Democrat's seem to have gone crazy over the ABC movie about the runup to the 911 attack. I didn't watch the movie, but I gather that it was as critical of Republicans as it was Democrats. In hindsight, it would have been good for Clinton to have taken care of bin Laden. We can all see that now. But, it have been heavily criticized if it had been done. Part of what has happened is explained by the philosophical differences in Democrats and Republicans. The Democrats favor turning some of our national sovereignty to a world government such as the UN. Thus terrorist acivities should be treated as criminal activites, so the government can only react to what is done. Evidence is reguired before the terrorists are arrested. Republicans view the terrorists more in terms of war. In war you take preemptive action against the enemy. Evidence such as would be used in a criminal trial is not an issue. The current Democrat leaders (Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Kerry, Gore and Dean) can only envision a war as something that must be fought against a nation state. Since the Jihadis are not a nation state, they must be treated as criminals. Fortunately, the Republicans don't see it that way. Hopefully the Republicans will remain in power until some wiser Democrat leaders emerge.