Kerry Says Bush Did `Too Little' to Stop Al-Qaeda

[wyldwolf]

Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry said President George W. Bush did ``too little, often too late'' in response to al-Qaeda's efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction.

``We have to do everything we can to stop a nuclear weapon from ever reaching our shore, and that mission begins far away,'' Kerry said at the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida. ``We have to secure nuclear weapons and materials at the source so that searching the containers here at the Port of Palm Beach isn't our only line of defense, it is our last line of defense.''

Kerry, 60, is highlighting his national security proposals in an 11-day series of speeches to challenge Bush, 57, who lost ground last month in polls about Iraq. An ABC-Washington Post survey of 1,005 adults May 20-23 found 40 percent approved of Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq, down from 55 percent in January. Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said the president is moving to thwart terrorism.

``From the earliest days of his administration, President Bush has worked with our allies to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,'' Stanzel said. ``Under his leadership we are taking aggressive measures to keep fanatics and terrorists from using the world's most deadly weapons.''

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[Gloria]

1. Yeah, didn't Bush cut the program to dispose of Russia's nukes?

And hasn't some of that stuff disappeared?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. the Soviet break up always worried me

ever since '91 it has struck me as a shitty can of worms just waiting to be exploited.

[FlashHarry]

2. Uh... no shit. Ground Zero is proof of that.

I'm constantly amazed that BushCo has traded on 9/11 when it happened on their watch.

[charlyvi]

3. But the buck....

never stops there, don't you know? (sarcasm) After all, if Clinton had been on the ball, it never would have happened (sarcasm again).

These people are stone IDIOTS.

[WilliamPitt]

5. True enough

[pinto]

6. Bush has not been able to address WMD anywhere in the world,

effectively.

Look at Pakistan, to date the largest "tagged" trader of nuclear technology or the Russian republics and their "remnant" nuclear stockpiles.

Bush good ole boy'd it with Putin, great photo op, but Putin's got the cards and Condi, as an old Russian hand, knows it...and "our friend" Musharraf.....ugh. Not to mention our great benefactor's ties with the Saudis...

If there was a multiple choice crossword for "terrorist" I'd have to go with Musharraf and the House of Saud.

[Disturbed]

7. BushCo

Miserable Failure!

The only thing that these Neo Fascists attempt to protect is their money and their Corporate sponsors' money.

[Don_G]

8. Did Dimbo Pay For 9/11?

After all, he did give the Taliban Fundies a "few" million before it happened and what percentage of that financed the terrorists?