"When Osama envisioned a spineless, weak America, he had today's Democratic Party in mind. FDR is spinning in his grave."

The question now is: Will the Conservatives and Moderates who were so determined on sending a "message" to the Congressional Republicans in 2006 now realize what a grave mistake it was....and try to undo the nightmare that has been happening with the Democrats churning everyday government business and foreign policy into a blobby mess that might take years to clean up?

If the trend isn't reversed by 2008, I fear that Osama's vision of a weak America will become a self-fulfilling prophesy. If it isn't too late already.

Osama called the U.S. a Paper Tiger.

It was always assumed he meant the U.S. as a whole. It may have been true at the time but recently it would appear the "paper" has a DNC letterhead on it.

Jim,
You forgot to mention the Marine Barracks in Lebanon during the mid 80's.

In case anyone's interested, I commented about this yesterday: They Didn't Change, We Did

Sorry for the shameless self-promotion.

For a brief period I though Hillary was exhibiting exemplary behavior in her Iraq position, but now watching her flop around in response to Obamessiah it's become a sad circus.

The Democratic entertainment now consists of a pissing match to see who can cut off military funds quickest.

I like that Spider: 'Any reasonable person can discern that the terrorists don't want sustained action against our military in one location'.

Read his link. Sorry for the unself promotion.
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Bernard Lewis, Victor Davis Hanson, and Mark Steyn are the prophets.
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What, no comments from the left? We must be misunderstanding what Osama actually said, right? We need to hear a spirited defense of the Clinton years of non response. They are listed above.

Is Osama right?

Depends on your audience/point of view.

If Osama is looking only at the political/elite/state department he is right.

If he is looking at the soldiers giving his compatriots hell, he is wrong.

If he looks at the chattering class on the coasts he is mostly right.

If he looks at the folks in fly-over country, he'll get his ass handed to him.

Notice none of the resident opposition has seen fit to pine in here. Guess the referal to the Clinton years by the enemy is too painful for them to face, and it is hard to call an ally like Bin Laudin a liar. Afterall, both the Democrats and al Qaeda want us to leave Iraq. Birds of a feather and all that.

"Notice none of the resident opposition has seen fit to pine in here."

I think because when a person with a liberal perspective reads the quote----
"What have we done to offend you? What can we do to put it right?"

The phrase "truth hurts" gives them cotton mouth/fingers.

Now only if they could learn....before it's too late.

The important point is not the response, but the provocation. Why did the Islamists wish to provoke anyone - whether it is the Americans or the Russians? Why did groups other than the Islamists - the Hindus, the Buddhists, the animists, the aethists, the gays (just trying to be friviolous), etc. - try and provoke the Americans? Why do the Islamists not take a policy of live and let live, as these other groups do?

Ashok Chowgule, Goa, India

Ashok, it is my opinion that future public spirituality will be Confucian, private spirituality will most resemble Buddhism, public holydays will be festive like Hindu ones, and the various cults of Abraham will be marginalized as too violent.
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