Ari Fleischer: “I just think it's too late. Too much time has passed by. And it is so hard to build a successful presidential campaign.”

Let me just for argument's sake grant his argument, his logic, none of what he said would have stopped 9/11 from taking place.

He’s one of the most in-touch modern presidents.

Critics note he made the announcement after getting hired to do P.R. for the Saudis' golf venture.

He made a reference to barrel bomb himself and how concerned he was about that.