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I just think hindsight is 20/20.
There wasn't a compelling reason prior to 9/11 to prompt a president to commit huge resources to tracking down terroists.
After Sept. 11th there was such a push to do something that not only did we go into Afghanistan, we were able to invade Iraq, override civil liberties and create a whole new administrative arm of the government (office of the HS).
The environment is different.
As far as Bush capitalizing on 9/11 in this campaign . . well he is a politician I think we expect it.
I am sure this Clark fellow is right . . but Clark is a specialist so he has a fairly narrow focus, the president has a lot more concerns.
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