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I agree but don't think Allen can avoid it. What Allen should be saying is decisions are made at the time with the intelligence at hand, not three or four years later. Being a Senator means making decisions, not putting them off a few years to see how things are working out.

Here, let me add onto your great reply:,P> What Allen should be saying is decisions are made at the time with the intelligence at hand, not three or four years later. Being a Senator means making decisions, not putting them off a few years to see how things are working out. After all, Tim, back then it was only a short time since we were brutally and monstrously attacked on 9/11 due to 8 years of neglet by the Clinton administration. The single biggest attack in our history was due to a failure to support the intelligence we were then getting. The intelligence agencies suffered serious cuts in the 1990s, cuts that the Bush administration has had to play catch up to fix. The failure to allow agencies to share intelligence by putting up the "Gorelick" wall led to 3,000 Americans killed. We certainly did not want to sit on our hands over intelligence in 2003. That could've led to more killing of innocent Americans.

I really like George Allen. I think he is genuine patriot, and a good man. But I have always questioned whether or not he is Presidential.
While I would disagree with Rudy far more than Allen I do see him as "way more" Presidential. I guess it's a "charisma" thing or a "leadership" thing, Rudy or Condi for that matter just come off as more appropriate leaders to me when you get to the very top of the heap.