Stop already, the President had his performance review last November. As for the Clarke memo, five days after the inauguration this guy sends the memo. So a new administration is supposed to drop everything because a holdover appointee from the previous administration writes a memo? It's tragic in hindsight, but it just isn't realistic to expect a new President and the staff to be doing normal daily business right after the inauguration.
It would not surprise me at all to learn that Al Qaeda specifically waited until after Bush was elected to strike. Democracies have weaknesses, and this is one of them. During a change of power, there is a window of opportunity for enemies to strike. That is a big reason, IMO, why the President was re-elected. The country does not want the government distracted by a change of power. When a new administration comes in, they have their own ideas, their own agenda, and that change of focus creates vulnerabilities. This isn't a Democrat or Republican problem- it is a structural weakness of our system, one that the terrorists exploited very effectively. > Marlon wrote: > >I was listening to the Diane Rheam show today with the weekly review >and this was brought up. It really just pisses me off that during >that time we were concentrating on Missile Defense(which still doesn't >work) and tax cuts (which still piss me off too). I really believe >that the president failed this country. I also found it amusing that >he'd like to turn government entities to be more like businesses. >He's starting with the pentagon where performance will be rewarded >more than time served. If that's the case, shouldn't he be fired? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147049 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
