This offensive in Iraq is one big cover-up for all our weaknesses at home

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when it comes to self-defense, and our Democratic leaders should be exploiting this to the hilt.

Among other things corrupt, it allowed Bush to buy time.

Democrats are viewed upon by much of the population as weak and anti-war. The second part is okay, but the first part pisses me off because I know for a fact that all the people here who share our views would do anything to DEFEND our country if need be. We need to turn the tables and let the country know that Democrats might be anti-war but they're also PRO self-defense, which puts us on a more level playing field when it comes to perception of strength.

I believe a main reason, besides corruption, that the Bush administration has gone on the offensive in Iraq is because they know our homeland security is SO weak, which means our ability to defend ourselves is very much questionable. They've even admitted by saying, and I'm paraphrasing, that the best defense is a good offense. How many times have you heard repukes saying they'd rather fight terror on foreign soil, so as to keep THEM from coming here. That alone tells me Bush is afraid of getting attacked here at home because he's not prepared, just like he wasn't prepared the first time. We need to get the message out that BUSH IS AFRAID AND UNPREPARED to defend us, and THAT is why he attacked Iraq OVER THERE like a big bully.

Shouldn't our Democratic leaders be exploiting this "homeland self-defense weakness" to the media? It could have a double whammy for the repukes if we start harping on this. At the repukes expense, we'd perceived as the ones with backbone because we'd be the ones looking to beef up our self defense so we don't have to attack ANY country for no good reason. With a stronger self defense system in place, inlcuding beefed-up border security, we wouldn't be seeing 1000's of innocent people dying right now for nothing AND we wouldn't be subject to the fear tactics we've seen employed by our government when it comes to terrorism. Each time someone like Cheney employed those fear tactics that he did, when he said a vote for Kerry would be a vote for another attack upon us, we should've countered by saying a vote for Bush is a vote for continuing our status quo on the homefront, which is one that is WEAK, porous, unprepared, and WILL lead to the likelihood of more attacks.

Our leaders need to be vocal about how weak Bush is here at home, security-wise, and link it to his pre-planned war in Iraq for the reasons I mentioned above. It's time for us to employ some fear tactics of our own about how weak we really are on the homefront....only ours will be truthful ones.