Letters to the Editor
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What it would prove
If, God forbid, there should be another attack of the magnitude of 9/11 on American soil, what it would prove is how hollow and meaningless all Bush's rhetoric about keeping us safe here at home has been. The truth is that he has used the excuse of protecting us from terrorism to pursue a war that actually has much more to do with oil, ideology, profits for his big corporate sponsors and his complex relationship with his daddy, while failing to take recommended measures to improve the security of our ports, chemical plants and nuclear facilities. After all of Bush's speechmaking we are still frighteningly vulnerable. The only reason that there have been no further 9/11 type attacks up 'til now is that the terrorists evidently have decided that it is in their own best interests to keep things going as they are. As things are they have us bogged down in a seemingly endless quagmire situation, bleeding out our precious resources, both economic and human, while the hatred against us grows ever more inflamed and new recruits flow into the jihadist ranks with every passing day. That's how Bush is "protecting" us!