[HalfIrish]

I maintain that ANY president (including Trump) in the aftermath of 9/11 who did not act would have been irresponsible.

Maybe we could have blamed Canada and bombed Prince Edward Island. Better than doing nothing, as you say.

[LS]

It was just too big a risk. Again, with every single intel agency in the WORLD saying the same thing, a WMD attack on America would have led to the Pres and his party being hated and despised and blamed for 100 years.