Iraq Still Had Nothing To Do With 9/11

As I've said before, I'm not against giving George Bush some credit for the death of bin Laden.  Actually, I think we should extend the credit to Reagan as well.  If he hadn't armed, funded and trained bin Laden we wouldn't have had to kill him.  So credit extends across a multitude of people none more so than the guy who created him.

When the former president says things like: “The work that was done by intelligence communities during my presidency was part of putting together the puzzle that enabled us to see the full picture of how bin Laden was communicating and eventually where he was hiding,” he said. “It began the day after 9/11.”  It just drives people crazy.  Rightfully so because Bush is obviously trying place himself into the context that he helped track down and kill bin Laden.

As history tells us, Bush did about the least amount possible in hunting bin Laden.  That's why it irks him so much to see his successor succeeded where he failed.  To make up for his lack of "tough guyism portrayal" in the media-- after all let's face it there's nothing Republicans hate worse than being portrayed as wimps by the media-- Bush has to talk tough as if he had some huge role in the killing of the person responsible for a mass terror attack on his watch.

Nonetheless, let him have it.  Let Bush pretend.  But don't stop there. Reagan has to be included in the list of gratitude as well.  Just imagine if Reagan hadn't created both bin Laden and Saddam Hussein where this country would be.