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Originally Posted by PaulC
I think so; one only has to look at the massive intelligence failure that occurred on Bush's watch that killed a few thousand innocent people in NY, DC and PA back in 2001. I seem to recall that he served a second term in office after that debacle...
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Not to defend cheney/bush, but the career intelligence/law enforcement people who actually do this work are not politicos, only the top layer of management has any political agenda. We can blame cheney/bush for the post-9/11 decisions, but prior to that it was just business as usually. Whatever flaw in the system that let this latest event occur was probably not related to the actions of any political appointee, but some career middle manager in a cubical someplace.
The reality is that there will be future terrorist activities and some will be successful. Whoever happens to be in office at the moment will get the blame from the opposing party, there will be threats and gnashing of teeth, clowns all over the internet will want to bomb someplace (anyplace), the security moms will get worried again, the airlines will lose some money, and some additional security theater will be put in place. Welcome to the 21st century.