Martini Republic - Lead, follow, or have a drink.: "Meanwhile, vacationing slackjawed yokel serial liar President Bush told reporters yet again, ''We are defeating the terrorists in a place like Iraq so we don't have to face them here at home,' which is a fucking joke, given how well this fight 'em over there strategy has worked in London.

The fact of the matter is that fightin' 'em over there has no discernible impact on where have to face them here at home, except to the extent Bush's clusterfornication in Iraq makes it easier to recruit terrorists to carry out the attacks.  Al Qaeda's attacks abroad, and especially in the United States, have always followed a slow, deliberate pattern of developing the capabilities and plans to strike.  Eight years transpired between the two attacks on the WTC.  The 9/11 plan itself took years to plan, train, and carry out.  Increased attention to homeland security and screening potential terrorists from the US has undoubtedly made what was always a difficult proposition for al Qaeda — striking in the US — even harder.  But only a goddamn fool, or a liar, would continue to spout off the kind of idiotic nonsense our Peace War President Curious George continues to spew. "

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