"No one could have imagined...."

That's what they'll say when one of our ports is hit by terrorists - "no one could have imagined" that they would.

They said it after the 9/11 attacks. Of course people had imagined it, and had warned our government. They said it after Katrina hit New Orleans; the levies didn't dodge any bullets. And they said it when HAMAS won victory in the Palestinian elections last month. It was just one more Bush Administration lie.

Now we know the President didn't know about the deal to hand port operations over to a company owned by an Arab state that has ties to terrorism. The UAE is like Saudi Arabia: run by a hereditary oligarchy made up of a family that has many members - some good, some evil - with very little control over their peers.

And when they lie that no one could have imagined, there will be plenty of proof that the signs were there and the outcry was real. And the blame will fall squarely on George W. Bush.