I have to laugh. Really. I mean, this weekend we had Dick Cheney on John King's State of the Union program on CNN expounding on how Barack Obama's policies will make the United States less safe, that Bush kept the country safe after 9/11, yadda yadda yadda. Oh, boy, where do I start with this one?
First, as the Clinton administration was preparing to turn the keys over to W. and Dick Whats-His-Name, the incoming administration was given very pointed advice that al Qaeda was up to something, and that they needed to pay close attention to that organization. The Bush administration scoffed and promptly decided to ignore that warning.
Even after they were given a security briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" in August of 2001.
Second, we were attacked on September 11, 2001. Four airplanes were highjacked despite red flags waving that people were training to fly airplanes but didn't particularly care to learn how to land them. Very large buildings crumbled to the ground. The Pentagon ended up with a huge hole and an airliner in it. Thousands of Americans lost their lives. Remember that, Dick? And who was in the White House when we were attacked? Oh, yeah -- you and that guy who has kept us so safe.
Why is it they only refer to what happened after 9/11? As if those thousands of lives lost that day didn't count. Bush was eight months into his administration, not eight days and not eight weeks. That was his failure.
Oh, and Dick -- you're still a joke.
