A very interesting perspective. Bush would have been vulnerable, if for no other reason than many already considered him an illegitimate president elected by a minority of the voters. And Bush turned out to be an ineffective president at that, though that became clearer in the second term. Lacking 9/11 he may have been seen that way much earlier. Thanks for posting this.
*THAT*, in a nutshell was her secret weapon (albeit not so secret) for the 2004 campaign. Her entire strategy hinged on that, but when Mohammed Atta and crew struck, and the towers came down, her entire strategy became unglued in a "rally 'round the flag" moment. She never recovered from this, and in the final analysis, it cost her the chance to ever gain the Presidency (she has been shown to be vulnerable, and there is now little chance for her to achieve her goal.)
As Nita pointed out, the persons *most* responsible for this situation are in fact, the Clintons themselves, as they had the opportunity to take out OBL, and passed on it. If they knew then, what they now know, OBL would have been a grease spot almost immediately upon learning that the opportunity to remove him had arisen. Since the Clintons mentally cannot fault themselves for anything (a trait they share in copious abundance with their fellow travelers), they have to blame OBL...
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