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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Do you have any confidence in the Bush Administration to protect us? Because I don't. Whatever parts of the war on terror Bush may be running well, what his people are doing to defend the homeland leaves me cold. It seems to me a collection of hacks worried more about CYA than accomplishment, and it's hard for me to imagine that a Kerry Administration could be any worse.
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I am convinced that, in an age of expansionist, radical Islamicism, a doctrine of aggression and pre-emption is more appropriate than one of diplomacy, appeasance, and isolationism. To that extent, yes, I believe that Bush's approach would make us safer in the long run. I don't see a radical waging of overseas war to be a CYA movement at all - if Bush truly wanted to be popular, and guarantee a second term, he would have embraced his post-9/11 approval ratings, wooed Chirac, and built coalitions. He went out on a limb, and to accuse his admin of taking some safe, CYA path seems confused.
And, do the homeland security measures stifle Constitutional rights, or are they weak and ineffective? Seems Kerry's side argues both. I can't picture a Democratic initiative that would do anything to make it harder for terrorists to hit us.
