Clinton gutted the military and allowed terrorism to take root. He simply did not take bin Laden or alQaeda seriously.
Clinton's eight years was a vacation from history. The stuff he cared about, like school uniforms and midnight basketball, are so insignificant in light of 9/11 and this natural disaster that I'm surprised he has the nerve to say a word about Bush.
My point about Bush's support for bigger government than Clinton was solely in reference *domestic* spending and regulation, not foreign policy or terrorism.