What am I missing here? Is this "old" news? One would think that THIS would be topic one for dems right now - given the latest to come out of the cult of conservatism's handlers and enablers the last few days. I have three hairs left, I am gonna pull them all if someone doesn't please explain why this isn't being pounded by the dems, bloggers, whoever cares. What am I missing here?
From BTC News' White House correspondent Eric Brewer - more at this link. He even has graphs for the visually inclined!!
Terrorism increases to record levels in 2005
Terrorism hit record levels in 2005, according to data from the RAND Corporation available through the Department of Homeland Security-funded Terrorism Knowledge Base.
You're doing a heck of a job, Georgie.
The sum of "international" and "domestic" terrorist attacks in 2005 was 3991, up 51% from the previous year's figure of 2639. The number of deaths that resulted from those attacks was 6872, which is 36% higher than the 5066 that occurred in 2004.
A heck of a job.
continuing with BTC:
In contrast, in the last year of the Clinton presidency (2000), there were 1138 attacks and 776 deaths. Since then, after five years of Bush's macho 84 billion-dollar-a-year War on Terror®, attacks have increased by 250% and deaths by a whopping 550%.
Hell-o?
Now from Scott "The Deceiver" McClellan.
McClellan: ....We continue to act on all fronts to win the war on terrorism, and we will. The President is fully committed to doing everything within his power to prevent attacks and defeat the terrorists. We are taking the fight to the enemy; we are working to advance freedom and democracy, to defeat their evil ideology. We are winning. Clearly, al Qaeda and the terrorists are on the run. And that is why it is important that we do not let up, and that we do not stop until the job is done. And that's what we will do. ......
We are winning this war on terrorism, the terrorists are on the run and we're going to continue pursuing them and bringing them to justice, wherever they are. .......
Q Scott, with bin Laden still out there taunting, threatening and commanding as much attention as he apparently still can, can you legitimately claim to be winning the war on terror?
MR. McCLELLAN: Absolutely, for the reasons that I spelled out earlier.
(Scott runs off stage)