Everybody blames Bush because ever since 9/11 and esp. during his re-election campaign he has played to the hilt the strong man, law-and-order, with-me-you-are-safe card and a majority of americans fell for the scam, whcih sealed a compact of sorts between him and them. Now the downside of such tactics, as he is now discovering, is that once you stepped in that kind of shoes, you have to deliver of face a backlash. Oh you're only human and everybody makes mistakes and it isn't fair to blame me for everything and and and..., you say now? Well, too late. An eminently moral outcome.