My, how things change

Harry Reid appears to be expressing the new Democrat mantra regards terrorism in 2006:

"Five years after 9/11, al-Qaida has morphed into a global franchise operation, terror attacks have increased sharply across the world and the president has shut down the program designed to catch Osama bin Laden," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said in a statement following Bush's remarks.

Tell it to Louis Freeh, Harry. Here's what some of his people said about the Clinton policy of the 1990s:

“The drug war was the big thing back then, and terrorism was way on the back burner.” Additionally, also in 1994, a key FBI informant will begin monitoring local radical militants (see October 1996). However, terrorism will remain a low priority for the Phoenix, Arizona, FBI office

Speaking of Arizona, it would still be interesting to find this guy and ask a few questions.

Not to be forgotten, our talk tough-on-terrorism Left Tennessee golden boy showed he can read the talking points, too:

“The president told us that the British attacks are a stark reminder that the nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom,’’ Mr. Ford said, “yet his administration has dismantled the very infrastructure that is responsible for catching those terrorists.”

Near the top of a New York Times article--that's pretty heady stuff for our little 9th District Representative. But the bottom line is this new democrat strategy, "tough but smart", is a can of flim-flam.

Oh, speaking of bin Laden, some of us are still waiting for him to weigh in on the Lebanon affair, of which Zawahiri vowed they wouldn't be silent about. Must have been some trouble with the al-Jazeera recording equipment.