Bush: Dems Like Those Who Ignored Hitler
Tells Conservative Think Tank That Democrats Deny "We Are At War"
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President Bush speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Bush accused Congress of stalling important pieces of the fight to prevent new terrorist attacks by: dragging out and possibly jeopardizing confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, a key part of his national security team; failing to act on a bill governing eavesdropping on terrorist suspects; and moving too slowly to approve spending measures for the Iraq war, Pentagon and veterans programs.
"Unfortunately, on too many issues, some in Congress are behaving as if America is not at war," Bush said during a speech at the Heritage Foundation. "This is no time for Congress to weaken the Department of Justice by denying it a strong and effective leader. ... It's no time for Congress to weaken our ability to intercept information from terrorists about potential attacks on the United States of America. And this is no time for Congress to hold back vital funding for our troops as they fight al Qaeda terrorists and radicals in Afghanistan and Iraq."
Mr. Bush's remarks were his second in two days alleging inaction on Capitol Hill, which has been led by Democrats since January. This speech focused on measures related to the war on terror, while Wednesday's emphasized disputes between the White House and Congress over domestic issues.
He argued that the current debate over the Iraq war and the Bush administration's anti-terror methods harkens back to debates decades ago in Washington when Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin first talked about launching a communist revolution, when Adolf Hitler began moves to establish an "Aryan superstate" in Germany, and when some argued that Cold War accommodation of the Soviet Union was wiser than competition.
"Now we're at the start of a new century, and the same debate is once again unfolding, this time regarding my policy in the Middle East," Mr. Bush said. "Once again, voices in Washington are arguing that the watchword of the policy should be stability."
Mr. Bush said denial that "we are at war" is dangerous.
History teaches us that underestimating the words of evil, ambitious men is a terrible mistake.
President BushCongress earned Bush's scorn even while he offered praise because a key Senate committee has passed a new eavesdropping bill containing many provisions the president wants. "It's an important step in the right direction," he said.
He repeated earlier criticisms of a move to combine spending bills for the Defense Department and veterans programs with one for labor, health and education matters that Republicans consider bloated. Mr. Bush also lamented that his emergency spending request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still languishes.
"When it comes to funding our troops, some in Washington should spend more time responding to the warnings of terrorists like Osama bin Laden and the requests of our commanders on the ground," Mr. Bush said, "and less time responding to the demands of MoveOn.org bloggers and Code Pink protesters."
By Jennifer Loven
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See all 375 CommentsOut of DC!
Out of the USA !!
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Posted by neoconRcrazy at 06:33 AM : Nov 02, 2007
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Amen, crazy. You got that right.
- James Madison
"Those that give give up essential liberties for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
- Abraham Lincoln
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and those who would exploit our fear for power and their own personal, selfish, cynical gain."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict through peaceful means."
- Ronald Reagan
"Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must...undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
"Liberty, when it takes root, is a plant of rapid growth."
- George Washington
"Commerce with all nations. Alliances with none."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Wars are poor chisels for carving-out peaceful tomorrows."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
"Ron Paul does''nt represent your Father''s school of political thought. He represents your Founding Fathers."
- Me
"The wave of the Islamist revolution will soon reach the entire world." Or again, "Our revolution''s main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the Twelfth Imam, the Mahdi." In the middle of the 10th century, this imam went into hiding, supposedly in a well in Jamkaran, south of Tehran, but it is an article of Shiite faith that he will return and herald the End of Days. Ahmadinejad and his cabinet signed a petition to the hidden imam, proceeded to Jamkaran, and threw it down the well for his attention. Similarly unself-conscious, he claimed that while speaking at the United Nations "I became surrounded by a green light," so that for 27 to 28 minutes all the attentive listeners did not blink--the chronological exactitude is a touch a thriller writer might envy. And he closed that speech by urging God to "hasten the emergence of Your last repository, the Promised One, that perfect and pure human being, the one who will fill the world with justice and peace."
Posted by mocaleo at 11:40 AM : Nov 02, 2007
I disagree, I think we should give him a ''State'' funeral tomorrow (saturday the two''th)
He also believes a nuclear strike on Jerusalem would kill Muslims as well as Jews and Christians, Iran''''''''s president believes the Muslims would be ushered into paradise.
%u201CWar of %u201CGog and Magog%u201C found in the Koran concludes with Muslims winning. The Ezekiel Option and The Copper Scroll imagine how such prophecies could play themselves out in modern times. But suddenly this is no longer the stuff of fiction. Ahmadinejad is intent on launching the %u201CWar of Gog and Magog.%u201D
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