{"id":128348,"date":"2015-10-19T08:04:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T14:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/trump-bush-bush-and-911.html"},"modified":"2015-11-10T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T23:19:45","slug":"trump-bush-bush-and-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/trump-bush-bush-and-911.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Bush, Bush, and 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the words "Donald Trump is right" seem to not want to pass my lips, in this case (broken clocks and all that) it's true. No, Bush did not intentionally let the 9\/11 attack happen (and Trump never said that), but Bush's neocon appointees were far more focused on digging up a casus belli<\/i> against Iraq and on finishing up a ballistic missile treaty than on urgent reports from the CIA and the National Security Council counter-terrrorism team that some group called "Al Qida" was planning an attack.<\/p>\n

The argument can be made that with prompt Administration action, the attack might have been averted (and I'd love a glimpse at that<\/i> particular parallel universe), but, instead, plans against Bin Laden and Al Qa'eda had only just made it to Bush's desk when the attacks took place.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, Trump is correct in saying 9\/11 happened on Bush's watch, and Truman's old adage of "The Buck Stops Here" is, justly or unjustly, applicable. For Jeb! to leap to his brother's defense is understandable and even admirable, but in so doing he's violating that precept. That doesn't mean it was an impeachable offense or something that should have led to Dubya's resignation, but "mistakes were made" and responsibility has to fall on the president at the time. Wishing it away or pretending it never happened is futile and only makes the next mistake more likely.<\/p>\n

Worse, Jeb!'s follow-up statement that what's more important is that his brother "kept America safe" after 9\/11 doesn't bear close scrutiny, either: further terrorist attacks, the bungling of the Katrina relief effort, and a misguided and mishandled war on Iraq — just to start the list — say much the opposite.<\/p>\n

So, Trump is right in his basic raising of the issue, and Jeb! (and the chattering coterie of Dubya supporters) is wrong in trying to handwave it away. It probably speaks more to Jeb! and his own candidacy than Trump, except to suggest the latter is willing to say outrageous things that offend people anywhere on the political spectrum — which may make him a good op-ed writer, but is not a qualification for president.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDonald Trump, George W. Bush, and Responsibility for 9\/11 – The Atlantic<\/a><\/span>
\nGeorge W. Bush didn’t do all he could to prevent the attack—and it’s time Republicans confronted that fact.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While the words "Donald Trump is right" seem to not want to pass my lips, in this case (broken clocks and all that) it's true. No, Bush did not intentionally let the 9\/11 attack happen (and Trump never said that), but Bush's neocon appointees were far more focused on digging up a casus belli against … Continue reading “Trump, Bush, Bush, and 9\/11”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,29,532,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-9-11","category-elections-2016","category-homeland-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135245,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/01\/watch-means-lets-find-someone-else-blame.html","url_meta":{"origin":128348,"position":0},"title":"Because “On My Watch” means “Let’s Find Someone Else To Blame”","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-Nov-17 11:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't particularly blame anything Donald Trump has done for Safullo Saipov's terror attack in New York City. 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