I disagree...Right after 9/11 we could have taken on the entire islamic world and the people would have supported it...
Problem is, it took almost a year before we could get parts from Sweden to make our cruise missles operable...Sweden was against the war and our feeble gov't has allowed our military apparatus to be outsourced...
By the time we could move, people were rethinking their patriotism...
Is THAT what Tenet was talking about when he said 'we're not in a position to do anything about it just right now', that Woodward quoted?