epoxy said:
why is that white devil. People may get mad that there was intelligence on this and it wasn't prevented.
They *might*, but they won't. It's called Mother Chick Syndrome. When we became threatened and fearful, as we did post 9/11, all the little American chicklings huddled under Bush. No one stopped to think about what was going on; we merely repeated the message of support the troops and the president.
When a group appears threatened, that group gains a new identity, and becomes polarized as Us vs. Them. That is the efffect of having a common enemy. People felt that the US itself was under attack, thereby transcending (for awhile anyway) labels of Repuke and Demogag and showing their solidarity towards the US. In this environment, no one claiming to speak for the US can do wrong. In this environment, one we are just starting to see the tail end of, Bush invaded Iraq and failed miserably, yet stayed popular.
Showing that the administration has failed on that respect. Keep it on topic dont go into why you think he failed in iraq or elsewhere.
The fact that Spain had a change in presidential parties from the attack would show al-qaeda (i'm sure they were aware of it already) that these attacks do effect politics, and give them even more incentive to pull something off soon. This is the main reason why I think there is some credibility to these new terror threats.
But see Bush's multiple bunglings are on topic. How can they not be? Iraq has everything to do with Terror, as Dubya said himself. People in the administration proclaimed Iraq as another front for the war on terror, and if it wasn't they sure made it one in a hurry!
I too see validity in these threats...but mark my words, Bush will be re-elected if another terrorist attack happens. We will once again become scared chicklings, and refuse to do anything that might appear to put us in harm's way (electing a new president).
