While on vacation prior to 9/11 it was reported he received terrorist threats and did nothing with them. Some would say; what should he have done? Perhaps warn the American people is my answer. A while back NY City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg received a threat to the subway stations and while it turned out to be a hoax and not credible he warned his city. At least it gave the citizens of that city a fighting chance should that threat have turned out to be real.
President Bush also stated, "Congress's most basic responsibilities (are) to give our troops the equipment and training they need to fight our enemies and to protect our nation. They're now failing in that responsibility," President Bush should look at that supplemental bill since it does fund our troops; it just has that pesky provision calling for the end of this war by redeploying of our troops. What is holding up those much needed funds is President Bush's threat of a veto. So, who is not supporting our troops? It is President Bush.
Let us speak of responsibility; it was and still is President Bush's responsibility to protect us from terrorists. It is President Bush's on-going responsibility to capture Osama bin Laden as he said, "Dead or alive" which he later on said of his capture that he "did not know where he is...he was not important...and was not our priority." My children at times ask me where he is and I plainly state President Bush has failed Americans in not capturing him. See, even children still ask where bin Laden is.
As I read this statement coming from President Bush, "The bottom line is this: Congress's failure to fund our troops on the front line also means that some of our military families could wait longer for their loved ones to return from the front lines," No, these military families will have their loved ones home sooner rather than later if it were not for President Bush's stubbornness. Over these past four years as I have written of this war, I have heard from military families who have been beside themselves wondering when their loved ones will come home. In answering their emails, all I could do was listen, but did not have an answer for them.
A man by the name of Matt who once worked at my favorite grocery store until it closed became a dear friend of mine. I would sit and listen as his time grew closer in which he would have to leave for Iraq. He is married and has a baby. The last time I saw Matt he was in his fatigues only days away from heading to Baghdad. I think with Matt’s redeployment to Iraq, the war became more personal to me. I did not want him facing road-side bombs, but helping me with my groceries. Matt still believed in chivalry. I wonder if he is safe. I wonder if he is still alive. I suspect these feelings are being felt across this nation and this president refuses to bring our troops home.
As it relates to foreign terrorism, the picture below will symbolize exactly what happened when President Bush took a vacation and ignored the safety of this nation.
Also prior to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush was on yet another month-long vacation as this monstrous storm bore down on New Orleans, Mississippi and parts of Alabama. While no threats came, he was made aware of this storm’s deadly approach and our citizens were caught off guard. You would think as a storm of this magnitude was approaching land, the leader of this country would send in the troops, but our troops were and still are overseas. Before heading back to Washington, D.C., President Bush headed for a fundraiser and strummed on a guitar.
Also, we must not forget that it was one week later that Vice President Dick Cheney visited that region. That is unforgivable. In hearing how former Vice President Al Gore flew many patients out of that region on a chartered plane along with a doctor that is when I wish that the Supreme Court stayed out of the 2000 election. By the way, he did so without fan-fare and did so on his own dime.
Below is a picture of Ethel Freeman and she died in the Super Dome in which her son had to abandon her there in order to evacuate. She did not get to have any vacation as President Bush continues to do so.
In closing, I do suppose that many across America especially those families whose loved one continue to serve this country with pride do wish they can have a vacation from President Bush. I do believe they want a president who will bring their loved ones back home to them. Our military deserve a vacation away from Iraq. We owe them that much.
Also prior to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush was on yet another month-long vacation as this monstrous storm bore down on New Orleans, Mississippi and parts of Alabama. While no threats came, he was made aware of this storm’s deadly approach and our citizens were caught off guard. You would think as a storm of this magnitude was approaching land, the leader of this country would send in the troops, but our troops were and still are overseas. Before heading back to Washington, D.C., President Bush headed for a fundraiser and strummed on a guitar.
Also, we must not forget that it was one week later that Vice President Dick Cheney visited that region. That is unforgivable. In hearing how former Vice President Al Gore flew many patients out of that region on a chartered plane along with a doctor that is when I wish that the Supreme Court stayed out of the 2000 election. By the way, he did so without fan-fare and did so on his own dime.
Below is a picture of Ethel Freeman and she died in the Super Dome in which her son had to abandon her there in order to evacuate. She did not get to have any vacation as President Bush continues to do so.
In closing, I do suppose that many across America especially those families whose loved one continue to serve this country with pride do wish they can have a vacation from President Bush. I do believe they want a president who will bring their loved ones back home to them. Our military deserve a vacation away from Iraq. We owe them that much.
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