The Other 2001 Anniversary

The Republican like to wave the anniversary of September 11, 2001 as a bloody flag against anyone who challenges them but there is another important 2001 date that will go down in history, but one George W. Bush would like to forget.

On August 6, 2001, Bush supposedly was briefed on a presidential daily brief entitled Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S.

The memo stated FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.

Just over a month later Al Qaeda did strike and Bush, who was watching his popularity fall as one would expect of an illegitimate president, saw the public disregard their concerns and support him.

But rather than go after an enemy who attacked the United States, Bush tried to go to war on the cheap so he could pursue his policy of going after Iraq. Democrats missed a chance to say "Finish Afghanistan First" and instead saw Bush be "re-elected."

So today, four years later, one has to wonder if the Bush White House is marking this anniversary, for it possibly was just as important as September 11. If they had acted and stopped the attacks they might not have been given credit and lost the 2004 election. Instead thousands in New York, Washington, D.C. and soldiers from across the country might be alive today.

An anniversary to remember indeed.