[Spotsy]

You are wrong and uninformed to say Bush did nothing to protect the country.

It takes 10 pounds of reason to overcome one ounce of emotion. And conspiracy theories don't make us any safer.

Please re-read my original post. I fault several administrations, Congress, all bureaucracy, and yes, the public (because policy and actions require public support) with failing to heed ever larger warnings of the threat of terrorism.

I believe the commission is futile because it is too politicized and is focused on assigning blame instead of identifying how things can be changed to better safeguard our country.

The current waning of public support for the War on Terrorism supports my argument. Kerry is saying the threat has been exaggerated. Half the country wants to go back to sleep.

Debating the specifics about 9/11 and Iraq (and how things could have been done differently) would require an entire book, so I won't take up too much more space here. Isn't it ironic that Bush is being pummeled for a preemptive war in Iraq, yet some expect him to have predicted 9/11 on even flimsier information?

By the way - the 25 minutes of Bush reading after the 2nd plane hit the towers is urban legend. I was watching that day. Perhaps you would have preferred having Bush jump up from his chair and act like a crazy man like the Prez in that Affleck movie. I prefer a President who is calm, cool, and collected.