If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that mans intelligence and his comprehension… would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Someday well learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation. – Frank Rich