how did george w. bush use 9-11 to build collation?
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He expoited the terrorism threat to all.
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We don't need a "commission" to find out how 9-11 happened. The truth is in the timeline: \n\nPRESIDENT CARTER, DEMOCRAT \n\nIn 1979, President Jimmy Carter allowed the Shah of Iran to be deposed by a mob of Islamic fanatics. A few months later, Muslims stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iran and took American Embassy staff hostage. \n\nCarter retaliated by canceling Iranian visas. He eventually ordered a disastrous and humiliating rescue attempt, crashing helicopters in the desert. \n\nPRESIDENT REAGAN, REPUBLICAN \n\nThe day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released. \n\nIn 1982, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was bombed by Muslim extremists. \n\nPresident Reagan sent U.S. Marines to Beirut. \n\nIn 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut were blown up by Muslim extremists. \n\nReagan said the U.S. would not surrender, but Democrats threw a hissy fit, introducing a resolution demanding that our troops be withdrawn. Reagan caved in to Democrat caterwauling in an election year and withdrew our troops – bombing Syrian-controlled areas on the way out. Democrats complained about that, too. \n\nIn 1985, an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, was seized and a 69-year-old American was shot and thrown overboard by Muslim extremists. \n\nReagan ordered a heart-stopping mission to capture the hijackers after "the allies" promised them safe passage. In a daring operation, American fighter pilots captured the hijackers and turned them over to the Italians – who then released them to safe harbor in Iraq. \n\nOn April 5, 1986, a West Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen was bombed by Muslim extremists from the Libyan Embassy in East Berlin, killing an American. \n\nTen days later, Reagan bombed Libya, despite our dear ally France refusing the use of their airspace. Americans bombed Gadhafi's residence, killing his daughter, and dropped a bomb on the French Embassy "by mistake." \n\nReagan also stoked a long, bloody war between heinous regimes in Iran and Iraq. All this was while winning a final victory over Soviet totalitarianism. \n\nPRESIDENT BUSH I, MODERATE REPUBLICAN \n\nIn December 1988, a passenger jet, Pan Am Flight 103, was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, by Muslim extremists. \n\nPresident-elect George Bush claimed he would continue Reagan's policy of retaliating against terrorism, but did not. Without Reagan to gin her up, even Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher went wobbly, saying there would be no revenge for the bombing. \n\nIn 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. \n\nIn early 1991, Bush went to war with Iraq. A majority of Democrats opposed the war, and later complained that Bush didn't "finish off the job" with Saddam. \n\nPRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, DEMOCRAT \n\nIn February 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed by Muslim fanatics, killing five people and injuring hundreds. \n\nClinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. \n\nIn October 1993, 18 American troops were killed in a savage firefight in Somalia. The body of one American was dragged through the streets of Mogadishu as the Somalian hordes cheered. \n\nClinton responded by calling off the hunt for Mohammed Farrah Aidid and ordering our troops home. Osama bin Laden later told ABC News: "The youth ... realized more than before that the American soldier was a paper tiger and after a few blows ran in defeat." \n\nIn November 1995, five Americans were killed and 30 wounded by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia set by Muslim extremists. \n\nClinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. \n\nIn June 1996, a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia was bombed by Muslim extremists. \n\nClinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. \n\nMonths later, Saddam attacked the Kurdish-controlled city of Erbil. \n\nClinton, advised by Dick Clarke, lobbed some bombs into Iraq hundreds of miles from Saddam's forces. \n\nIn November 1997, Iraq refused to allow U.N. weapons inspections to do their job
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Keep it short, and not TOO poignant...a lot of sore feelings still abound about this tragedy, whether your intentions are good or not, don't overdo it. \n\nKeeping it short also means that you don't have to rhyme too many words. The main point I have is that 9/11 is pretty much in everyone's consciousness...you don't need a lot of words to get the point across.
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I hesitated to answer this question as to the idiotic responses that it would draw. Fact of the matter is that Bush did very little to protect America on 9/11, the 9/11 commission report can back up my claims. On top of that he recently cut National Defense Spending in New York and LA, saying that there were no national monuments in New York. Which got me to thinking maybe we don't put the same value on Liberty as we used to.
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Wake up people.  The World Trade Center was bombed for the first time when Bill Clinton was in office.  Were you born in 1999 or something?  We did absolutely nothing about that.  The USS Cole (watch your spelling, hdchackz) was bombed on Clinton's watch - we did nothing.  9/11 happened less than 8 months after Bush took the oath.  It was in the works long before that - during Clinton's watch.  Don't try and blame Bush for that one either.
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You think youre pretty clever coming up with this. Ok, now let me tell you something. Not long before 9-11, Bin Laden was treated at the American Hospital in Dubai, where he was also visited by a local chief of the CIA. Also, throughout the 80s Bin Laden was funded and armed by the CIA to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Al Queda has communicated with government leaders from Russia to Pakistan. Communications prove nothing. By the way, I highly suggest you watch this video on 9-11:\n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848\n\n\nPeace
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1) "Publicly, at least, Bush has not explicitly blamed the attacks on Saddam. In speech after speech, however, the president has strongly linked Saddam and al-Qaida, the terrorist organization of bin Laden, the renegade Saudi whose followers hijacked jetliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and rural Pennsylvania."\nSeattle Times\n\n2) "Over four years ago, more than four months prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, in April 2001, a long-term FBI informant/asset who had been providing the bureau with information since 1990 provided two FBI agents and a translator with specific information regarding a terrorist attack being planned by Osama bin Laden. This asset/informant was previously a high-level intelligence officer in Iran in charge of intelligence from Afghanistan. Through his contacts in Afghanistan, he received information that:\n\nA) Osama bin Laden was planning a major terrorist attack in the United States targeting 4-5 major cities, \n\nB) the attack was going to involve airplanes, \n\nC) some of the individuals in charge of carrying out this attack were already in place in the United States."   Sibel Edmonds\n \n*Would you not expect the FBI would distance themselves from admitting to finding any "hard evidence?"\n\n3) "The Bush administration called on four outside, non-government translators to review the tape, to counter possible claims that the White House had doctored it or provided an inaccurate translation." CNN\n*There seems to still be speculation about the varification of this tape. But some transcrips which followed seemed to add some validity to them.\nI think the jury's still out on this one.\n\n4) *Do not use "intelligence" as a source - it was "intellegence" that told President Kennedy that the Cubans would rise up and oust Fidel Castro if we provided tha needed aid for the Bay of Pigs Invasion - and "intellegence" that had Saddam sitting on a mountain of WMDs.\n\n5) *This statement is not true. Actual quote:\n\n"We got a lot of assets looking for Osama bin Laden," he said at a news conference, according to Reuters. "It's a matter of time, unless we stop looking. And we're not going to stop looking so long as I'm the president -- not only for Osama bin Laden, but anybody else who plots and plans attacks against the United States of America," Bush said.\n\nIn answer to your question, of course not - no one man could pull of such an elaborate plan. Do I think al Qaeda is responsible? Yes. \nDo I think Bin Laden is a major player in al Qaeda? Again, Yes. \nIt's not too difficult to connect the dots.\n\n*my comments.
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Probably not (and no, that was not a stab at President Bush himself).  Many American's probably couldn't even name the president 30 years ago, let alone any individual act that he did -- and contrary to popular belief the world was just as harrowing back then as it was now.  So unless something truly dramatic happens (mankind reaches Mars during his term, for example), he'll just go down as just another American President.  And if you think 9/11 alone was significant enough to mark his place in history, how many of your can name the president during Pearl Harbor, an equally shocking event? (You'd be surprised how many people couldn't).
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President George H. W. Bush
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BUSH IS GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE BIN LADEN FAMILY.\n\nBUY OR RENT FAHRENHEIT 9/11.
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Its Simple, if George Bush is Sidious, then he wouldve been the mastermind behind the 9-11 incident, off course then we have to assume tht Bin Laden is General Grievous. \n\nAs you can see how he won the elections anyway, with a Roaring success, and he is still in power, now he has turned his eyes to IRAQ. The only way for him to bring the US into power was thru war.Billions of dollars was used for weapons, the billions are being rolled up, its the only massive economic stabilizer for US, without war there is no weapons, no weapons no income, the US would be suffering in thier economy.
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There is NO DOUBT in my mind that the US government was behind it! Who benefited MOST from it. Bush got his war, the "Military Industrial Complex" is making hundreds of BILLIONS, Osama got away with it and is a martar to his followers. \n\nSome people will never believe no matter what the facts show. The same kinds of tactics have been used for hundreds of years. The German people didn't believe it in the 1930s & 40s either, and many still don't. But it happened.\n\nCalling people "conspiracy nuts" for entertaining the idea of OUR government being corrupt, doesn't change the fact that it ALWAYS has been. Some folks just refuse to consider such things. \n\nDoubters explain this: \n\nHow is it that burning jet fuel does NOT burn hot enough to melt steel, yet that is the "Official" explaination for the collapses of all 3 WTC buildings?\n\nWhy did the towers fall STRAIGHT DOWN? Physics would dictate that if the top was too heavy for the damaged area, it would have fallen to one side. \n\nWhy were police and firemen quoted as saying they witnessed multiple explosions in several locations (including in the basement) many far from the impact area. One so large it was measured on a reichter scale nearly 100 miles away.\n\nWhy did WTC building 7 go down? It was not hit and sustained very little damage from a fire in a small area of one floor.\n\nWhy did the owner of the buildings tell the FDNY to "pull" the building? It takes weeks to prep a building for demolition, yet they had it wired with explosives and leveled by 8 pm on september 11th.\n\nThese are the ONLY modern high rise building IN HISTORY to be brought down by fire!\n\nSo before discounting it offhand, at least try to answer the questions being raised.
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After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Osama is still alive," Osama himself decided to send George Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let him know he was still in the game.\n\nBush opened the letter and it appeared to contain a single line of coded message:\n\n370H-SSV-0773H\n\nBush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condi Rice. Condi and her aides had no clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.\n\nNo one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, then to the NSA.\n\nWith no clue as to its meaning they eventually asked Britain's MI-6 for help. Within a minute MI-6 cabled the White House with this reply "Tell the President he's holding the message upside down
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Yes do you think there was a better way of getting public support without an incident in this country? He was feeding of the country's rage and sadness to manipulate the situation to get back over there. There are roomers that there was a notice on his desk about that 2 days prior to the 9/11 incident yet nothing was done. Things that make you go hum-mm.
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1. Sept 11\n2. being a republican in liberal NYC\n3. he said "Thank God George Bush is president!" at the Republican convention in 2004
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He is the WAR president, silly.  Now that just would not make good sense would it?  FLASH! to pn... where is the evidence that Iraq had ANYTHING to do with 9/11.  Were there any terrorists attacking the US from Iraq ? NO.\nAfter the US led invasion and occupation, Iraq is a training ground for terrorists from around the world - thanks to Bush.\nBut we caused that mess and created a political vacuum that is leading to a civil war.  Don't be a sheep and follow the sheeple that bleat 9/11 9/11 , terra terra terra. \nThey are largely uninformed and misled.
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Perhaps the 9/11 monument constuction?