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Message: [QUOTE="EM rider, post: 175689, member: 22910"] Though I think Clinton was a disgrace, it IS unfair to look back with 20/20 hindsight and say "it's all his administration's fault." It is partially the Clinton administration's fault, but the CIA, NSC and military all share some responsibility for our lack of preparedness. The value of this editorial is that is provides a lot of factual support for something I "knew" was happening but could not really prove at the time. Namely, that Clinton's superficiality, personal moral shortcomings and obsession with "focus-group" domestic politics literally poisoned the ability of people around him to get important work done.....like preparing a serious defense against terrorism. Clinton and his staff were too busy covering his a**. It also highlights how much work needs to be done to repair the damage. Very sad. That said, I don't feel that any responsible parties should be let off the hook. People should be fired because they screwed up. The goal of any security (and especially anti-terrorist) policy is to anticipate what "insane" people will do and find ways to stop them before they do any damage. Yes, this is difficult. But so what? That is why we give them a lot of resources to work with. It may be impossible to succeed 100% of the time, but when it comes to safety, anything less than perfect is not good enough. [/QUOTE]