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KS Toronado

(17,155 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:37 AM Jan 2021

Biden should follow in George W Bush's footsteps

Bush started "The War on Terror", common sense tells us that would include all enemies foreign and domestic
(ie:republican). Surely Biden could create a new office/position/panel to look into homegrown terrorists, past,
present, & future. Hell, ask George W. to lead this new "War on Terror", would help divide the republican party.

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Biden should follow in George W Bush's footsteps (Original Post) KS Toronado Jan 2021 OP
I wouldn't want W leading a conga line. cwydro Jan 2021 #1
Neither have I.... Freedomofspeech Jan 2021 #8
I like it luv2fly Jan 2021 #2
My guess is Merrick Garland will do that. Raven123 Jan 2021 #3
I don't think we need a special war, we need visibility into domestic terrorist Buckeyeblue Jan 2021 #4
We need to stop declaring faux war on shit that ain't enemies... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #5
I agree PatSeg Jan 2021 #7
Hell to the fuck no to Bush going anywhere near Biden's administration 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2021 #6
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
1. I wouldn't want W leading a conga line.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:40 AM
Jan 2021

Certainly not anything to do with our country.

I’ve not forgotten what an awful president he was.

Raven123

(4,792 posts)
3. My guess is Merrick Garland will do that.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:44 AM
Jan 2021

Just make sure we get actionable recommendations within the next 2 years

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
4. I don't think we need a special war, we need visibility into domestic terrorist
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:53 AM
Jan 2021

If there local crimes were made national news, and they were prosecuted fully, we could root out a lot of aspiring domestic terrorist. The problem is they are treated gently and their support is courted by Republicans.

Wounded Bear

(58,603 posts)
5. We need to stop declaring faux war on shit that ain't enemies...
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:56 AM
Jan 2021

Much like the War on Drugs, any proposed "War on Domestic Terrorism" would be another war on ourselves.

We need a better way to describe social struggles than warfare.

PatSeg

(47,282 posts)
7. I agree
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 10:06 AM
Jan 2021

This making everything about "war" is indicative of what a militaristic country we've become. Its no wonder we have more guns than people, we are always at war with something. We even have wars on diseases. Yes, there certainly are better ways to describe our goals and objectives.

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,927 posts)
6. Hell to the fuck no to Bush going anywhere near Biden's administration
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:57 AM
Jan 2021

The Republican Party is the Trump Party now. It has no use for Bush.

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