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3. They were certain that Saddam Hussein had WMDs...

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 08:45 PM

Dec 2013

Because if you're defenseless you don't advertise that to your enemies.

If there are examples of times when attacks were thwarted, I'd be shocked as hell if ANY president EVER talked about it in a Q & A session.

There are some things that we aren't going to get specifics about.

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Obama can�t point to a single time the NSA call records program prevented a terrorist attack [View all] n2doc Dec 2013 OP

Can you think of a simple reason Obama did not answer this question? It is has to do Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #1

They were certain that Saddam Hussein had WMDs... Blanks Dec 2013 #3

You sure don't out the agents which is collecting infornation though Valerie Plame was. Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #6

Congrats on winning 1st and 2nd place Dumb Posts of the Day brentspeak Dec 2013 #9

Grow up, learn and then speak. Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #12

It's savin' lives! OnyxCollie Dec 2013 #2

Spying has been happening for centuries and will continue. Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #7

it prevents terrorism! and elephant stampedes as well! unblock Dec 2013 #4

If I'm not mistaken customerserviceguy Dec 2013 #5

I remember when Biden ridiculed the Republicans for harping on about terrorism. BlueCheese Dec 2013 #8

NSA spying is no solution to having a Bush the Moron in charge. Coyotl Dec 2013 #10

^ Wilms Dec 2013 #11

But, he can, and does, rely on the fear of "terrorists" to dupe the public into supporting it. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #13

So, maybe they haven't been planned treestar Dec 2013 #14