Bobert you wouldn't credit Bush with anything period even if he single-handedly saved the planet and all the ills of mankind.

Here is what I give him credit for:

- Complete revamp of US Intelligence Services and Security Agencies
- Improved lines of communication to ensure overview of intelligence data.
- Drawing the line in the sand - "You are either with us or against us" Which concentrated the minds of some waiverers and increased the amount of information and degree of co-operation with US Intelligence Services from around the world.
- IMO ISPS Code
- Department of Homeland Security
- Intelligence gathering powers
- Taking the fight to the "enemy" whenever and wherever that enemy can be found. Al-Qaeda is having a tough enough time struggling to survive at the moment, it doesn't have time to plot or the facilities to train.
- Forced the leadership of Al-Qaeda to very publicly declare war on their own kind (Tends not to go down well in the "muslim world" when muslim is ordered to kill muslim).

Oh yes everybody is now naturally more vigilant, but the reforms introduced by George W Bush and his administration in the wake of 911, now mean that when somebody notices something or hears something that information is processed and acted a on a damn sight quicker and more effectively than ever it was before.