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A vote for Bush was a vote for the terrorists - The Smirking Chimp

A vote for Bush was a vote for the terrorists - The Smirking Chimp: "The past week was an interesting one in the so-called 'war on terror'.
First, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that his 'gut feeling' was that the U.S. is at high risk this summer for a terrorist attack. On other words, the guy in charge of homeland security told us that the homeland is not very secure.
Almost immediately afterwards, as if on cue, we learned that al-Qaeda has regrouped and is now as strong as it was before 9/11.
But wait! How can this be?"

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