The Times should have noted that they are too busy varnishing up Bush's image for the next election to be concerned about dealing with the real problem of terrorism. To them, terrorism is a PR problem more than a securiy problem for our nation.
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The White House is so thin-skinned and defensive, however, that it simply cannot bring itself to join what ought to be a grown-up national conversation of how best to deal with terrorism. Its schoolyard name-calling does no one any good, least of all Mr. Bush, who is made to appear far more interested in undermining Mr. Clarke's credibility than in addressing the heart of his critique.