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COLLEGE STATION — President Bush has brought the same aggressive approach to the global terrorism struggle his father and Ronald Reagan used to win the Cold War, Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani said Friday.

Before Bush's response to the Sept. 11 attacks, "we were on defense against terrorism," Giuliani told about 1,500 students and other guests at Texas A&M University. "They were setting the agenda."

Giuliani heaped praise on former President Bush, who introduced him Friday, saying the 41st president ushered in the era of globalization after helping Reagan defeat communism. Bush was Reagan's vice president for eight years before winning the presidency in 1988.

His son has shown the same decisive leadership by confronting radical Islamic terrorists with military action, rather than treating terrorist acts as a law enforcement problem, said Guiliani, whose national profile is based largely on his leadership as New York's mayor during and after the 2001 attacks.

After the 1993 attack on New York's World Trade Center, "the people who did it were arrested and convicted of crimes," Giuliani said. "But it wasn't just murder. It was an act of war."

Bush's grasp of the realities of terrorism, he said, is not matched by Democratic leaders in Congress who support a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

"They don't see the big picture," Giuliani said. "They don't see it as part of the overall war on terror."

The same naivete is evident in Democrats' efforts to limit electronic surveillance to investigate suspected terrorists, he said. This tool is needed to gather intelligence and stay on the offensive rather than retreat to half-measures, Giuliani said.

After the 1993 attack on New York's World Trade Center, "the people who did it were arrested and convicted of crimes," Giuliani said. "But it wasn't just murder. It was an act of war."

Bush's grasp of the realities of terrorism, he said, is not matched by Democratic leaders in Congress [....]

"They don't see the big picture," Giuliani said.

***Mr. Giuliani also rejected the panel’s recommendation that America tie the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict to stabilizing Iraq. When asked about this linkage on Mr. Prager’s radio show, Mr. Giuliani said, “Israel and Palestine is an important issue. Sometimes it’s used as an excuse to deal with underlying issues. But the reality here is that the Islamo-fundamentalist terrorists are at war with our way of life, with our modern world, with rights for women, religious freedom, societies that have religious freedom. And all of that would still exist, no matter what happens in Israel and Palestine.”***

Looks like he is deep in thought beenie...did you want him to do cartwheels?

Looks like he is deep in thought beenie...did you want him to do cartwheels?


At least Giuliani "gets it"

Congress didn't evacuate until 40 minutes after that photo. I suppose we should ask why they didn't immediately rush into action, either.

It's not like everyone immediately undestood what had happened. Short of donning a cape and flying around the world at the speed of light to travel back in time to the point just before the attacks there really wasn't much anyone could have done at that point.

What is interesting is that people who claim 'Bush knew' or that he personally orchestrated the attacks also attack him for not having a clue about what was going on. Somebody's b/s emitter is working a little too hard, I suppose.

As for the Katrina response, Bush can't just order the National Guard into a state for emergency natural disaster relief. The Governor of the state has to request it, and even though she was prompted by Bush to make that request, Blanco decided she needed a little nap time more, and decided to wait 24 hours or so before asking the President for the help he had already offered the previous day.

If Bush had just over-ruled Blanco and ignored procedure, we'd be hearing the allegations that Bush was trying to invade Louisiana and force martial law upon the US.

The Bush bashers will bash regardless of what Bush does. If Bush calls 'heads' on a coin flip, he'll get demonized for not calling 'tails'. If he calls 'tails', he'll get demonized for not calling 'heads'.

The idiots incapable of leadership are the ones who are declaring defeat in Iraq, and who don't realize we are at war with muslim extremists.

bla bla bla bla --- and then we get to this line "It's not like everyone immediately undestood what had happened" .. <<-- well there you have it , admission by perps that bush didn't in fact "get it" or "have the big picture" either ... Guilianni speaks out of his dirty republican assZZ, yet again. He should stick to things he is good at -- like fvcking his mistresses in the same house that his children and wife live in...