Well I hope I didn't come across as if I was chiding wnker. I didn't mean that and hope the comment above wasn't referring to me.
I just don't think it's fair to say it's Bush's fault. Lots of things
are his fault (in my opinion) but 9/11 isn't one.
If the suggestion is that Bush blames himself because it happened on his watch, then by implication (no, actually by direct assertion) he should also blame himself for every road-death that occurs on his watch, every death due to polution, every death due to murder by assault weapons and most certainly every single death in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But the President cannot be blamed for things that just happen on his watch, if and unless he willfully ignored information or failed to put in place plans and actions to address them. I know some will argue this point with me, but the point I'm trying to make is that he can't personally be blamed. It would have happened no matter who was in the White House. Al Queade attacked America, not Bush.
So, no chiding intended. Just a statement of disagreement.
Mr Mephisto