tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post3822099411354655250..comments2024-01-26T03:26:54.060-05:00Comments on O-pinion: Pittenger: Al-Qaida is stronger than everUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-31455141437987421602014-01-16T20:14:15.542-05:002014-01-16T20:14:15.542-05:00Hopefully Pittenger will be replaced come November...Hopefully Pittenger will be replaced come November, I voted for him two years ago but I've come to the conclusion that he's nothing but a RINO.The NSA has violated the 4th Amendment so many times it's unbelievable. We elect our Representatives to uphold the Constitution, and Pittenger has been a big failure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750586526144219100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-67272426929896723122014-01-16T17:42:20.924-05:002014-01-16T17:42:20.924-05:00I consider myself a liberal, but I actually agree ...I consider myself a liberal, but I actually agree with Pittenger here. I recently checked out the 9/11 Commission Report from the library, and it's astounding how absolutely unprepared we were in 2001 for what was coming. Since then, our national security infrastructure has grown exponentially, so much so that many of us wonder whether it's beginning to cross the line. But you need only remember back to the way things were before 9/11 to realize what a foolish danger it is to do away with too much of what we now have in place. The fact that there has not been a major terrorist attack since 9/11 is the best outcome possible. For that reason I am willing to allow the NSA to keep doing what they're doing. As long as they stop eveasdropping on our allies, and keep it to actual suspects, I'm ok with it.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867563508992041635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-74787789482062957152014-01-16T16:29:43.214-05:002014-01-16T16:29:43.214-05:00Veronica, let me make it clear, this is not a pers...Veronica, let me make it clear, this is not a personal insult. We're all ignorant of many things. <br /><br />But your comment is just that - ignorant. Before George Bush foolishly invaded Iraq, at the cost of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives, Iraq and Saddam Hussein were bitter enemies of Al-Qaeda. In fact, though Hussein was a brutal dictator (he used the poison gas he got from his friends Ronald Reagan and Donald Rumsfeld to kill the Kurds) he was a stabilizing force in the Middle East. Now, Bush's war has pushed Iraq into the camp with Iran. They previously were enemies too. Those of us who opposed Bush's war knew how it was going to end. As you say, as soon as we left, it was back to Civil War. But Obama didn't cause this any more than he caused our equally foolish excursion into Afghanistan. We apparently learned nothing from the experience of the British and Russians there, nor from our own experience in Vietnam. You're right - Iraq is a mess. But place the blame where it belongs.blockheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376074256505218722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-66880810971722699652014-01-16T16:07:33.064-05:002014-01-16T16:07:33.064-05:00I believe it was Bush who signed the treaty to vac...I believe it was Bush who signed the treaty to vacate Iraq. The Obama Administration negotiated to keep some troops in Iraq, but the Iraqi government insisted that American troops be subject to Iraqi laws; the Obama administration refused to subject troops to Iraqi law.<br /> The Bush invasion of Iraq allowed Al Queda to gain a foothold in a region they had never had a presence in, and the invasion destabilized the region allowing Iran to step into the void.Bettywhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067848493488901351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-61922599462117813142014-01-16T14:50:43.172-05:002014-01-16T14:50:43.172-05:00Obama has lost the war on terror.
We walked away ...Obama has lost the war on terror.<br /><br />We walked away from Iraq and left a civil war in our wake. We are about to do the same thing in Afghanistan. <br /><br />Al-qaeda has regrouped and is stronger than ever and Iran marches forward toward nuclear weapons. <br /><br />This is a failed presidency of epic proportions.Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924589351645081522noreply@blogger.com