The late July, 2001 Genoa G8 meeting. Wherein our hero, with his faithful sidekick "Kinda Crazy" Rice, stayed, not in a fabulous former palace like is the custom, but instead on a US warship in harbor. So he could be defended from air attacks.
What Bush Knew In July, 2001
Missiles to protect summit leaders July 11, 2001, The Guardian
Italy has installed a missile defence system at Genoa's airport to deter airborne attacks during next week's G8 summit,...A land-based battery of rockets with a range of nine miles and an altitude of 5,000 feet has been positioned in the latest security measure against perceived threats ... Unidentified planes, helicopters and balloons risk being shot down should they drift too close to the heads of state ... [the Defense Ministry said] "They are little missiles ... which only have a deterrent function to discourage any aerial-led attack and they do not present any danger to the residents of the city," he said....
Genoa's Bizarre Fortress Summit July 23, 2001, Italian blogger reporting Italian news
...And the CIA station chief in Italy warned the Italian secret services that al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden's terrorist group, might be planning a suicide attack on the summit. Italy took security precautions seriously and placed Spada surface-to-air missiles at strategic locations around Genoa in the event of a terrorist air attack....
CNN on security for Genoa July 20, 2001
Surface-to-air missiles, fighter jets and naval ships form part of the security operation, which is also responsible for defending the summit from attacks by terrorists.
"The G8 summit in Genoa", July 20, 2001, The Guardian
... There are missile batteries at the airport to counter any terrorist threat....
The link above is over 4 years old, and I didn't check if the links still work. And I can't immediately go looking for the Warship Honeymoon in Genoa.
But get this: It's two weeks, TWO WEEKS, (yelling appropriate) before Bush's Aug 6 briefing "bin Laden determined to attack in US." Just two weeks before he and his gal-pal are sleeping on a ship because he's told al-qaeda plans to fly a plane George W. Bush. So with this threat fresh in his very bones, he hears the briefing, and thinks "Good time for a vacation."
Is it stupidity, or complicity, or delusion, or demonic possession, or laziness, or what... It doesn't matter. It's just simply nothing of good.
After this election, whoever wins, maybe we should confer on the wisdom of making "Resign Now! (and take your pals)" a focus.