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'Fraid I must agree with DC here, mate. I was watching Bush very closely during the run-up to 9/11, because I had high hopes for (but little faith in) his campeign promises in regards to education funding, and because I was seriously concerned about his China-baiting. Terrorism only popped onto his radar post-9/11, and it later came out that he completely ignored not only Clinton-era wonks telling him Usama bin Laden might be a problem, but even specific intel from the Mossad about possible dates and targets connected to Arab flight-school students in south Florida. Terrorism was never even discussed by Mr. Bush except to point out that Mr. Gore's tax plan would require hiring "1500 new IRA agents" during a debate.
I remember thinking that I'd much rather deal with the IRA than the IRS.
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