Terror Attacks - Myths and Facts

So now we know! President Obama and his administration does not have the ability to keep us safe from Islamic extremists. This is obviously true since it is a fact that the previous administration has prevented all terrorist attacks on American soil since 9/11. Well, it is true, isn't it?

This is what we are being told by various republican operatives and politicians. Rudy Gulianni just the other day stated that George Bush kept us safe and terror free since 9/11. Joining him in that chorus over the past few days has been Hayley Barbour. Prior to the Christmas day attempt Mary Matlin implied the George Bush inherited the 9/11 attack and Dana Perino has stated that there had been no terrorist attacks while Bush was in office.

This brings up a couple of questions that should be answered. First and foremost why are each of the persons mentioned above so wrong. Secondly, why are they allowed to repeat this line without being called on it?

With just a brief scan of the Internet I have found the following instances of what can / should be remembered as terror attacks on American soil.

1: Richard Reid the "shoe bomber tried to blow up a plane in December of 2001.
2: The unsolved Anthrax attacks
3: The attack on the El AL ticket counter at LAX
4: The beltway snipers
5: In 2006 someone drove his SUV onto a college campus hitting 9 people. The driver has been quoted as stating that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Mohammed Atta.

It did not take me long to come up with these events. If I can come up with these events sitting at home why can't news organizations prepping for these various interviews do the same thing?

The bottom line with this story is this: George Bush did not prevent all terrorist attacks from happening during his tenure post 9/11. To say that he did is either a lie or an act of willful ignorance.