[mitchbert]

Clinton could have had Bin Laden grabbed years before. He passed up the opportunity.

Clinton could have resisted the urge to deny the CIA and FBI the right to share data. He didn't.

Clinton could have instructed his intellegence people to pursue the concept of Project Bjoinka, to see if there was any meat in it. He didn't, as far as we know.

While I will not go as far as blaming Clinton for 9/11; he didn't fly the planes into the buildings after all, I have no problem opining that if he were more concerned with American security than what was going on underneath his desk recent history would be significantly altered.

Bottom line:

Clinton waffled and ignored the problem, Bush stood up and took action to eliminate the problem. And the world is a better place today because Barbara's son did. Period.

[Dog Gone]

Clinton could have had Bin Laden grabbed years before. He passed up the opportunity.

Yes, that probably would have prevented 9/11.

But the problem was deeper than that, and it goes back years before that, too. Gerald Ford began the wussification of the CIA, and political correctness has been allowed to dictate our policies in immigration, intelligence, and foreign affairs ever since.

The problem was systemic. In fact, it was codified.

All of us allowed this to happen by our failure to prevent it.

CBS and others want to blame it on Bush for obvious political reasons. But it's not completely accurate to blame it all on Clinton, either.

An entire generation of American policy and attitude is the real reason why we didn't have the ability to prevent the attack.

[revtown]

Al Gore's comission that was formed after TWA 800, could of implemented their more extensive airport screenings.

Instead they nuckled under to the evil corporations and blew it off. Sounds like something the Republicans would be blamed for.

[section9]

Kean is a Republican, remember that. He was simply stupid in going to CBS News. Kean came out and reiterated what was really wrong on September 11th; that a lot of little stupid mistakes led to an easy attack on the U.S.. He was careful not to pin blame on Administration officials. He knows, as Bush and Clinton do, that the next step would be a document dump by the Bushies on someone's doorstep detailing every stupid thing Clinton let happen.

Clinton is being left alone because Bush doesn't want open partisan warfare in the middle of a military campaign. So he's letting sleeping dogs lie, which is a smart thing.

Every weapon the Democrats have dried has come up wanting. This will, as well.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[lizma]

Clinton waffled and ignored the problem, Bush stood up and took action to eliminate the problem. And the world is a better place today because Barbara's son did. Period.

Unfortuneately it wasn't just Clinton. It was the American republic who chose to be apathetic.
Sinister chatacters come and go, watching friends and neighbors be too lazy to pay attention is actually heart breaking and very hard to understand.

[FlashBack]

Amen!!!
All valid points and I totally agree.
The Clinton's destruction of the CIA and the military as a whole while their time in office certainly "contributed" as well to the events as they unfolded.
Clinton would say things publicly and then basically do nothing...G.W. stated what he was going to do and then DID it!!