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This is just sickening. There's no way to possibly justify murder, especially on a scale like this. Whoever is behind this ought to be hunted down and wiped off the face of the earth.

And Bush had the gall to claim not long ago that we were succeeding in our war against terror. How many Shiites died that day in Iraq and Pakistan a couple weeks ago? What about the terrorists who attacked the synagogues in Turkey? How many people have been murdered in Israel over the past three years? What did we do to prevent those killings, or bring the people behind them to justice? Were those behind 9/11 ever brought to justice? Bush declared war on terrorists - period. He didn't limit it to Al-Qaeda, or terrorists who were only interested in attacking the United States. He said (or it sounded like he was saying) that he was going to do whatever it took to wipe out terrorist organizations. And considering the bodycount from the past month alone, it seems like he's doing a pretty piss poor job. Was all that just talk, playing to the camera like the politician he is?

Don't mind me, I'm just ranting. I just can't hold it in any longer. I'm tired of hearing about people getting slaughtered for no goddamn reason!




He's doing the best job he can..........let me ask you.......do you think John Kerry will do better.......slahing defense budgets and getting into bed with France.





I have no idea what John Kerry will do. He's not in office yet, he hasn't been put in a position to call the shots on something like this, so until he is (if he is), I can't make any kind of call on that.

And anyway, it's irrelevant, because my rant isn't politically motivated. Hundreds of people have been murdered by terrorists in the past couple of weeks, and I feel that they might have been prevented somehow. I wasn't slamming Bush just because it was Bush in charge during thse past incidents. I'd be feeling this way no matter who had made the promise to go after terrorists and they dropped the ball like this. Mostly, I'm mad because after 9/11, Bush said he was going after terrorists, and I believed him. Now, in my personal opinion, I think he's gotten side-tracked with the war in Iraq. Saddam deserved what he got, but I think terrorists should have been more of a priority. Saddam wasn't going anywhere, and we could have gotten him anytime. Terrorists are much more difficult to track down and eliminate, and by giving them a chance to get away, we may have allowed them time and opportunities to get organized better and carry out atatcks like in Turkey and possibly the one in Spain. I also think other issues have side-tracked Bush. I won't say they definitely have, because I'm not G-d, I can't foretell the future or read minds (nor can the rest of us). This is an opinion, and I'll stand by it until I see some decent evidence that proves otherwise.

This isn't about partisanship. Bush made a promise, and I don't know if he's made a sincere effort in keeping it.

And also, I was just mad because anything like this pisses me off. I almost did this same vent after the massacre of the Shiites a couple weeks ago, but I held back because I thought it would accidentaly trigger another partisan debate. Today, I guess I was just too mad to care. I just have a very high respect for human life (except for people who deliberately take life for no reason - I have nothing but contempt for them), and it burns me up inside whenever innocent people are murdered.

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