Say what?

Norm's posted a link to a Jonathan Freedland article, headed "What if they are all wrong - and Bush turns out to be one of the great American presidents?" read the whole thing here.

He goes on to list a lot of achievements. What about Afghanistan though? I remember that October Sunday, a few short weeks after September 11th. I was having a civilised tea in the big front room of the Shelbourne when Shay's mobile went. He finished the call and said "we'll never forget where we were when they started bombing."

We all gulped a bit. Later, neither one of us hotshot Americans could figure out how to turn on the rental car's radio. We drove round and round the car park at Heathrow at one o'clock at night until we found a guy to show us. The newscaster's words boomed out like the voice of doom.