An Informal Survey Here...

Thank you so much for your response! I sure hope you of all people don't take any offense here, I totally understand where you're coming from! Of course you support your husband, I support him too, believe me I do. I know he doesn't have the option and my nephews don't have the option of saying they're not going to war. I just wish they weren't, that they didn't have to and that those who are there would come home safely now. I love my country and I support our troops and owe them a debt of gratitude for what they do. I just wanted to say that to you as you're making the greatest sacrifice of all, being without your hubby and I understand how hard that is. So, bless you, and you're all in my prayers! Annie

don;t worry I will not take an offence, everyone is entitled to there opinion, the only thing that bothers me is when people do not support the troops and attack families when all they are doing is there job, and the families are supportng them

I think you're very correct there, but will we ever get some argument on that! There are those who insist the mainstream media doesn't give this Administration a fair shake. I listen to probably some of those same talk shows and hear those same calls. Everyone has a right to their own opinion, though, and you're right, there's no group where everyone agrees, that's for sure. Annie

There was a joke at the White House that when the small plane crashed into the White House that it was Geroge Tenent trying to get an appointment with President Clinton. Clinton received his briefing from the CIA in a summary prepared by his staff. George Tenent has made it know that he did not meet that often with President Clinton. Then there is the famous "Wall" that what information is found by one agency that might be helpful to another agency is filtered through several different committes and and people within the government that nobody really knows what is going on. From several of the memos I read from Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, and janet Reno, Attorney General it apperas that agents were encouraged not to talk to people directly connected to the case. One memo read that even the US Attorneys in that District were not to be told if information was discovered that might be benifical in one of their cases. Agents had to fiter up information and then the answer was filtered down to them and it appears that each step part of the information could be removed if that person did not feel that the indformation was directls connected to the case. With the CIA Agent who knew about terriorist maybe using planes as missiles would not know of the FBI looking into people taking flight lessons who were not Pilots in training, and neither would know from INS that the person had over stayed his visa. Is this Bushes fault that no one could connect the dots - no, is it Clintons fault - no some of the rules go back to the Church Committee when they tried to prevent any sort of abuse of Civil Liberites or even a slight infringment. I am reminded of a story of how politicians react to something. A questions was asked how do some of the dumb laws come in to excistance. The responce was it is a headline today, a law tommorrow and then we spend the next twenty years trying to fix something that should have been thrown out. It is easy to make a gruop decision but it is very difficult to make the final decision when everyone will be judging you on what should have been done. If you have never been in that situtation you can't understand what you go through. An executive or the top person in an organization understands that. Harry Truman said it best the Buck Stops Here.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on some things, won't we? I don't think anyone, whether I like them or agree with their policies or not, woud ever have allowed something like 9/11 to happen knowingly. And the 9/11 Commission reported that mistakes were made by all involved so I'm no going to disagree with them. However, as you said, "the buck stops here", and that refers to the current President at this time. Anyway, we all hope for the best for our country and of course for our troops, whether we agree on the best way to achieve that or not. Thanks for your contributions to this discussion and keep them coming! Annie

When Clinton was President he held regular meetings with the various heads of our intelligence agencies so if one had information that would be useful to another that info would be exchanged. Had Bush done the same it is highly possible some the "dots" that were not connected would have been. Would 9/11 have been prevented? No one can say that but who can forget Condi Rice's statement that "No one would have expected the terrorists to use airliners as weapons." when in fact the intelligence that they intended to do just that had been right under her eyes. Annie

Than again it is not our problem. It is a sad day when our President cares more about how others are being governed then his own people. I am anti-Bush but I also know it is not just him. It is not like he was the first president to put Americans in harms way to fee his own wants and desires. Not only are our men and women at risk but every American because of international hatred. If our government worried more about protecting our actual land, our assets, and our people then we would not be as hated everywhere else.

What branch is your husband in

Thank you for your response, and thanks to your husband for his service to our country. I may not support Bush, I already said I don't so I'd be a hypocrit to say now that I do, but I absolutely do support your husband and all our other troops 100%. Some say that isn't possible, but I do. Annie

My husband is Army

You better not get yelled at here, hon! You are going through something none of us who are not going through it can possibly fully comprehend but I have a strong feeling I'd be saying the same thing you're saying. I can't understand either why he hasn't been impeached but Clinton was! Clinton's lies didn't kill a single person. OK, I took the heat off you, hon, now I'll get yelled at for that...lol Thanks a million for weighing in on this and bless you and your son. You'll both be in my prayers. Annie