[pollyannaish]

Exactly. I think there is plenty of pre-911 blame to go around. Lots of it. At the same time, I don't think anyone could have really anticipated it...at least it being so successful.

So standing around pointing fingers is idiotic. It's how we responded that matters...and those distinctions are VERY clear. They want the same old, same old. We want to win.

[diverteach]

"Exactly. I think there is plenty of pre-911 blame to go around. Lots of it. "

Hindsight is 20/20, but in the end, at the time there just wasn't any actionable intelligience.

[Fudd Fan]

AMEN to that!