Dumbya is getting some of what he deserves right now in the criticism about his handling of terrorism. It sounds like he had an agenda to attack Iraq since the day he was elected and was going to do so regardless of what he happened. So much for good leadership.
It's funny when this administration tries to pass the buck to the Clinton administration for not doing anything about terrorism. That's funny. I guess terrorism didn't become a major priority in the 90s. I guess there weren't major homeland nuclear, chem, and bio plans, teams and preparations made here in the US during the 90s. Aren't they forgetting something?
As far as not retaliating against attacks, well I think they should have started decades ago in Lebanon, during the Regan years, when the precident was set by the Republicans, who by the way negotiated with terrorists for the release of plane hijacked victims, and then did not respond when an embassy was bombed, or when over 200 Marines were killed. That's when the bad precident started with Regan and his Defense Secretary and every one else.