[dcwusmc]

That’s a possibility... I can’t totally discount it. But I have a strong hunch that there’s more to it. Perhaps it’s that there’s a perception of weakness on our part. I know the planning for this started in the ‘90s, during the clown’s watch. But it COULD have been called off had that perception changed after 2000. Why wasn’t it?

Someone once said that muslims are found only in two places: at your throat or under your heel. There may be more than a germ of truth in that.

[Non-Sequitur]

If memory serves bin Laden is supposed to have come to the conclusion that the US was weak after Reagan pulled the Marines out following the embassy bombing.

But it COULD have been called off had that perception changed after 2000. Why wasn’t it?

What did Bush do to change anyone's perception?