Don't blame Clinton for Sept. 11

Vanguard ^ | Wednesday April 07, 2004 | Kiril Dickinson

[bmwcyle]

VOTE ARE NEEDED!

[dirtboy]

Fact: Clinton stopped an al-Qaeda terrorist attack in America in 1999.

Har. Har. Har. That was stopped by an alert Customs agent.

[boris]

All your vote are belong to us!

[Howlin]

"NO OVERRIDING EXTERNAL THREATS" -Bill Clinton, 12/2000

[bmwcyle]

VOTES ARE NEEDED!

OK VOTE

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Clinton was aware of the problem and had a plan to deal with it. He told Bush about it and Bush did nothing until after Sept. 11. This is not to say that the attacks were Bush's fault. I'm just saying they weren't Clinton's. See?

Which is why he failed to mention it in his final security briefing.
I swear, they're all idiots.

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[Qwinn]

I don't blame Clinton for 9/11 specifically.

I blame Clinton for Al Qaeda becoming sufficiently organized and trained without hindrance to carry out 9/11.

Does that make him responsible for 9/11? You decide.

Qwinn

[Qwinn]

I don't blame Clinton for 9/11 specifically.

I blame Clinton for Al Qaeda becoming sufficiently organized and trained without hindrance to carry out 9/11.

Does that make him responsible for 9/11? You decide.

Qwinn

[dirtboy]

Fact: Clinton ordered a missile strike against an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 1998, missing Osama bin Laden by an hour, but killing some of the leaders.

Yeah, he used a million dollar missile to destroy a ten-dollar tent and hit a camel in the butt.

And the Washington Post reported on Oct. 3, 2001 that Clinton had also approved CIA training of 60 Pakistani commandos to kill or capture bin Laden

Wow. Sixty, count 'em, SIXTY Pakistani commandos. To hunt down and kill a man surrounded by fanatical bodyguards in a good sized, mountainous country filled with tribesmen who don't trust anyone from the next village, let alone Pakistanis. That would have been a fiasco right up there with Bay of Pigs and Carter's hostage rescue attempt.

[leadpenny]

Skeptical, read later, bump!

[Reader of news]

"That's just a lie. Before the attacks, Clinton paid far more attention to terrorism than Bush did."

Clinton paid more attention to Monica than terrorism.

[ElkGroveDan]

Some people are saying that the Sept. 11 attacks came about because Clinton didn't pay enough attention to terrorism during his terms in office. That's just a lie.

The name Clinton comes up and someone mentions lying? Lessee now, who is the well-known liar?

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman -- Ms. Lewinsky -- not once. Never."

[Phantom Lord]

Fact: Clinton stopped an al-Qaeda terrorist attack in America in 1999. The story of Ahmed Ressam, who was stopped at the Canadian border in December 1999 on his way to blow up Los Angeles International Airport with a car full of explosives is well-known.

No, an alert agent at a border crossing became suspicious of the person being questioned as he tried to enter the US. Clinton had nothing to do with it.

[ErnBatavia]

Gee, I guess that settles it then.

[Puppage]

BILL KLINTON...CONVICTED LIAR

'nuf said

[Phantom Lord]

Don't forget the "Black Ninja" plan the Clinton admin had.

[Howlin]

Clinton was aware of the problem and had a plan to deal with it. He told Bush about it and Bush did nothing until after Sept. 11.

That's an out and out lie; Sandy Berger and Madeleine Albright BOTH said that there was NO plan handed over to the Bush administration.

[William Martel]

Clinton tried to deal with terrorism as a matter of law enforcement. He failed to react in a substantial manner against numerous terrorist attacks aimed against us. It was certainly in his power to have reacted as Bush did but he chose not to.

This gave terrorists a sense of empowerment and entitlement. Clinton's lack of serious action certainly is responsible in part for 9/11. If the terrorists knew we would have reacted like we did, they would have thought twice.

They prefer to bully around countries that are willing to give them what they want, not tigers with real teeth and claws.