There was no reason why Clinton couldn't have begun military action against Al Qeda after the Cole bombing. George H.W. Bush began the Somali Operation prior to Clinton coming into office and it was supposed to be nothing more than a humanitarian program. But as we all know, Clinton allowed the U.N. to take control of our operation over there and turned it into a manhunt for Aideed and the death of our soldiers. FDR began our involvement in WWII and Truman finished it. There was no excuse for Clinton not acting immediately after the Cole bombing. There should have been hearings on their lack of action, and people should have been held accountable.