Bush Rejected Plans To Go After Top Terrorist

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In his effort to claim he is the strongest candidate on national security, President Bush has lately been speaking a lot about how he is doing everything possible to track down terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - the man thought to be responsible for escalating attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040914-23.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0921/p01s04-woiq.html

But according to NBC News, it was Bush who in 2002 and 2003 rejected three plans to strike and neutralize Zarqawi because he believed a successful strike would undermine the public case for targeting Saddam Hussein.

As NBC News reported, "Long before the war, the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself - but never pulled the trigger." In June 2002, the Pentagon drafted plans to attack a camp Zarqawi was at with cruise missiles and airstrikes. The plan was killed by the White House. Four months later, as Zarqawi planned to use ricin in terrorist attacks in Europe, the Pentagon drew up a second strike plan, yet "the White House again killed it." In January 2003, the Pentagon drew up still another attack plan, and for the third time, the White House killed it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/

According to NBC, "Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi's operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/

Zarqawi is thought to be at least indirectly responsible for hundreds of U.S. casualties. This past Monday, Zarqawi's terrorist group beheaded an American civilian in Baghdad.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6284605

And Tuesday another American gets beheaded by Zarqawi's terrorist group.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aq2zD2ykdfwg&refer=top_world_news

How can we trust a president who strikes down every chance to capture Zarqawi when every chance he gets he simply refuses the opportunity? If he had the balls to get this man, people like Armstrong and Hensley would not have been beheaded. Bush's neglect only aids terrorists. Not stop them.

Bush is stupid.