A Poor Defense (washingtonpost.com): "Mr. Bush himself insouciantly declared that, had he known that terrorists were planning to fly airplanes into buildings, he would have done something to stop it -- a statement that suggested that he has not bothered to reflect on the serious questions the commission is examining. "

This is an important point. Bush is essentially not answering the important questions raised by 9/11. He's not reflecting. He's acting on a gut instinct, informed by what? By his advisors prior agenda to invade Iraq and create a new order in the Middle East, dominated by US military power. He's informed by his religious beliefs, so he sees himself attacking evil, and therefore doing the work of God. So why should he answer to the American people? He's answerable to a higher authority.

Luckily for the rest of us, we still have some powers to investigate the executive branch. And luckily for us, we still have honest people who will come out in public and tell the truth.

I am profoundly grateful to Richard Clarke for telling the truth. I admire his honest acknowledgement of failure. Clearly, when planes are deliberately crashed into the highest towers in NY and the Pentagon, there has been a massive failure. The Bush administration's denial of that has been a continuing insult to the American people. And it's attempt to discredit Clarke now by attacking him personally is a disgrace, pointing only to the weakness of their position.

Bush clearly doesn't take his responsibilities seriously. Check this story out: Iraqi WMDs--For Bush, It's a Joke: "Over 500 Americans and literally countless Iraqis are dead because of a war that was supposedly fought to find weapons of mass destruction, and Bush is joking about it."
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