September 08, 2003

EXCELLENT COMMENTS LAST WEEK.

Last Thursday’s post was honored by a link from Blogosphere leader InstaPundit. The comments on that post were informative. They’re available here. A few excerpts:

...The left’s “plan” for combating terrorism is to appease until it hurts.

Posted by nonya at September 4, 2003 11:05 AM

The worst argument offered by the anti-liberation crowd…: “Osama would never accept anything from Saddam, money or weapons.”

...Desite their belief in Al Qaeda’s aversion to Iraq, recall that they somehow simultaneously expected a massive increase in terrorist recruitment, and huge sympathy from the Arab street.

...They had common goals: to elevate Arabs and Dar al Islam, to attack Israel, to attack America, to attack the West. This is a stronger by far than their differences, especially considering Saddam’s representatives may have shown sincere religious fervor, winning over the fundamentalists.

Whether or not Saddam would ever have attacked us directly, his banned weapons represented a risk, a huge risk, of war by terrorist proxy. It wouldn’t take another jet airliner attack to kill thousands.
Posted by http://bleeding heart conservative at September 4, 2003 11:36 AM

Dr. Howard Dean has a comprehensive three circle plan of defence.

1. a circle of preparation and response to ensure that the resources are available immediately at the local and state level to enable first-responders to mitigate the effects of any future attack and cope with the consequences of such an attack without compromising our civil liberties;
2. a circle of protection to defend our critical infrastructure and borders;
3. a circle of prevention, in cooperation with Russia and our allies, to reduce the chances that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) will fall into the hands of terrorists or states that mean us harm and to promote the principles of democracy, tolerance, human rights, and equal access for women in societies that have heretofore been breeding grounds for terrorists.

...You can find a comprehensive discussion of Dean’s proposals at http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=policy_policy_homelandsecurity
Posted by Hipocrite at September 4, 2003 11:51 AM

...Dr. Dean seems to want to treat terrorist attacks like that are netural disasters like hurricanes or tornados. Be prepared, bury the bodies efficiently, get the elecric power and the sewers back running, don’t let them get nukes cause that would make more bodies and devastate more infrastructure.

This is a contrast from Bush’s plan which attacks root causes of Islamist terror by killing Islamofascists.
Posted by Buck Smith at September 4, 2003 12:09 PM

...I have read Dean’s plan and basically find that is a RESPONSE to terrorism, not how to fight terrorists.
Posted by lancer at September 4, 2003 01:37 PM

The Left’s plan for combatting terrorism? Simple:

Surrender.

That, to paraphrase Tolkein, one needn’t wield a sword to die on one has never occurred to them.
Posted by furious at September 4, 2003 04:28 PM

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