Day: October 27, 2004

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Are you ready to rrrrrrrrrrumble!

This is taken entirely from Drudge, but since the same material is widely available from President Bush’s recent appearances, I’m not going to be too troubled by copyright issues, unless someone informs me otherwise.

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BUSH REBUKES KERRY OVER ‘MISSING EXPLOSIVES’ ATTACK
Wed Oct 27 2004 11:59:11 ET

Bush at rally in Pennsylvania:

“After repeatedly calling Iraq the wrong war, and a diversion, Senator Kerry this week seemed shocked to learn that Iraq is a dangerous place, full of dangerous weapons…”

“If Senator Kerry had his way… Saddam Hussein would still be in power. He would control those all of those weapons and explosives and could share them with his terrorist friends. Now the senator is making wild charges about missing explosives, when his top foreign policy adviser admits, quote, ‘We do not know the facts.’ Think about that: The senator is denigrating the actions of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts…”

“Our military is now investigating a number of possible scenarios, including that the explosives may have been moved before our troops even arrived at the site. This investigation is important and it’s ongoing. And a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.”
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Posted on

Are you ready to rrrrrrrrrrumble!

This is taken entirely from Drudge, but since the same material is widely available from President Bush’s recent appearances, I’m not going to be too troubled by copyright issues, unless someone informs me otherwise.

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BUSH REBUKES KERRY OVER ‘MISSING EXPLOSIVES’ ATTACK
Wed Oct 27 2004 11:59:11 ET

Bush at rally in Pennsylvania:

“After repeatedly calling Iraq the wrong war, and a diversion, Senator Kerry this week seemed shocked to learn that Iraq is a dangerous place, full of dangerous weapons…”

“If Senator Kerry had his way… Saddam Hussein would still be in power. He would control those all of those weapons and explosives and could share them with his terrorist friends. Now the senator is making wild charges about missing explosives, when his top foreign policy adviser admits, quote, ‘We do not know the facts.’ Think about that: The senator is denigrating the actions of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts…”

“Our military is now investigating a number of possible scenarios, including that the explosives may have been moved before our troops even arrived at the site. This investigation is important and it’s ongoing. And a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.”
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Two things: one not in the “news” and another that WAS in the news

Not surprising that this story hasn’t made the queue for mass media podpeople to tell us. It seem that U.S. Marine snipers have taken a BIG bite out of the terrorists investing the city of Hit, Iraq. A squad of snipers from the 1/23 Marines have taken out about a company’s number of terrorists who had invested the city and were controlling citizens, traffic, etc. (HT to Hamilton—be sure to read the comments there, as well.)

And here’s a story that CBS “News” (of all places) ran on April 4, 2003—about 18 months before they planned on running a last-minute hit piece on President Bush about the same locale. Notice that six days before the 101 Airborne came through al Qaqaa, the 3rd Infantry Division, which was tasked with locating WMD, etc., spent some time actually searching for dangerous materials at al Qaqaa—and did find some suspicious materials that were sent off for analysis, but NO RMX/HMX explosives. (Cos they weren’t there.) Check CBS’s own story that contradicts the NYT and the story CBS was planning to run on 10-31-04. (HT to The Belmont Club)
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Two things: one not in the “news” and another that WAS in the news

Not surprising that this story hasn’t made the queue for mass media podpeople to tell us. It seem that U.S. Marine snipers have taken a BIG bite out of the terrorists investing the city of Hit, Iraq. A squad of snipers from the 1/23 Marines have taken out about a company’s number of terrorists who had invested the city and were controlling citizens, traffic, etc. (HT to Hamilton—be sure to read the comments there, as well.)

And here’s a story that CBS “News” (of all places) ran on April 4, 2003—about 18 months before they planned on running a last-minute hit piece on President Bush about the same locale. Notice that six days before the 101 Airborne came through al Qaqaa, the 3rd Infantry Division, which was tasked with locating WMD, etc., spent some time actually searching for dangerous materials at al Qaqaa—and did find some suspicious materials that were sent off for analysis, but NO RMX/HMX explosives. (Cos they weren’t there.) Check CBS’s own story that contradicts the NYT and the story CBS was planning to run on 10-31-04. (HT to The Belmont Club)
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NYTrogate: doing the math

Over at Captains Quarters, some observations from retired Army Reserve Captain Ian Dodgson about the logistics of moving 380 tons of materiel. Another spike in the rail running over the Gray Lady’s grave… (Hmm… oughta be a song in that. “Gray, Gray Lady’s grave… “)
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NYTrogate: doing the math

Over at Captains Quarters, some observations from retired Army Reserve Captain Ian Dodgson about the logistics of moving 380 tons of materiel. Another spike in the rail running over the Gray Lady’s grave… (Hmm… oughta be a song in that. “Gray, Gray Lady’s grave… “)