re: GW Bush was not my favorite president, but he sure had some shite happen on his watch

quote:

---

less than 5 months after taking office, Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

---

Difference being we had already been attacked and knew who/where our enemies were. It wasn’t until a few weeks before 9/11 that the intelligence community figured out something might be up. Compounded by fighting an unconventional enemy that used unconventional tactics