Thursday, the Senate took care of that for Bush by unanimously passing an amendment by Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad which would provide $200m to establish a new bin-Laden unit, and will require accountability from the WH in the search for the terrorist and his posse. Better late than never, I suppose.
Bush is living proof that, just a little learning can be a dangerous thing. All that Bush appears to have learned in the five years since 9-11 is that political mileage can be had from simply repeating and promoting the tragic imagery and taunts of those they hold responsible. But, Americans have heard all of the war stories and already know all about the bogeymen actors in Bush's terror play.
What they need to hear is the admission from the Bush administration that their indifference and mismanagement failed our nation at the start, and they are failing us now in their skewed focus on Iraq; and on feathering their already bloated, new intelligence bureaucracy which is obsessed with monitoring the activities of ordinary Americans. They need and expect more than this administration's refusal to change course in the face of failure. They need to see some proof of Bush's "lessons learned" from 9-11. That may be too much to ask from the most prominent member of the intellectually-challenged republican party.
Bush is living proof that, just a little learning can be a dangerous thing. All that Bush appears to have learned in the five years since 9-11 is that political mileage can be had from simply repeating and promoting the tragic imagery and taunts of those they hold responsible. But, Americans have heard all of the war stories and already know all about the bogeymen actors in Bush's terror play.
What they need to hear is the admission from the Bush administration that their indifference and mismanagement failed our nation at the start, and they are failing us now in their skewed focus on Iraq; and on feathering their already bloated, new intelligence bureaucracy which is obsessed with monitoring the activities of ordinary Americans. They need and expect more than this administration's refusal to change course in the face of failure. They need to see some proof of Bush's "lessons learned" from 9-11. That may be too much to ask from the most prominent member of the intellectually-challenged republican party.
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