It's hard to say whether or not anything would have been done were someone else in office. I think it's one of those things that you absolutely cannot know until you are actually in the situation.

It's like the woman who beat the carjacker with her Club, and then was sued for assault. Now, to me, beating someone with your anti-theft device seems a little extreme. But if it were my child strapped into their carseat in back, you can sure as hell bet I wouldn't just give them my keys.

The president is charged with protecting the nation. When something like 9/11 becomes a reality, I think your logic changes. Things that you normally wouldn't consider become possiblities. Although I think we were right to go to Afganastan, I don't agree with the whole Iraq thing. I think that things should have been resolved in Afganastan before we commited troops elsewhere. Based of the articles I've read, I think our military is stretched too thin.

And Paul, I hear October 27th is the magic day for Osama to be "captured".