Barf alert? I'd say the exerpt was 100% dead on correct!
But so many libs insist on treating 9/11 and the war on terror like it's nothing more than theatrical politics.
Their belief system does not accomodate a vigorous defense, which is ultimately the top priority of the government. This was the underlying reason for Kerry's real flip flops. He was speaking out of both sides of his mouth to the pacifists and the security moms.
This author only halfway gets it. Their problems are not in tactics and rhetoric, they are more substantial.