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You would know the memo all but WAS effectively ignored.
Her own testimony was indicting enough. "I belive it said 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."
Rice then went on to filibuster (a term used by even her Republican advocates on the commission) for the next several minutes about how a memo dated August 6, 2001 somehow should in no way have served as a warning to the Bush Administration.
Yawn. You do realize obfuscating blame, at some point, gets old don't you? This is why your party LOST.
"The buck stops here."-- Harry Truman (He meant at the PRESIDENT'S desk for those Republicans here that don't understand what the word RESPONSIBILITY means.)
It was Bush's JOB to protect the nation from the moment he was sworn into office. Not NINE MONTHS later, after the worst terrorist attack we've ever seen.'
PERIOD. That's the president's job, as Republicans like to remind us when trumpeting the values of Bush, Cheney, Rice and Co. They had a memo warning them of attacks. They effectively IGNORED it as they took no tangible steps to stop an imminent attack.
Hence they FAILED to keep us safe on 9/11. Sorry but they did. If you don't want to hear that, then I'm afraid I can't go around giving them credit for keeping us safe afterwords.
If you want the credit when things go RIGHT on your watch then you have to take the responsibility when things go WRONG on your watch. Sorry Dubya.
