Gregg Easterbrook presents an interesting piece on what might have happened if the Bush Administration had acted on the information they had in the summer of 2001. An excerpt:
On August 7, 2001, Bush had ordered the United States military to stage an all-out attack on alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan. Thousands of U.S. special forces units parachuted into this neutral country, while air strikes targeted the Afghan government and its supporting military. Pentagon units seized abandoned Soviet air bases throughout Afghanistan, while establishing support bases in nearby nations such as Uzbekistan. Simultaneously, FBI agents throughout the United States staged raids in which dozens of men accused of terrorism were taken prisoner.
Please read the whole thing. I believe Gregg's version of history makes at least as much sense as anything touted by the Anybody But Bush crowd.
Stolen from Noticed at small dead animals.
