From Richard Cohen's column in the Washington Post:
On the very day that George Bush changed his mind and said that the war on terrorism was in fact winnable, the following things happened: Suicide bombers killed 16 people in Israel; 12 Nepalese service workers (dishwashers, etc.) were massacred in Iraq; five Afghans were accidentally killed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan; nine people were killed by a suicide bomber at a Moscow subway station, and five more American servicemen were reported dead in Iraq.
Imagine if these events had happened during Bill Clinton's term--or worse yet--Jimmy Carter. Imagine the media howl that would have ensued. Imagine the quick calls for impeachment, the Congressional hearings, the independent prosecutor.