Major Terror Attack Planned This Summer?

Besides the number of times we've heard this before, and the talk around for some time now that we'd definitely have one just before the election, I really question the legitimacy here even if you discount how often the terror alert level has been raised whenever the president started being questioned.

Let me go against the grain here and say that if Americans are smart and a terrorist attack of some kind is attempted or perpetrated, I don't think it will necessarily translate well for Bush. Keep in mind that under very conservative estimates, we've spent more than $3 in Iraq for every dollar spent on so-called homeland security. We've killed far more civilian Iraqis than died on 9/11 when there's not one shred of evidence that Iraq or Hussein had any connection to 9/11 at all.

Remember, too, that for most of us, Tom Ridge's huge homeland security budget means huge funds to protect corporations, while we're told to go buy duct tape and bottled water. Ports and the like get protected on the municipality's tax dollar. They've cried wolf so often that cities and states, having rosen to non occasions frequently, are cutting back on the number of days children attend school. Homeland security's been a windfall for companies that donated to Bush's campaign, while I doubt many Americans feel any safer.

So if we get hit, let's not just bow and scrape and wave the flag. Let's ask some real questions about how this was allowed to happen again. We don't even have a lot of troops onhand to help. Many of the men and women like the national guard and the reserves who would be called out are sitting over in Iraq being used for target practice.

The president has squandered so very much. I'll guarantee you that if terrorists strike, he'll be safe and fine. But we can't afford to have him at the helm much longer. He's become the symbolic target drawn on America.

Argh. This post is not saying what I'd like. But I want us all to be prepared to hold them to a standard we didn't hold them to on 9/11. And remember how hard this president fought against into any real investigation of 9/11.