Republicans, weak on terror!

A message that anyone opposed to the Republicans, i.e. the Democrats, need to hammer is that the Republicans are weak in the war on terror.
What, do you say? Attack the Republican party where their supposed strength lies? That's nearly Roveian in nature.
If I were in charge of the Democratic party today, I would pound the Republicans on their failures in the "war on terror" and paint them as being weak, through misguided efforts.
If the American people begin to see how bumbling the Republicans really have been since 9/11, they would never give this party any semblance of power again.
Here are the key issues that need to be hammered into the minds of Americans -
5 years after 9/11, and where is Osama? Bush has given Osama a de facto pardon. The most powerful country in the world cannot catch this man after 5 years and half a trillion dollars spent on a "war on terror". In fact, nature may have brought him to justice before the U.S. could, in the form of a typhoid infection.
Iraq was not part of the war on terror until Bush made it so. Al Qaeda was not in Iraq before we allowed them in, through the chaos that ensued our toppling of Saddam Hussein. Bush deserves an honorary metal from Al Qaeda for aiding and abetting their cause by waging a war based on lies in Iraq.
9/11 did not need to happen. George W. Bush and Condi Rice were clearing shrub in Crawford instead of paying attention to a presidential memo in August 2001 titled "Bin Laden determined to attack inside the U.S." Could anyone imagine Al Gore or Bill Clinton turning a blind eye to that kind of warning?
In times of true national danger, George W. Bush is a deer caught in the headlights. Just watch the video from Florida where Bush sits in front of these 3rd graders while the 9/11 attacks were under way. It's easy to create scripted, polished moments to make anyone look good, but it is those unscripted moments like these that truly reflect the "leadership" or lack thereof, in a person.
Finally, torture and the moral high ground. In order to fight a "war on terror" effectively, we need to do so from the vantage point of a moral high ground. By allowing the torture and abuse of detainees, even if some of them have committed harms against us, we are losing the moral high ground in this battle, stooping to lows more like our enemies rather than the shining example of freedom, opportunity, and justice that America should represent.

If the Democrats seize the initiative and attack the Republicans on their supposed area of "strength" by painting them as weak on defending our country, the balance of power will shift in this country.