It is, and yet a few times I admit have thought of similar things. But the Bush family has been close to the Saudis for many years, and he was acting in deference to them ever since 9/11 —soon after, his speech to the nation calling Islam a ‘religion of peace’. Was there some kind of ‘blackmail’ then? As President, he could inform them that we would massively retaliate.
How do we know that President Bush didn’t send word to many Islamic countries and others who possess nuclear/chem and biological weapons, that he would ‘massively’ retaliate if our country was hit again? He did say that you are either ‘with us or against us’ in public. We haven’t been hit again on US soil during his watch.
I have wondered during this financial crisis a few times if we were being ‘blackmailed’ in some way....but I don’t believe there are suitcase nukes in the country as part of the scenario. Before the first Gulf War, Baker was sent to the middle east to get word to Saddam, that if WMDS were used on our troops, that the US would annihilate Iraq completely.
My biggest disappointment in President Bush has been his total lack of fight or real push back against the democrats/media and their corruption and treasonous behavoir for the last 8 years. There is no explaining it or imho, forgiving it at this point. I think that is why his approval numbers are so low on our side. We wanted him to fight back and he never did.