Monday, August 14, 2006
Our Safety Is A GOP Game
This comes as no surprise to those of us paying attention, but the GOP continues to play games with our safety. Last week's foiled terror plot in London only reveals another round of the game.
First, it seems that the attack we were told was imminent Thursday really wasn't. NBC News is reporting the new revelations. In the report, British authorities say that some of the suspects had no passports and none has purchased plane tickets. In other words, it was going to be a while before this thing went down. The Brits wanted to continue to build a case against the suspects, but the Bush administration, most likely looking for a bounce and a political football after the Lieberman loss, pushed for Thursday's action.
Second, a columnist for the New York Times is offering further evidence of how important our safety really is to the Bushies. According to Paul Krugman, "we learn that terrorism experts have known about the threat of liquid explosives for years, but that the Bush administration did nothing about that threat until now, and tried to divert funds from programs that might have helped protect us.'As the British terror plot was unfolding,' reports The Associated Press, 'the Bush administration quietly tried to take away $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new explosives detection technology.'"
Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney has been all over the media comparing Democratic voters in Connecticut to "Al Qaeda types," while White House Spokesman Tony Snow has blamed those same voters for causing future terrorist attacks. All of this smacks of desperation, if not outright hysteria, especially in the wake of polls showing more Americans trust Democrats to handle terrorism than in years past.
Let me boil this down for you. If you're willing to vote for anyone who sees your safety as a game, then you deserve what you get.
First, it seems that the attack we were told was imminent Thursday really wasn't. NBC News is reporting the new revelations. In the report, British authorities say that some of the suspects had no passports and none has purchased plane tickets. In other words, it was going to be a while before this thing went down. The Brits wanted to continue to build a case against the suspects, but the Bush administration, most likely looking for a bounce and a political football after the Lieberman loss, pushed for Thursday's action.
Second, a columnist for the New York Times is offering further evidence of how important our safety really is to the Bushies. According to Paul Krugman, "we learn that terrorism experts have known about the threat of liquid explosives for years, but that the Bush administration did nothing about that threat until now, and tried to divert funds from programs that might have helped protect us.'As the British terror plot was unfolding,' reports The Associated Press, 'the Bush administration quietly tried to take away $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new explosives detection technology.'"
Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney has been all over the media comparing Democratic voters in Connecticut to "Al Qaeda types," while White House Spokesman Tony Snow has blamed those same voters for causing future terrorist attacks. All of this smacks of desperation, if not outright hysteria, especially in the wake of polls showing more Americans trust Democrats to handle terrorism than in years past.
Let me boil this down for you. If you're willing to vote for anyone who sees your safety as a game, then you deserve what you get.
