I know I'm catching up on this discussion, but 
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					Originally Posted by AlphaFrog  Forrest Gump, Rainman, and GWB all would have made the same call.  It was a no-brainer, non-issue. | 
	
 Completely irrelevant.  The Commander-in-Chief gets to take the credit and has to accept the blame, especially in a case like this when he was certainly directly making final decisions.  I have no problem with that, regardless of who the Commander-in-Chief is.
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					Originally Posted by als463  You know that GWB would not have gotten the accolades for this.  Let's be honest. | 
	
 I do not know that at all, though my strong suspicion is that you're wrong.  I, who was no fan of W's, would have given him credit, just as I and many others who otherwise didn't like him did for his actions after 9/11.