[mrsmith]

Clarke sure had some big ideas, that never went anywhere.

[mrsmith]

Some more old Clarke threads:

Time Magazine's 'Clinton Plan' Fish Story
Anout the Time story in Aug. 2002 that Clarke responded to.

Bush Aides Deny Getting Plan to Fight Al Qaeda [Another 'BUSH-KNEW!!' campaign]
Clarke's response to the Time article

Taliban Official Warned U.S. in 1999
Another Clarke failure.

[marron]

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.

[GeronL]

The more the merrier I'm sure. How many peices can we rip Ossama in?

[mrsmith]

Courtesy ping to the original poster.

[mrsmith]

Repost of one of yours.

Forgot you (quite correctly)changed your name.

[mrsmith]

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a536608.htm

Who Is Osama Bin Laden? Looks like real threat folks. 08/21/98 Paul L. Hepperla