{"id":11022,"date":"2015-09-17T03:23:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T03:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2015-09-17T03:23:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T03:23:05","slug":"gw-bush-kept-us-safe-umm-not-entirely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11022","title":{"rendered":"GW Bush kept us safe? Umm, not entirely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/President_George_W__Bush_discussing_Social_Security.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11023\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/President_George_W__Bush_discussing_Social_Security-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"President_George_W__Bush_discussing_Social_Security\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/President_George_W__Bush_discussing_Social_Security-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/President_George_W__Bush_discussing_Social_Security.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeb Bush took up for his big brother, the 43rd president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He said tonight: &#8220;When it comes to my brother, there&#8217;s one thing I know for sure &#8212; he kept us safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let me think about that for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>OK. Actually, he didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/644330647952203776\">What about 9\/11?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unless, of course, you don&#8217;t count the 9\/11 terrorist attacks that occurred about nine months in George W. Bush&#8217;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, I get that the former Florida governor wants to stick up for his brother. Family ties are unbreakable in most instances.<\/p>\n<p>However, the record shows in graphic detail that the worst single hostile act to occur on American soil took place on President Bush&#8217;s watch.<\/p>\n<p>Was he to blame personally for the immense national security failure that resulted in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? No. However, he did assemble a national security team that he charged with keeping the nation alert to signs of trouble.<\/p>\n<p>But if the president is to assume responsibility for protecting the nation against those who intend to do us harm, well &#8230; then he must be held responsible when harm arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Which it surely did on Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeb Bush took up for his big brother, the 43rd president of the United States. He said tonight: &#8220;When it comes to my brother, there&#8217;s one thing I know for sure &#8212; he kept us safe.&#8221; Let me think about that for a minute. OK. Actually, he didn&#8217;t. What about 9\/11? 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