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Bush seeks to affirm a continuing war on terror

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WASHINGTON — Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many ways captures one of President Bush's defining legacies: an affirmation that the United States is still at war with Al Qaeda.

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"Quick, manifest a false sense of fear and terror because people may be forgetting what a dire, dangerous situation we are in!"...

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Reply#1 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:10 PM EDT
{"commentId":2722945,"authorDomain":"nemethba"}

No kidding Mike! As if we the people didn't notice our absent neighbors, nieces, nephews, sons, daughters, grandchildren are not at the dinner table or holiday celebrations -you know the ones who perished in the towers and the thousands that are in Iraq/Afghan or were killed in the line of duty. Yah, we probably all forgot.....

BTW -great find..

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    #1.1 - Wed Sep 3, 2008 2:25 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":2659128,"authorDomain":"rel3vant"}

    We're at war with Al Qaeda? I don't think that's actually been true for the last five years.

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    Reply#2 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:31 PM EDT
    {"commentId":2659202,"authorDomain":"mikesifeldeen"}

    I don't think it's been true ever.

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    #2.1 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:38 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":2659506,"authorDomain":"pete-6"}

    We are at war with some-gary-hair-wrinkley-old-man with a cell phone... hey wait... isn't that John McCain ?

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    Reply#3 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:07 PM EDT
    {"commentId":2660046,"authorDomain":"mikesifeldeen"}

    No, silly. John McCain doesn't know how to use a cell phone.

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    #3.1 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:10 PM EDT
    {"commentId":2662587,"authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}

    But hey ! at least he knows where he lives (~)

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    #3.2 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:51 PM EDT
    {"commentId":2666916,"authorDomain":"mikesifeldeen"}

    Well, he should. He's got seven houses to choose from.

    Ba-da ching!

    I'm just on a roll.

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    #3.3 - Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:01 AM EDT
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