[jwalsh07]

The government had concentrated on being offensive against terrorists without properly laying out the means to be defensive and prevent a repeat of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001, he told the Post.

And thank the good Lord for giving us a man in the White House with the good sense and proper level of testosterone to do just that.

[nvcdl]

One clue to this fellows nature is the fact that he watches "The West Wing". Also he worked 8 years for Clinton without resigning - this "news article" seems to be a puff piece about a retired federal employee who has latched onto a campaign.

[archy]

And thank the good Lord for giving us a man in the White House with the good sense and proper level of testosterone to do just that.

From the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941 to the first major payback by US forces, the Doolittle B25 raid on Tokyo on 18 April 1942, about 4 months was required to mount the operation while our stunned military began to regear for the coming fight. That situation is similar to that of the shrunken military establishment Bush was left with when he took office.

From that WWII start date to the conclusion of most of the hostilities from that war following the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August '45 to that cessation of hostilities required about 42 months. I'll give Bush that long, at least, before trying to pass any judgement as to whether his methods have proven effective or not- and it is indeed troubling that we do not have either Saddam Hussein or Osama bin-Laden either in a cage or with their head atop a pike.

But he has at least done something, even if not immediately or reflexively, which may well have been the smarter course. And for sure, Afghanistan and Iraq are no longer the terrorist safe havens and strongholds they once were.

More work remains, and the Jihadists are not our only sworn enemies.

-archy-/-