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slime & defend hits Richard Clarke
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Originally posted by bilmore
The only possible justification for these two statements together would be a belief that nothing we've done has countered a very real but still-existing threat. Is that your point?
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No. My point was that you guys (I don't remember whether you've said this specifically, and I don't want to put words in your mouth) defend the President by saying there's really nothing he reasonably could have done before 9/11 to prevent the attacks, and then you turn around and boast about the fact that there haven't been any attacks since then. It's not your fault that the moon came down last night, but you take full responsibility for the rise of the sun. (eta: The metaphor isn't right, because polices will have some effects on terrorism.)
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