In none of my posts did I ever blame Bush for 9/11. If I did so please point out where. I agreed with his actions against the Taliban in Afghanistan. I
I am disappointed, however, in his actions after that. As a conservative businessman and former govenor, I expected he would cast a critical eye on the agencies involved and clean out the deadwoods, especially in the FBI, who ignored the indications of an attack - and there WERE clear indications.
Hindsight is 100%, of course, but when the field agents are clamoring for action, holding a middle eastern type guy identified by the French as a likely terrorist - who wants to fly jets but not land or take off... the field agents got it. Why didn't the bureaucrats?
Instead of cleaning house, Bush, as I pointed out in an earlier post, awarded commendations to many of those whose inaction should have resulted in a prompt early retirement.
The pattern didn't change with Iraq. Bush launched an invasion partially because his CIA Director called the WMD issue a "slam dunk". That the "slam dunk" turned out dead wrong didn't matter - Bush awarded the CIA director America's highest civilian honor - the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
I never blamed Bush for 9/11, but I find his subsequent actions ineffective in addressing future security. |
