Let's grant that Richard Clarke is correct in charging that the Bush administration did not appreciate the urgency of the terrorist threat in the eight months leading up to Sept. 11, 2001. But neither did the Clinton administration in the eight years leading up to 9/11. And neither did the administrations of President George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. And during all the years that Mr. Clarke served presidents of both parties, it's apparent that he didn't get it either.It's been said before but it bears repeating: The war in which America and other democratic societies are now...