The neglect and under-estimation of the terrorist menace by the previous administration (remember the Gorelick memo?)*, the state of crisis and urgency after 9/11, the obscurity in which any ensuing defense or offense operation unavoidably had to be performed in, the world confusion caused by the (historically) recent fall of the communist system and by the 90′ explosive globalization, did create in the 9/11th aftermnath an awfully difficult environment for the decision makers in Washington to carry on their duties – and facing these adversities Rumsfed, Cheney and W still managed to provide a good, productive leadership to the countless officers engaged in the defense of the USA.
To compare a sorry jester like Ted Kennedy with any of them, is like getting Pee-Wee Hermnan conduct Beethoven’s 8th – yet, the irresponsible anti-Americanism of this coutry’s left and liberal establishment managed to inflict this state of perceptions on the American psyche. Yes, Ted Keneddy is a hero and Rumsfeld, Cheney and W are some villains.
O tempora, O mores – seen that, heard that, and we’re re-living it, time and again, courtesy to the liberal pathology.
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* “The neglect and under-estimation of the terrorist menace by the previous administration (remember the Gorelick memo?)” – how long it will take to see Obama, Holder and their crew in a much, much worse position than susan Gorelick? Methinks not too long -
