

I always thought the biggest strategic error W made was stooping to the level of the terrorists. The whole world lined up in a coalition behind America after 9/11, which was heartwarming and life affirming. The speed with which it disintegrated illustrates how ill-behaved Bush and chums became.
“It’s Bush’s Fault”
Can’t we please get off that one, finally. I don’t particularly care for Jeb (Bush III), but that line is getting old, and overly simplifies what happens in the Middle East.
It’d be easy for me to say that it was Bill Clinton who allowed the kernels of radicalization to grow roots…