In February 2004, George Bush said "We have a solemn duty to protect our homeland, including the seaports of America." But the Bush-proposed Budget for 2005 calls for a 63% DECREASE in port security funding, from
the $124 million in the 2004 budget to a paltry $46 million for 2005. So where's the Bush attention to that solemn duty he spoke about?

According to the CIA, we're more likely to be attacked by a weapon of mass destruction smuggled aboard a ship than we are by an intercontinental ballistic missile. But three years after 9-11, security at our ports is still getting nothing but lip service from the Bush Administration. Daily, thousands of cargo containers from foreign countries are coming into America with little or no inspection at all. Why has the Bush administration let this go for 3 years?

Simple answer: a stubborn tunnel-vision focus on nation-building in Iraq, at the expense of real security enhancement for the Homeland.

Rand Beers, a member of the President's National Security Council staff, has resigned because he said, quote: "The administration isn't matching its deeds to its words in the war on terrorism. They're making us less secure, not more secure."

Why would anyone want 4 more years of George Bush's more-of-the-same Iraq obsession that is leaving our ports at high risk of having WMDs smuggled into America?