U.S. National Security Off Course?

Today at the National Archives, Obama took his argument for closing Gitmo to the public. In his address, he claimed that, after the September 11 attacks, the Bush Administration took America's national security "off course". Uhmmmmmm, what? Since 1983, the US had experienced multiple attacks that were becoming progressively more bold and impactful. In 1985, the US experienced simultaneous attacks at the checkpoints of Rome and Vienna international airports; in 1995, two US embassies, in Kenya and Tanzania, were bombed simultaneously; in 1995, five US military and civilian advisors were killed by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia; in 1993 on U.S. soil, a bomb in a van exploded in the parking garage in the World Trade Center; in 2000, a United States destroyer was attacked in a suicide attack; and, in 2001, two of the WTC towers and the Pentagon were attacked. Those were but a few samples of the many terrorist attacks that were launched against the US, there were more. Since 9/11, how many major attacks have been launched against the U.S.? Sure, there have been attacks as part of a war effort, but those have come as part of a war in which the U.S. is actively fighting. And, during that time, U.S. civilians have experienced protection that has not been seen in quite a while. Thinking about it, do we really want to get back "on course"?