Troll,

And the CIA, through Pakistan, funded and trained bin Laden. George Sr. made the point that the reality of foreign policy is that sometimes you have to deal with people you don't like. A little damage control maybe?

There is and will be plenty of blame to go around. None of it overly constructive. W has the responsibility. Whether he carries that out directly or through skillful delegation, as HST said, the buck truly stops in the Oval Office. What becomes the benchmark are results.

As to Mr. Boortz: So what? George Sr never did strike at him and was also , as I recall, around when the CIA was shoveling money at him. (And at Saddam come to that). Reagan refused to acknowledge on his watch that Saddam was practicing genocide against the Kurds and actively supressed evidence of same. (Which had to send a confused message to certain groups in the mid-east).

BTW, hs anyone heard or seen any comment from Saudi Arabia in the news?

Regards

John