In Osama Bin Laden's 1998 ABC interview, he said he was shocked at how suddenly the U.S. forces fled Somalia--"paper tigers" was the phrase he used. Bill Clinton's cowardice from Somalia through Khobar Towers, embassy bombings, USS Cole, et al plus the Clinton-Gorelick Wall made 911 a certainty, while the Bush preemptive-proactive policy has prevented its recurrence.
But when BJ is rushing on his run he convinces himself he didn't really eat the strawberries.
For sociopath-commie reprise, see also, Rod-Em, Hillary: She Who Must Be Oyveyyed.