Bush and Iraq 8/5/04
The Middle Road
By Rich Kohler
August 5, 2004
September 11, 2001 was a terrible day for America. This seems to be the only truth regarding terrorism, on which Democrats and Republicans agree.
Many Democrats and our largely uneducated celebrity liberals are outright shameful in their portrayal of President Bush as a lying idiot. Within the context of the upcoming presidential campaign, their emotional, unsubstantiated and illogical conclusions are deceitfully influential.
I shelled out my $8.00 to see the most prominent piece of modern liberal propaganda: Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. I wanted to know if the film merited the hype.
The film opened with a bizarre retelling of the 2000 presidential election. Mr. Moore painted an amusing image of President Bush as a “stupid” hillbilly, who had relatives around the country handing him the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The film failed to acknowledge that President Bush earned a bachelors degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. The film did not mention the many the independent and non-partisan recounts in Florida, all of which confirmed that George W. Bush was the legitimate winner.
I was confused by Moore’s focus on the seven minutes after which an aid had discreetly notified President Bush of the 9/11 attacks. The President was in a Florida classroom and surrounded by young children. The footage showed a calm and reserved leader, who graciously, smoothly, and quickly ended his visit to the school.
Eight minutes after he knew the United States of America was under attack, the President began a long journey to various secure locations. Washington, DC was a target for the terrorists, so the President could not return there. Air force One is a fully equipped and secure presidential office, Mr. Moore, not a hidden hole in the dirt.
President Bush promptly declared war on terrorism and those who enabled its existence. Afghanistan was the training ground for al Qaeda, and thus felt the wrath of American firepower when the Taliban continued to harbor terrorists.
The film failed to support Moore’s theory that a group of highly educated Republican “idiots” masterminded an international conspiracy to kill Iraqi and American people, under the “pretense” of liberating the oppressed, with the goal of increasing the profitability of Bush family’s business dealings.
Iraq had shown mounting aggression since Saddam Hussein took power. A brutal war with its neighbor Iran, an unprovoked attack on the small country of Kuwait, and continuing reports of heinous human rights abuses were only part of his undeniable reign of horror.
Republicans and many prominent Democrats, including President Clinton (on record, as far back as February 1998), Al Gore, Senators Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, (each on record, throughout 2002), made clear and definitive statements that Saddam was seeking, storing, developing, and threatening to use weapons of mass destruction.
In October 2002, Senator John Kerry characterized Saddam Hussein as a, “real and grave threat to our society.”
International criminals and tyrannical governments were working together in an attempt to destroy Western culture and innocent people.
Knowing they would lose their lucrative, but illegal business arrangements with Iraq if the U.S. military removed Saddam Hussein from power, several countries prevented the United Nations from performing its function.
The United Nations’ failure to negotiate a peaceful, lawful and humanistic resolution to serious global problems and conflicts was only escalating the threat facing our nation’s security. President Bush and his staff chose to take action.
In 2003, Senator John Kerry stated, “Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein…the threat of [Iraq] with weapons of mass destruction is real.”
Recently, Charney Research, a partisan Democratic polling firm, conducted an opinion poll in Afghanistan. Of those polled, 64 percent agree with the direction the country is taking; 64 percent are not worried about their personal safety, as opposed to 36 percent under Taliban rule.
Libya has surrendered their WMD program. Syria, Israel, and other countries seem to be taking a more cautious approach toward foreign policy. Is it such a stretch of the imagination to believe that an increasing number of Iraqis are becoming less worried about their personal safety?
Fahrenheit 9/11 was an entertaining piece of twenty-first-century propaganda, but the film’s deceitful hysteria failed to challenge my political views.
·I am proud to be an American.
·I am thankful for George W. Bush’s intelligent and brave leadership.
·I believe that 9/11 was a tragedy of unimaginable layers.
By Rich Kohler
August 5, 2004
September 11, 2001 was a terrible day for America. This seems to be the only truth regarding terrorism, on which Democrats and Republicans agree.
Many Democrats and our largely uneducated celebrity liberals are outright shameful in their portrayal of President Bush as a lying idiot. Within the context of the upcoming presidential campaign, their emotional, unsubstantiated and illogical conclusions are deceitfully influential.
I shelled out my $8.00 to see the most prominent piece of modern liberal propaganda: Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. I wanted to know if the film merited the hype.
The film opened with a bizarre retelling of the 2000 presidential election. Mr. Moore painted an amusing image of President Bush as a “stupid” hillbilly, who had relatives around the country handing him the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The film failed to acknowledge that President Bush earned a bachelors degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. The film did not mention the many the independent and non-partisan recounts in Florida, all of which confirmed that George W. Bush was the legitimate winner.
I was confused by Moore’s focus on the seven minutes after which an aid had discreetly notified President Bush of the 9/11 attacks. The President was in a Florida classroom and surrounded by young children. The footage showed a calm and reserved leader, who graciously, smoothly, and quickly ended his visit to the school.
Eight minutes after he knew the United States of America was under attack, the President began a long journey to various secure locations. Washington, DC was a target for the terrorists, so the President could not return there. Air force One is a fully equipped and secure presidential office, Mr. Moore, not a hidden hole in the dirt.
President Bush promptly declared war on terrorism and those who enabled its existence. Afghanistan was the training ground for al Qaeda, and thus felt the wrath of American firepower when the Taliban continued to harbor terrorists.
The film failed to support Moore’s theory that a group of highly educated Republican “idiots” masterminded an international conspiracy to kill Iraqi and American people, under the “pretense” of liberating the oppressed, with the goal of increasing the profitability of Bush family’s business dealings.
Iraq had shown mounting aggression since Saddam Hussein took power. A brutal war with its neighbor Iran, an unprovoked attack on the small country of Kuwait, and continuing reports of heinous human rights abuses were only part of his undeniable reign of horror.
Republicans and many prominent Democrats, including President Clinton (on record, as far back as February 1998), Al Gore, Senators Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, (each on record, throughout 2002), made clear and definitive statements that Saddam was seeking, storing, developing, and threatening to use weapons of mass destruction.
In October 2002, Senator John Kerry characterized Saddam Hussein as a, “real and grave threat to our society.”
International criminals and tyrannical governments were working together in an attempt to destroy Western culture and innocent people.
Knowing they would lose their lucrative, but illegal business arrangements with Iraq if the U.S. military removed Saddam Hussein from power, several countries prevented the United Nations from performing its function.
The United Nations’ failure to negotiate a peaceful, lawful and humanistic resolution to serious global problems and conflicts was only escalating the threat facing our nation’s security. President Bush and his staff chose to take action.
In 2003, Senator John Kerry stated, “Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein…the threat of [Iraq] with weapons of mass destruction is real.”
Recently, Charney Research, a partisan Democratic polling firm, conducted an opinion poll in Afghanistan. Of those polled, 64 percent agree with the direction the country is taking; 64 percent are not worried about their personal safety, as opposed to 36 percent under Taliban rule.
Libya has surrendered their WMD program. Syria, Israel, and other countries seem to be taking a more cautious approach toward foreign policy. Is it such a stretch of the imagination to believe that an increasing number of Iraqis are becoming less worried about their personal safety?
Fahrenheit 9/11 was an entertaining piece of twenty-first-century propaganda, but the film’s deceitful hysteria failed to challenge my political views.
·I am proud to be an American.
·I am thankful for George W. Bush’s intelligent and brave leadership.
·I believe that 9/11 was a tragedy of unimaginable layers.
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