Wake Up America? Wake Up John Kerry!

Kerry thinks that America needs waking up. He's chosen this theme for his campaign's closing speeches. But he's the one who's been sleepwalking in La-La- land while the rest of us have been fighting - and winning - the war on terror.

President Bush's bold leadership and aggressive tactics against terrorism have led to many great successes; the defeatism offered by the likes of John Kerry, Howard Dean, and French President Chirac notwithstanding.

Topping the list of successes?

• Al Qaeda has been unable to attack us here at home since 9-11; just over three years and counting - a fact Kerry cannot whitewash with lies. Hopefully, ya'all noticed this!! :-) Tell a liberal! :-)


• 75% of the top Al Qaeda leaders are either dead or in prison.


• The Taliban terrorists have lost Afghanistan and could not stop free elections there.


• A terrorist chemical and biological weapons lab in Iraq was destroyed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.


• Saddam is no longer able to fund suicide bombers that killed and wounded hundreds of Israelis, some American citizens, and destabilized the Middle East.


• Saddam is no longer harboring terrorists in Iraq that had killed or wounded hundreds in the 1970s and 1980s.


• Immediately after 9-11, President Bush made it plain to governments like Pakistan's that they must joint the fight against terrorism or be counted among our enemies. At the same time, President Bush's team massively expanded our anti-terrorism cooperation abroad.

The results? Thousands of terrorists have been killed or captured in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Yemen, Algeria, Indonesia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Morocco, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and the Philippines - in some cases, aided by US forces. (For example, remember how our nifty Predator UAV strike on that car in Yemen that killed the top Al Qaeda planner?) Many planned Al Qaeda attacks in these countries and elsewhere have been foiled.

Saddam can no longer choose to cause a crisis, threaten war, launch terror attacks, or provide any weapons or money to terrorists as he did in the THIRTEEN YEARS after Desert Storm.

We had to launch large-scale strikes or NEARLY WENT TO WAR against Saddam EIGHT times in the 1990s after DESERT STORM. Saddam can no longer threaten American lives or destabilize the region.

No, we have not stopped all terrorism (neither has Israel who has fought for many years longer than we) and there is much work to be done - especially in Iraq. OUR HOMELAND REMAINS ENDANGERED BY A DETERMINED AND RUTHLESS ENEMY. However, given the facts above, it is obvious that President Bush's policy is working.

President Bush and his team have said to us repeatedly that this would be a long war; a hard effort requiring patience and perseverance, but a fight that we must take to the enemy in order to keep them off balance.

And what of John Kerry? Defeatism and lies. Perhaps the most egregious example is how Kerry denounced the new Iraqi authorities as "US puppets." These brave Iraqis are working with us to field anti-terror police and military units and are today fighting alongside us. These Iraqis need our help not our scorn to achieve the elections and economic rebuilding that will allow us to someday leave Iraq.

Moreover, John Kerry is supported by the likes of film-maker Michael Moore, who proclaimed that there is no terrorist threat to the US. He is supported by Howard Dean and boatloads of liberals who think the same way.

Take this to the bank: a John Kerry win will be celebrated by terrorists and terrorist regimes because they see President Bush's strategy as the greater threat.