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Oh, I am not "hoping" for it, I am guaranteeing it will happen! I PROMISE! How much clearer can I make that? There is no "hope" for anything, except that I hope I can stay alive and keep my family alive. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever, we are going to be attacked again, it's coming big boy!
Now, you hear your brother over there, yammering some idiocy about FDR and "fear" as if I am the one who is afraid. But the truth of the matter is, and I think this is the case with the left in general, you are all chicken shit of alQaeda and radical Islam! That is what is fueling this consistent position against Bush's policies toward terrorism, fighting the war on terror, or effectively gathering intelligence. It scares the ever-loving bejesus out of you, and the only way you know to respond is to act like you aren't scared a bit, and you're so fucking brave you are willing to abandon any kind of real resistance to it. You are the dweeb geek with a pocket protector who routinely gets his ass whooped by the jocks, trying to convince everyone, including yourself, that you don't mind it, you aren't going to do anything about it, and you'll just keep taking whatever they dish out, it's not worth you making a stand to stop it. You think people view you as some sort of courageous person who is fearless under pressure, but you are pissing in your pants at the mention of alQaeda.
"That is what is fueling this consistent position against Bush's policies toward terrorism, fighting the war on terror, or effectively gathering intelligence."
I cannot believe you actually typed that.
Bush's policies toward terrorism and fighting the war on terror were mainly aimed at starting a war in a nation that had not attacked us. And the Patriot act was as unconstitutional a piece of legislation as we have seen in decades. He left Afganistan largely alone, all but abandoned the search for bin Laden, left our southern border wide open, and used our military to boost his own ego.
And as far as "effectively gathering intelligence", you insistence that torture does so is completely based on bullshit.
Our OWN CIA has said it doesn't work well. On the few occasions it worked, the only plus was the speed with which it worked. More valid intell has been gathered by other means, and would have done so in the instances. And when you consider the amount of time you have to spend validating the intell (because you cannot trust it) and spent chasing false leads, the speed of gaining the intell is lost.
You WANT torture to be effective, but it just isn't.