I have long thought this, and for manyof the reasons outlined in this book Imperial Hubris, , and echoed by both former Secretary of the Treausry Paul O’Neill, a nd former anti-terrorsist czar, Richard Clarke: that we can fight the terrorist threat by the shher force of might (conventional military, which in modern times, is increasingly dependent on “bombing” our way in). Clarke and O’Neill advocated tactics equivalent to the foe, which is concerted, coordinated, covert efforts to weed out and track down. Clarke revealed in his book how Bush had NO MEETINGS with him, despite his continued insistence on briefing the president on the Al-Quieda threat, until the day it all happened (or the first in a series of attacks on our soil). The decision to “go it alone” is what gives this latest book I’ve been looking at, it’s title “Imperial Hubris”. The Bush administration is DANGEROUSLY NAIVE and conceited about the effectiveness of America’s power. This seems ot be why the Anti-terrorist directors have beenlining up on the way out of the Bush administration. The man that replace Clarke in that postion quit in frustration only a few months later, and then the replacement there also left, both of them expressing to Clarke their utter amazement and horror at the singlemindedness and blindness of this administration in refusing to face how inept their response has been.