Ted Rall on 9/11

“Instead of abandoning standard party-line politics, Bush cheapened the 9/11 attacks by using them to promote Republican platform planks like free trade and huge tax cuts for his rich contributors. Instead of uniting Americans, he smeared Democrats as unpatriotic. Instead of going after the Saudi and Pakistani government officials who contributed to 9/11, he called them allies in a “war on terrorism” that killed and maimed ordinary, innocent Muslims. And he ruined a feeling of post-9/11 national unity that had prevailed among all Americans.”