My only conclusion is that there were no other 9/11's in the works that Bush's actions (starting with the Patriot Act) stopped. The shoe bomber? The underwear bomber?? Those idiots who were going to blow up the Sears Tower??? Where's the threat?
Then the attack on the American Embassy was another bombing for any American building overseas is like being on American soil.
Oh horsepucky. What huge new bureaucracy did W create prior to 9/11? What agents did he intimidate from doing their job? What directives did he sign that made us less safe?