One Good Thing About Donald Trump

Despite his many, many faults -- let me add more "many's -- there is one thing for which we owe him thanks. He is the first  Republican to say (and many Democrats were afraid to say it too) clearly and loudly that the saying "George W. Bush kept us safe" is absolutely false.

Bush defenders say the attacks on America on 9/11/2001 were not Bush's fault, that no one could have predicted them and taken action to stop them. That is an absolute lie, as proven by the statements of Bush's own appointees. 

Condoleeza Rice, Bush's National Security Advisor in 2001, testified to Congress that about a month before the 9/11 attacks, President Bush received a memo titled, "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US." His response? "All right. You've covered your ass now." 

Then President Bush did absolutely nothing. He didn't ask our security agencies to redouble their efforts to stop Bin Laden. He didn't direct our military to go after Bin Laden immediately. He did nothing, and the attacks came.

After the attacks how did he "make us safe"? He pushed us into attacking Iraq, which had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. That war resulted in more than 4,000 American deaths, led to expansion of power for Iran with no benefits for the U.S., and Bush's policies in that war led to the creation of ISIS which threatens us so much now.


Did Bush "keep us safe"? No, he allowed us to be attacked and then took actions that cause us to be extremely unsafe today.