President Bush took another opportunity to bash the Democrat- controlled Congress today in a speech he delivered on global terrorism, saying that some members are “behaving as if America is not at war.”

“I know that when I discuss the war on terror, some here in Washington, D.C., dismiss it as political rhetoric, an attempt to scare people into votes,” he said at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. “Given the nature of the enemy and the words of its leaders, politicians who deny that we are at war are either being disingenuous or naive.”

He went on to say: “We are at war. And we cannot win this war by wishing it away or pretending it does not exist.”

For two weeks, the president has accused members of Congress  narrowly controlled by Democrats since January  of dragging their feet on legislation ranging from trade deals to children’s health. Today Mr. Bush criticized them for not helping him put measures in place to ensure national security.