on one hand, there were dots that had to be connected- and I don't so much blame bush for not connecting them as I blame the FBI, CIA and NSA. And again, it wasn't even a problem so much of connection, but on acting decisively on what subordinates knew.

On the other hand, you have dots that were connected that didn't even exist. Thats the problem. And you had the administration connecting those dots and telling us that those connections were.

There is a big difference.

Listen, I'll give credit where credit is due. There was a MAJOR screw-up before 9/11, but that wasn't so much the fault of Bush. The failure for this government to act decisively on identifying, eliminating and fixing the problems that led to that screw up, though, has a lot to do with intransigence coming from the Bush administration- we both know this.

However, this is not really comparable to the Iraq issue. I see it, in fact, as another attempt to midirect the debate, muddy the waters, and leave it as just a bunch of partisan bickering.

Davin L.