So far, the only change that is evident in our country is the title that Bush holds, which is president.
There are many who are criticizing Bush not for being elected president, but rather how much he knew about the events. The fact that September 11th can even be construed as avoidable if President Bush just did "something else,"" is not all that preposterous. According to his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush was told in his daily intelligence briefing on August 6th that Osama Bin Laden might use terrorist hijackings to attack the United States. She described this briefing as "analytic- not predictive: it described al-Qaeda's modus operandi without giving specific warnings. In response to the questions asking whether the briefing contained anything that might have helped avoid the attacks, the president has strongly defended his action "or inaction, depending on how you see it. President Bush seems to reassure us that "had [he] known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that fateful morning, [he] would have done everything in [his] power to protect the American people."".
This argument was convincing, because it is inconceivable that a president would have knowingly taken risks with a threat of this sort. Bush's poll numbers have barely budged, suggesting that we, as a society, believe him. It is far from clear what action could have prevented the attacks. The vice-president, Dick Cheney, said further terrorist mayhem will be almost inevitable. Robert Mueller, the head of the FBI, said there would be suicide bombers in America. Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary, told a Senate hearing that terrorists are sure to use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons eventually. Even now, it is hard to know what to do about it, and before September 11th, it was even harder. Yet, we seem to believe that President Bush knows. But does he? Or does the Puppet Master know, and is communicating his findings and intelligence to his puppet "our president.
