[toddlintown]

“clearly, then, we had commanding authority throughout the 90’s with the embassy attacks, Khobar towers, the Cole, and this authority reached its zenith on September 10, 2001.”

So this stupid article would imply. You remember, the good old days of the Clinton Era when what constituted sex and suicide were redefined and aspirin factories became targets of opportunity.

[gusopol3]

You remember, the good old days

yes and I'm one of the few who does remember the almost universal acknowledgement on 9/12/01 was that a perception of U.S. weakness and fear to retaliate was what emboldened Bin Laden. Now they spin it that we "blundered into his trap by over-reacting."