I disagree.
The terrorist goal was to severely damage our economy and stop our way of life out of fear. President Bush cut taxes, and told Americans to go shopping after 9-11, as a way to keep a strong economy and defend the American Way of Life against terrorism.
The Democrats destroyed the unity we had after 9-11. They made a deliberate plan to divide this nation and render President Bush helpless and hated, for their hatred of him and to try everything possible to regain power. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, even encouraging the hatred of Bush that became so accepted on the Left that it began to show up on the Right as well.
The Blame Bush for everything syndrome is their legacy and you fell for it, yourself.
Was Bush a perfect President before or after 9-11, immune from any cricicism?? Absolutely not.
Neither does he deserve the vast majority of blame that is thrown his way. And it all started after 9-11 in order to bring him down, courtesy of Leftest Dems and picked up by Rightest Repubs.
Shopping for its own right is a fine military goal. But W never asked Americans to make any personal sacrifice. He never asked us to roll up our sleeves, choosing instead to promise us that we wouldn’t get our hands dirty. Small wonder, then, that patience was short.
Besides, your history is a little off - even the Dims were smart enough not to mess with him at the time, which is why so many were cowed into voting for going into Iraq against the screeching of their core constituency.
W squandered his defining moment in history, and we’re going to be living with that for a very, very long time.