It's called the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT and NOT the OFFENSE DEPARTMENT

Republicans keep trying to act as if they're heros because of 9/11.

The truth is the Bush administration and Republican majority needs to take responsibility for 9/11 happening in the first place!

Of course, they don't take responsibility for anything. Not for starting a war. Not for the massive deficit. Not for unemployment and a weak economy. Not for the loss of American jobs. They preach "personal responsibility" merely as a way of trying to avoid their own responsibility.

Sep 11 happened under the watch of A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY.

That's unarguable. They might try to say that Clinton's years in office allowed it to happen, but in truth, the Clinton administration met daily--with the president, to counter-terrorism.

Did we have a terrorist attack during the Clinton administration? No.

Did we have a terrorist attack during the Bush administration? Yes. The Bush administration ignored the situation, ignored memos reading, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike United States." That's not Clinton's fault, that's clearly Bush's fault.

Now some candidates, including the formerly centrist and only recently right-wing Romney (and of course Mr. Cheney, with his massive public support of a 9%, probably the lowest of any politician in US history!) is claiming the Democrats want the US to go back on the "defensive."

That's right. We do.

Our military is called The DEFENSE DEPARTMENT and not The OFFENSE DEPARTMENT. It's called that for good reason--the US is not supposed to start wars. We are supposed to finish them. Prevent them if possible.

But the Bush administration didn't allow the defense department to plan the offense, Rumsfeld and Rove and Wolfowitz and their political cronies planned it (if you can call what they did planning), over the heads and the objections of the trained military generals.

Yet have men take responsibility for their mistakes? No. Have they taken responsibility for 9/11 and the attacks on American soil in the first place? No.

Finally, virtually everything the Bush administration has said or done regarding this offensive and unnecessary war has been wrong since the start. And yet they keep acting as if doing more of the same will make it better.

The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. What does that say about the Bush administration and their "plans" for the future?

Think about it. Yes, THINK. They don't want you to, but you can. It even feels good. You'll be so proud of yourself. Give it a try.