“On November 2, 2004, George W. Bush was reelected President of the United States. The margin was narrow–only 3 million votes out of 121 million cast in the popular vote. The final tally in the Electoral College was 286 to 251.” – Ricardo S. Sanchez with Donald T. Phillips, Wiser in Battle, Page 424 […]
11/2/2004
“On November 2, 2004, [President] Bush was reelected, capturing 51 percent of the popular vote to [John] Kerry’s 48 percent. The Republicans strengthened their hold over both houses of Congress.” – Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 378 […]
11/1/2004
President Bush on the War on Terror, “The 9/11 Commission report said America is safer, but not yet safe. We’re making progress. Afghanistan is an ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are making raids and capturing terrorist leaders. Lybia is dismantling its weapons programs. The army of a free Iraq is […]
11/1/2004
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on November 1, 2004, former Commander of Coalition Forces General Tommy Franks wrote: ” ‘…our forces have seized or destroyed more than 400,000 tons of munitions and explosives [in Iraq]…weapons that Saddam Hussein controlled.’ ” – Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell, American Soldier, Page 576 […]
11/1/2004
“Although the Bush administration…claimed that a Jordanian terrorist fighting U.S. forces in Iraq, Abu Mousab al Zarqawi, was a member of Al Qaeda, later evidence contravened this.” According to Newsweek on November 1, 2004, “In a letter to Bin Laden acquired from a captured courier in 2004, Zarqawi literally beseeched Bin Laden for his support […]
10/31/2004
“In October [31] 2004, 60 Minutes reported that soldiers in Iraq were resorting to making their own makeshift protection for unarmored Humvees, using sandbags and plywood. In addition, they were scouring scrapheaps for discarded armor that they could use for a little extra protection. Asked by the program for comment, an army spokesman complacently replied, […]
10/31/2004
According to information in an October 31, 2004, Baltimore Sun article: “despite having the second largest oil reserves in the world, Iraq was forced to import oil from nearby Kuwait because of lack of refining capacity and hundreds of terrorist attacks on its facilities.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page […]
10/30/2004
In bin Laden’s ‘Message to the American People,’ sent to Al Jazeera on October 30, 2004, he said: ” ‘Al Qaeda spent five hundred thousand dollars on 9/11, while America, in the incident and its aftermath, lost…in excess of five hundred billion dollars. …Even more dangerous for America is the way the mujahedeen recently forced […]
10/30/2004
In bin Laden’s ‘Message to the American People,’ sent to Al Jazeera on October 30, 2004, he said: “The events that affected me personally began in 1982, when America gave the Israelis the green light to invade Lebanon and the American Sixth Fleet helped them. …many were killed and injured. …I cannot forget those unbearable […]
10/29/2004
On October 29, 2004, Osama “bin Laden appeared in a video address that was broadcast on the Al Jazeera Arabic-language satellite station. …he boasted that al Qaeda was winning its war against the United States. The primary reason he gave was the economics of the fight and his group’s strategy of ‘bleeding America to the […]