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This 3 page paper provides a summary and review of this article on terrorism as appears in the Economist in 2004. No additional sources cited.
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claims to have taken the threat of terrorism seriously from the start of his administration and that 9/11 really demonstrated how seriously he had taken things ("The Blame Game," 2004).
In other words, the attack in some way proved that Bush could be tough due to his reaction. The author goes on to note a number of things concerning terrorism
and the reaction to it, as well as the criticisms of Mr. Bush and others. At the time of the writing, an election year, it is noted that more people
trust Bush than Kerry, the democratic rival at the time ("The Blame Game," 2004). It is reported that Congress set up a situation to investigate terrorism and the Al
Qaeda attacks ("The Blame Game," 2004). The conclusion was that both Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton had not done a very good job in their terms as president, at least
on this front ("The Blame Game," 2004). The article provides specific reactions as follows: "Richard Clarke ("Against All Enemies", Free Press) leveled accusations that could prove even more damaging. Mr
Clarke, the counter-terrorism co-ordinator in both the Bush and Clinton administrations, argues that Mr Clinton took the threat of al-Qaeda somewhat more seriously than the Bush administration (and even had
successes against it, such as foiling a plot to bomb Los Angeles airport and a hotel in Jordan during the millennium celebrations and disrupting its attempt to take over Bosnia
during the Yugoslav wars). The Bush administration was weaker, Mr Clarke claims, because members of the presidents inner circle were distracted by their obsession with Saddam Hussein. Before 9/11, they
thought the danger from al-Qaeda important; they did not think it urgent" ("The Blame Game," 2004, p.54). One criticism lodged is that President Bush was supposed to get together with
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