Mr. Clarke's Admission

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 30, 2004 | Editorial

[OESY]

If President Bush had followed every last letter of Richard Clarke's recommendations starting Inauguration Day, it still would not have prevented 9/11. How do we know this? Richard Clarke says so.

Mr. Gorton: "Assuming that the recommendations that you made on January 25 of 2001 . . . including aid to the Northern Alliance which had been an agenda item at this point for two and a half years without any action, assuming that there had been more Predator reconnaissance missions, assuming that that had all been adopted, say, on January 26, year 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would have prevented 9/11?"

[OESY]

If Dems want Condi to testify in public under oath, shouldn't they offer up ex-pres Clinton to do the same?

Do I hear any clapping?

[Always Right]

What I don't understand is what Clinton did that Clarke 'felt' that Clinton cared so much more about terrorism than Bush. This is kind of like those mothers who 'felt' Clinton cared more about their kids than their real fathers. Clinton makes everyone feel like he gives a crap, but that doesn't mean anything. I want to know what Clinton did.

[Hatteras]

Another point, Clark argued that the war and subsequent ouster of Saddam would screw up all their work in the War on Terrorism. Why? I thought Iraq and AQ were unrelated, right?

[webboss]

I'm all for that! Get Billary Clinton up there to tell more lies. Chances of that happening are (fill in the blank) "_______" to one.

[txzman]

Good catch by the WSJ.

[sirchtruth]

If Dems want Condi to testify in public under oath, shouldn't they offer up ex-pres Clinton to do the same?

Let me tell you something, If Rice has to testify before that commission under oath and attest to potential damaging questions, ones which will force her to give up national security secrets, she will most certainly bitch slap Clarke and that commission...Just from the pics alone on FoxNews she looks POed and she hasn't even begun to relate her story.

If this fiasco causes any NS secrets to get out and cause any damage to our nation I will hold the dems, Kerry, McCain, 911 commission, and Clarke responsible for their irresponsibility.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

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[bondjamesbond]

If Dems want Condi to testify in public under oath, shouldn't they offer up ex-pres Clinton to do the same?

Bubba under oath? That's a joke, right?

Why would anybody think for even a second that an oath would mean anything to Bill Clinton?

[Godfollow]

Don't you think it's about time this guy gets pied in the face everywhere he goes? I can just see it now... "while on his way for a radio interview today, Mr. Clark, enemy of the President, was smacked with a stinky pie, right in the face"...

[OESY]

Let me tell you something, If Rice has to testify before that commission under oath and attest to potential damaging questions, ones which will force her to give up national security secrets, she will most certainly bitch slap Clarke and that commission...Just from the pics alone on FoxNews she looks POed and she hasn't even begun to relate her story.

If this fiasco causes any NS secrets to get out and cause any damage to our nation I will hold the dems, Kerry, McCain, 911 commission, and Clarke responsible for their irresponsibility.

Well said.

[OESY]

To expand: One recommendation that should come out of the 9/11 Panel is that intelligence should not be subject to national scrutiny if it is to be any good. The President's Daily Briefing should remain with the president if the country wants honest assessments. Panels should not be partisan if they care about national security.

The Dems have a lot to answer for in turning this Panel into a witch hunt, but may be Kerry's polls are beginning to reflect that the participants will be held accountable.

[StriperSniper]

under oath, Mr. Clarke was forced to concede that the impression he'd created, the very reason anyone was paying any attention to him, was false.

Ping!

[prairiebreeze]

bumpity-bump-bump ping!

[Peach]

I just sent that article to a moderate friend who "isn't sure" how she feels about Clarke.

[thoughtomator]

Suddenly, lying about sex isn't such a trivial issue anymore...