Roger: Exactly right. The WTC was an attack on the American power elite. People who lost friends, family and partners. The kind of people who never talk about an injury, but never forget it either.
Everything since then has been political shadowboxing. Al Gore prevents activist true believers from protesting the war by distracting them with a greater, non-existent, threat. In 2004 the Democrats nominate an unelectable candidate and run a stunningly incompetent campaign. They even sacrifice Dan Rather to ensure Bush’s re-election.
Iraq is the ideal of strategic offense combined with the strength of tactical defense. By attacking the terrorists solve the Coalition’s biggest problems, identification, processing and final disposal.
Kim Zigfield: Exactly. Great article at the link, had to fix the URL manually. What is it with this site breaking links in comments?
You article is particularly insightful in terms of the performance of the Democratic Congress. A perfect storm of stupidity, including a slumber party!, that gave George W. Bush everything he wanted. By the end they passed FISA with the lame excuse that they didn’t read it.
AllenS: Dead on. Decades of cruel mental abuse from Bill have left Hillary with enough passive aggression to cause bright radioactive flashes over Iran.
Remember, too, that it was Hillary who publicly offered a hudna (truce) with the terrorists until after the election. It may or may not benefit her and the Democrats. It definitely benefits the American people. The USA can live with that kind of practical politics.
After the 1994 Congressional elections Bill told Hillary to STF down and STFU. She obeyed without a murmur. The public spanking worked.
If elected Her Royal Clintoness will demonstrate to the terrorists that when it comes to underhanded double-dealing backstabbing politicians the USA has few equals.
