The Presidency that Osama Bin Laden built.

When the question of why there is evil in the world is asked of Christian clergymen they often reply that it is the work of Satan. They then talk about a great struggle for our souls between the agents of darkness and the Lord.

When people talk about terrorism they often talk about he agents of terror and their desire to destroy our way of life. They then talk about the great struggle between the agents of Al-Qaeda and our president, George W. Bush.

It is as if without the threat of terrorism there is no need for George Bush.

Do any of us remember what kind of president Bush was before 9-11? Or are you like me and did not really notice him until he stood on the rubble and told us we were going to find these criminals and bring them to justice? That is when he entered my field of vision. And I believed him. I needed him to say that. But those were just words.

George Bush would love to go down in history as the man who finally fought terrorism. Not defeated it. Just the man who fought it. After all, as many in his administration will admit, you cannot really defeat terrorism. Or can you?

CIA field commander Gary Berntsen claims that he had Bin Laden contained at Tora Bora. He further claims that the U.S. commanders just let him slip away. Why would they do that? That was in December 2001. That was just three months after we were attacked on September 11th, 2001. Could we have ended this war on terror in three months? And if we could why did we not do it?

On December 2001 the number of terrorists loyal to Bin Laden was probably in the hundreds. They were a splinter group of angry Muslims that hated America for interfering in the affairs of their country and for supporting Israel. If we had captured or killed Bin Laden in 2001 we may have greatly curtailed the growth of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic world.

After letting Bin Laden escape America invaded Iraq. The reason given was that they had "Weapons of Mass Destruction", and that they represented a very real threat to America. After defeating the small resistance, our forces stuck around and attempted to create a new democracy. As we are now aware many of the Iraqis took umbrage with our interference and joined an insurgency. Now Iraq is a breeding ground for for a whole new generation of terrorists who hate America. We know that the number of Al-Qaeda has grown exponentially. We now face possibly thousands of enemies determined to cause us harm.

Our president's response to this is to continue to grab power here in the United States and conduct business as usual overseas. He seems incapable of learning from his mistakes and is constantly caught screwing up or abusing his power. But everytime he stumbles the media reminds us of the terror threat. We are reminded that we are at war. That we are in danger.

Do you remember when the terror alert seemed to go up every time there was a negative story about the administratin on the airwaves? It was not until late night comedians started making jokes about it that it came to a sudden stop. And it did stop suddenly didn't it? Why would it stop suddenly? Did the number of threats diminish? Or were all of those threats pure bullshit? Did any of them amount to anything? No!

And where are the alerts after Bin Laden released his most recent tape? In the tape Bin Laden makes very direct threats against our country. Yet there are no alerts. None.

Does George Bush need another attack in this country to shore up his support? Is he that desperate? That heartless? I do not want to believe that.

George Bush needs Osama Bin Laden. Without Osama, Bush is a failed president. He has stumbled at every opportunity. He has come up short on every challenge. The only success he can point to is the war on terror. Of course we know that that probably has been his biggest failure. He attacked the wrong country. Appointed unqualified individuals to run FEMA and The Department of Homeland Security. He has stomped on the law in a desperate attempt to gather information. He has angered our allies and caused them to pull away from us after such an incredible outpouring of support after 9-11. Without Bin Laden to keep us scared Bush has nothing.

So do we now understand why we could not capture Bin Laden four years ago? What do you think?