Bush is endangering America

Carla Binion: 'Bush is endangering America'
Posted on Tuesday, October 05 @ 10:18:16 EDT
By Carla Binion
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=18131&mode=nested&order=0
George W. Bush has misled the public by claiming he's hard at work defending the homeland. Matthew Brzezinski says in his article, "Red alert: how homeland security fell victim to Bush's obsession with Iraq," (Mother Jones 2004) that U.S. airports, hospitals, borders, ports, biohazard labs and other vulnerable spots are "understaffed, underfunded, and ill-equipped," because Bush hasn't provided them enough budgetary or political support.

For Bush, financing the Iraq war is a greater priority. The question is, are terrorists a threat to America or aren't they? If Bush expects terrorists to strike any time soon, why isn't he acting accordingly? How does Bush think he's making America safer by spending far more money in Iraq than on security here at home? What good will it do if we somehow end up victorious in Iraq but at the same time experience terrorist attacks on one or more of our airlines, ports or chemical plants? How would our being in Iraq help prevent this? The obvious answer is, it wouldn't....