecrow]

11. if we lose, they'll lose too?

[LSK]

2. oh yes, the Shiites will forget about the Sunnis and SWIM to the USA

And vica versa

SHUT UP ROVE!!!

[AlCzervik]

4. of course he's an expert due to his long service in the military and then in

war planning at the pentagon.

[JuniperLea]

5. If they were really smart

and had an intention to attack us, now would work better than later... we have no defenses at home... they are all on the other side of the globe!

Further supporting the need to get them all home again!

[MnFats]

7. He's starting to remind me of Count Floyd of Monster Chiller Horror Theater...

...that old SCTV bit with Joe Flaherty trying to be frightening and failing miserably...

"heh, heh.... It's really SCARY, kids!!!"

[AlCzervik]

9. count Floyd was on the jumbotron when i went to see Rush.

best concert ever.

[MichiganVote]

8. Rewind....Ok, we've done this one Rove, over.

[MadMaddie]

10. So I expect to see the color coded warnings any day now..

[KathySierra]

12. Rove

I'm surprised there were only 25 protesters.

[Hieronymus]

13. Fear is all this administration has going for them.

[RC]

14. This reads like a threat to me.

"Do things our way or we will terrorize this country."

[uppityperson]

15. Oh put a cork in it Karl.

[Bitwit1234]

16. OK----if bush's anti-terror program is working

like they say it is, how can the terrorist get into this country. After all you now have to have a passport to get in thru Canada. AND they are supposed to be holding their own on the Texas/Mexico border. Are they gonna fly in and set up shop...or swim the ocean....

These people are telling this country they don't know squat when it comes to protecting us, if the terrorist are going to come over here if we stop fighting in Iraq.

[proud patriot]

17. Rove needs to stop threatening the American people

:grr:

[ShamanaSZ]

18. Hey, that's Rove. I thought it's his business.

Remember, these people say it's certain Al-Queda was in Iraq.

By the way, is there a kind soul that can help with a forum battle? I was arguing on whether there was cooperation between Iraq and Al-Queda before 2003, and one poster put up this link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/510ixmdf.asp?pg=2. Has anyone else seen it, and do they know anything more? I am a bit skeptical about documents that are not more widely reported, but am not much of an Arabist.

[rasputin1952]

19. Ah crap...all they have is fear, that's all they've ever had...

bunch of Chicken Littles...:eyes: