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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Republicans: Terrible on Terrorism
By VictorM: Rudy Giuliani's recently stated that if a Democrat is elected president in 2008, America will be at risk for another terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001, further saying:If any Republican is elected president —- and I think obviously I would be the best at this —- we will remain on offense and will anticipate what [the terrorists] will do and try to stop them before they do it.OK, mister wrong-breath, let's take a stroll down Reality Lane and look at the largest terrorist attacks on America:
April 18, 1983 (president: Republican)
Sixty three people, including the CIA's Middle East Director, are killed and 120 injured in a 400 lb. suicide truck bomb attack on the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The driver is killed. Responsibility is claimed by Islamic Jihad.
October 23, 1983 (president: Republican)
Simultaneous suicide truck bombs on American and French compounds in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000 lb bomb destroys a US Marine Corps base killing two hundred and forty one Americans; another fifty eight Frenchmen are killed when a 400 lb device destroys one of their bases. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.
April 12, 1984 (president: Republican)
Eighteen US servicemen killed and eighty three people injured in bomb attack on restaurant near USAF base in Torrejon, Spain.
September 20, 1984 (president: Republican)
Suicide bomb attack on US Embassy in East Beirut kills twenty three people and injures twenty one others.
December 21, 1988 (president: Republican)
Pan Am Boeing 747 blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have been placed on the aircraft at Frankfurt Airport, Germany. All 259 people on the aircraft were killed by the blast.
September 11, 2001 (president: Republican)
Two hijacked airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. More than 3,000 U.S. citizens and other nationals were killed.
The question I'd like to see Democrats pose: If Rudy Giuliani, a Republican mayor working with a Republican president couldn't even protect the bottom tip of the island of Manhattan, how can he protect the rest of the country?
We have been attacked during both Democratic and Republican leaderships, but clearly we've been hit more often and much harder during Republican leaderships.
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