Blanchard; Close, but no cigar

Once again Mr. Blanchard is justifying the behavior of our country’s worst president, because he ‘kept us safe’.

After the World Trade Center fell, Bush decided that stopping the next attack was not a matter of law enforcement, but a matter of war. It was imperative to find out what the terrorists were planning, and make them stop. I think he was right to do so. His most vociferous critics accused him of trampling of civil liberties, but I wonder how much those liberties would have been worth to most Americans if 9/11 had been followed by a series of terrible attacks. Americans have not yet been scared. The World Trade Center was in New York. We don’t want to see what happens when we get really scared. If you want to protect civil liberties, and I certainly do, you have to stop the really big scare from happening.

First off, I will address the 4th Amendment, and Bush’s ass-wiping session with it. I think most Americans don’t have a problem with the surveillance of ‘possible’ terrorists, I sure don’t. Afterall, it is his job to protect us. I think all we are asking is that he follows the 4th amendment and allow some oversight. Obviously national security prevents private citizens from knowing everything, but Shrub could have have asked people in the Judicial or Legislative branch for a little insight in what he was doing. It’s called building trust. He could have done that without violating the Fourth and risking national security. This is where people get suspicious – like when the NIA is building secret rooms in private phone company buildings . . .

As for keeping us safe, I beg to differ. He was warned about 9/11 and did nothing. He knew WMD’s were not in Iraq and sent over 4,000 American troops to their deaths anyway. If that is your idea of ‘keeping us safe’  I have some ocean front property I would like to sell you in Tea, SD.