Democrats are better at national security
In his column of November 27, Z. Dwight Billingsly’s assertion that Republican administrations are better than Democratic ones at providing national security is not born out by the facts. There were no attacks by foreign terrorists on the continental United States during 8 years of the Clinton administration. In early 2001, that administration gave the incoming Republicans repeated warnings about the dangers posed by Osama bin Laden and al-Quaeda. The Republicans underestimated that risk and failed to protect us against the 9/11 attacks. Subsequently they initiated a major war against Iraq, a country which had nothing to do with 9/11and which had no serious plan to attack us. Distracted by the challenges of having invaded the wrong country at the wrong time, they let bin Laden and his top aides escape from Afghanistan. If America suffers a major al-Quaeda attack during the new Democratic administration, it will be because the Republicans failed to keep their eyes on the target, and let bin Laden and his America-hating cohorts continue to roam free.
Gail Ahumada
St. Louis
Jimmy Russell
I don’t need the green giant sprout telling me how to copy paste. I am full of myself. so there. I’m not the most articulate person in the world, but my point is:
As of right now the republicans are better at national security than Democrats. However, it won’t always stay that way. It never has and most likely never will. I never read Billingsly’s article, so I don’t know if he was face rubbing or not. I simply responded to Gail.