Clarke sure had some big ideas, that never went anywhere.
1 posted on
03/24/2004 5:51:25 PM PST by
mrsmith
To: mrsmith
2 posted on
03/24/2004 6:03:48 PM PST by
mrsmith
("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
To: mrsmith
That's right. Few of Clarke's ideas for direct action got any traction at all with Clinton in the White House. It was Bush that took his ideas, pronounced them not-ambitious-enough, and acted. Clarke wanted a commando raid on Osama and couldn't get Clinton's attention even for that. Bush took down the Taliban, chased Al Qaeda into hiding, and determined to drain the swamp that produced and funded and protected them.
That is the bottom line. Clarke could not get Clinton to focus; Bush thought Clarke was too timid. Clarke and Clinton did not act. Bush did.
5 posted on
03/24/2004 6:22:52 PM PST by
marron
To: mrsmith
The more the merrier I'm sure. How many peices can we rip Ossama in?
7 posted on
03/24/2004 7:20:42 PM PST by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: Nita Nuprez
Courtesy ping to the original poster.
8 posted on
03/24/2004 7:39:51 PM PST by
mrsmith
("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
To: Nita Nupress
Repost of one of yours.
Forgot you (quite correctly)changed your name.
17 posted on
03/27/2004 11:00:12 AM PST by
mrsmith
("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
To: mrsmith
23 posted on
04/10/2004 7:52:34 AM PDT by
mrsmith
("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
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