Sorry. There is a huge difference between being prepared in the eventuality of war and knowing what is coming when.
When we fought the war against Iraq, there was already a plan in place to fight it.... long before Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. This is quite common. Battle plans are hatched far in advance.
If Bush knew that far in advance, don't you think everything (PATRIOT Act and the rest) would have been ready more than 2 days in advance?
Seriously, our Intelligence community knew something was going to happen. After the WTC attack back in 199~, we ALL knew something was going to happen. UBL was not going to go away with a firecracker in a subterranean garage. All intelligence suggested that he would do something.
UBL knew what he was going to do. His deranged, asshat Cell leaders knew. The flunkies in the back did not have a clue (See Video)
How to attack? That was obvious... airplanes. Hijacked airplanes... flown by religious zealots...
What was unclear - before 9/11 a hijacking was a leisurely flight to Cuba. After 9/11, the meaning has changed. We now look at planes as missles... with beverage carts.
The where - THAT IS THE DIFFICULT POINT... A nation so prosperous... from sea to shining sea with soooo many targets. Which one? Where? When? Can we shoot down an airliner over a metropolitan area? What to do?
These warnings were soooo vague.
Seriously - put down the bong for a second, think, and for the love of Christ stop typing. You are idiots.