
Originally Posted by
daybreaker2
Sorry, only 42% of the country thinks that. As opposed to 49% of the country who thinks the democrats will do a better job with national security, or fighting terrorism.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...rust_on_issues
I'm sure this shocks and dismays you, as it did Donald Rumsfeld, apparently, because he was heard on tapes to remark that maybe we need another terrorist attack to move public support back towards the REPS/CONS. Gee...wishing for another terrorist attack? Sounds kind of unamerican that someone would wish for innocent americans to die to serve his own political agenda, doesnt it?
DELONG: Politically, what are the challenges because you're not going to have a lot of sympathetic ears up there until it [a terror attack] happens.
RUMSFELD: That's what I was just going to say. This President's pretty much a victim of success. We haven't had an attack in five years. The perception of the threat is so low in this society that it's not surprising that the behavior pattern reflects a low threat assessment. The same thing's in Europe, there's a low threat perception. The correction for that, I suppose, is an attack. And when that happens, then everyone gets energized for another [inaudible] and it's a shame we don't have the maturity to recognize the seriousness of the threats...the lethality, the carnage, that can be imposed on our society is so real and so present and so serious that you'd think we'd be able to understand it, but as a society, the longer you get away from 9/11, the less...the less...
Man, when I read this post I thought I was going to click to a link hearing hearing Rumsfeld saying "Damn it man, we need another terrorist attack so the American people will respect what we're doing!". Instead, I get Rumsfeld referring to how good a job they apparently are doing since there have not been any attacks.
Kind of reminds me of watching my son's dixie ball team and the pitcher striking out all the kids. I look out there and see my outfielder with his glove off and think boy I wish they'd hit one his way just to show him he needs to be ready.
Then the article shows it's creditability:
Rumsfeld's admission that the correction for dwindling support of the Neo-Con imperial crusade is another terror attack is perhaps the most startling and blatant indication that 9/11 was an inside job.