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Most of you probably didn't expect to hear this from me but I have
become fed up with the Bush Administration. It's not for the same
reasons the regular detractors use to justify their hatred of President
Bush, but more for his ineffectiveness in handling three core issues
that stand out to me:

1) Borders -- I'm sick of the illegal immigration invasion. It is
also a major security problem where terrorists are entering the country
with whatever weapons they choose. The political decisions based upon
voting blocs and appeasing the Latino establishment in order to get
their votes completely ignores what is right for the country. The
backlash that occurred recently with the ports deal and Minutemen
project should have sent them a message, but they continue to
dilly-dally with this Guest Worker program. Seal the borders first
then deal from a position of power.

2) North Korea -- Kim Jong Il has thumbed his nose at us far too long.
Now he has launched missles in our direction, developed a nuclear
program (thanks to Clinton), threatens his neighbors, has raised the
tension in the Far East where we will have to start providing nuclear
technology to South Korea and Japan just to keep him at bay, and
capitulate to his demands. Sanctions are worthless as has been proven,
so it is time to show some military might. The US Navy should be used
to let them know we mean business. I realize China is behind all this
and pulls his strings. But if we don't kick their lapdog down then
they will become more brazen also.

3) Iran -- They are about to become a nuclear country also and they
are even more dangerous to world stability than North Korea. They are
so adept at manipulating Middle East policies and opinion that whatever
choices we make we lose and they win. The Israeli-Hezbollah skirmishes
recently should be proof of that. It won't be long before Iran has all
the aces and becomes the prime international policysetter. The
international community is afraid of Iran's influence with the Islamic
community and all it would take is for Iran to call for Jihad and
complete chaos will overtake the European countries. This has already
been proven by recent riots there that no one was able to quash.

His choice of Condoleeza Rice for Secretary of State is a disaster.
She is nearly as bad as Madeline Albright was under Clinton. I don't
care how smart people think she is, she hasn't done anything effective
since holding that post and has damaged our global political influence
in my opinion.

There are many things I believe he has done right, such as the tax
relief he enacted for Americans and the fantastic recovery of the
business economy. Despite the opposition to the Iraq war I think he
made the right decision to invade, but the way it is being handled
right now is not good. The mighty military should be used as intended,
not as a classroom for sensitivity training and how to hand out Korans
to prisoners. They have become sitting ducks for insurgents to take
out and are prevented from using meaningful offenses to eliminate the
insurgents.

Political correctness is at the root of all this. The fear of what the
media will say and how people will vote is what has made President Bush
a different person than he was a few years ago. His swagger is gone
and the nationalistic pride he exuded to unite Americans has basically
disappeared. He was never a conservative in my view but at least he
had some backbone and stood up for his decisions. Now he is paralyzed
by the Democratic propaganda machine and makes no effort to fight back.
America needs a leader who does what is right, not what his opponents
what him do. George W. Bush was like this at one time but now he is a
shell of himself. Sadly I see no one on the horizon from either party
who has leadership qualities. We're in trouble and the Islamic
Fascists are knocking on our door. How will we answer them?

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"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." ~ Alexander Hamilton