Posted by
Mr. Simple on Saturday, May 26, 2007 12:48:12 AM
When asked in the South Carolina Debate what he would do "if, God Forbid, two bombs went off in the US and we knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was Al Qaida" Edwards answered like a good trial lawyer...
"...find out how did this happen without our intelligence operations finding out that it was in a planning stage; how did they get through what we all recognize is a fairly porous homeland security system that we have in this country that has not been built the way it needed to be built?
You know, did the weapons that created these two simultaneous strikes come through our ports? Were they in one of the containers that have not been checked? How did these weapons get here, and how do we stop it from happening again?..."
This is basically trial lawyer speak for ...Hey, there is bound to be somebody we can sue!
Thats right. Instead of going after the individuals / organization / government that perpetrated (or helped in any way) in this horrific event on our country with the full force of American Power, John Edwards looks for some hard working American or company to blame first.
If he did find the bombers, it would only be because he needed a star witness on how the lack of security created such a powerful temptation that no right thinking Islamic fascist could be blamed for acting on it.