There is only one way out for Bush and that is for massive terrorist

[harrison]

attacks to occur, not just in the US, but across the West. And these attacks will have to be so dreadful, the enemy so great, that the people will have no choice but to follow the leader in the White House.

Perhaps Tenet knows something is coming down the pike and he is getting the hell out. I don't know.

However, if Bush engaged in lihop or mihop, this kind of doomsday scenario is not beyond the pale.

[lpbk2713]

1. The thought of it scares the shit out of me.

And I wouldn't put it past the neo-con think tank.

[newsguyatl]

2. call me naive

but we'll never again see a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 on american soil (at least not in our lives)...

there will be others, but none will compare. anything else that may happen before november will only serve to undermine bush's perceived ability to "keep us safe."

[demnan]

3. Exactly my thoughts

It all seems to be coming together.

[seabeyond]

4. well you know there is tenet leaving right before dem conv

and end of july a good time for those terrorists to raise their heads.

i heard bush say mid july and was hearing him say, yawl keep your heads down. here it comes

thinking back to the summer prior to 9/11 and acting director in fbi, being reason for the problems in summer

[Demeter]

5. The Only Thing Can Could Save Bush Would Be ....

a successful assassination attempt, therefore I am hoping no such thing occurs. This man does not deserve to be saved from the courts, nor given anyout from history's ruthless assessment.

[harrison]

6. To add fuel to the fire, Bush has lawyered up and things seem

to be closing around him. If it matters, I am a rational person and I don't think in terms of armageddon, but Bush is the kind of person who will pull the house down before he goes down.

[bowens43]

7. I disagree.

It would be viewed as another bush f*ck up. Proof that he is not able to keep us safe.

[cheezus]

8. Fool me once, shame on.. shame on me. Fool me twice... don't get fooled

If we're attacked by terrorists again, the people will have Bush's head. The first time Bush was a victim. If he lets it happen again he's a LOSER. And the American people don't stand by losers.

[Redhead488]

9. But we've been attacked by terrorists before...WTC was not

the first time.

[cheezus]

12. true, but it was the first MAJOR attack from abroad

The federal building was a big deal, but it was domestic. If the Michiagan Militia had succeeded in another large attack heads would have rolled. 9/11 was the first time there was an attack from the middle east that was big enough to get our full attention. As a result, we have an enemy - Al Qeada (the Terra-ists).

[gasperc]

10. and the government should be held accountable

for failing us so miserably should another attack occur and especially if many hundreds or thousands die needlessly because homeland security has barely improved first responder capability

[teryang]

11. Something has to stop the cascading bad news

...for bushites. It has to be worse news! My guess is that it will be a series of threatening events building up to a very tense pre-election eve.

Porter Goss as the head of the CIA, get ready for more skullduggery. He met with Mohammed Atta's paymaster from the Pakistani ISI, along with Graham, just before 911. The Senator responsible for intelligence oversight was the fox in the henhouse.

[ElementaryPenguin]

13. Cheney & Rumsfeld want PNAC to succeed - but they don't want to be hung

For High Treason!! Too many folks "on" to these assholes at this point. 9-11 MIHOP/LIHOP was "easy" compared to pulling one off now. They won't do it - not because they're not evil enough - but because they are at heart total cowards. Murdering a bunch of Americans to maintain power will not be tolerated - Colin Powell would finally bust them, for openers. No, these slimebags will simply retire as ultra wealthy men, enjoying the spoils of their lifetime of war profiteering.

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