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Frankly, from what I can tell Clarke is saying that we, as a nation, dropped the ball years and years ago and have looked at it from time to time but have never bothered to pick it up. I am not going to defend anyone on this issue. Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and now W. Bush all have to share blame. I hope that this country learns from this commission and makes the appropriate changes in policy. I also hope that the current administration decides to be more cooperative with the commission, Condoleeza Rice in particular.
I find it "refreshing" (if that's the right word) that Clarke, in fact, blames himself in part for the 9/11 attacks. We would be a much stronger nation if those parties who are to blame, accepted this blame and helped us to figure out what went wrong and how to prevent it in the future.
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