Military forces tasked to bringing Al Qaeda’s leadership to justice were pulled out of Afghanistan to prepare for the invasion of Iraq. This says to me that Bush was more concerned about Iraq and its mythical WMDs than he was about pursuing bin Laden and al-Zawahiri (the strategic mastermind). If Bush is so eager to catch bin Laden, why did he invest most of the U.S. military’s resources in Iraq, a country that was contained and posed little threat to anyone? Of course Bush cares about catching bin Laden — the question is of priorities. The leaders of the organization that killed almost 3,000 Americans or a delusional, toothless dictator?

If bin Laden is still running the show, it is obvious he was not sufficiently weakened to justify lowering the priority of capturing him. Al Qaeda is blamed for the bombings in Madrid and Bali, and is suspected by the Israelis in the recent bombings across their border with Egypt. Update (11/1/04): The Egyptian government is denying any al Qaeda involvement, but the Israelis stand by their claims otherwise.

I did not “simply parrot the fudge semi-facts that the Kerry camp uses”. Kerry has repeatedly stated that 1.6 million jobs have been lost. The actual number, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics information, is around 600,000 (net). I don’t drink Kool-Aid, be it red or blue. The other statistics come from what are considered to be non-partisan sources like the Congressional Budget Office. If you have evidence that any of the facts I enumerated are incorrect, please present it.

Please tell me why you support the Bush administration. I would honestly like to know.

But, I guess you could say Bush wasn’t quite accurate in his response to Kerry’s statement, so I concede the point. :)

“So I don’t know where he is.  You know, I just don’t spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you.  I’m more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well-supplied; that the strategy is clear; that the coalition is strong; that when we find enemy bunched up like we did in Shahikot Mountains, that the military has all the support it needs to go in and do the job, which they did.”

Where does Bush say he’s not concerned about bin Laden? He says he’s more worried about Y than X, but that doesn’t mean he’s not worried about X.

You say the facts aren’t on Bush’s side, and then you simply parrot the fudge semi-facts that the Kerry camp uses. So, like the debates, all we have here is the Kerry camp saying Kerry won, and the Bush camp saying Bush won. Since I’m voting for Bush, I’ll leave you to figure out my opinion. :)

Regards,

Jared