Listening to talk radio or posting on forums, you hear or see this bumper stick logic a lot. Today I heard a liberal caller try an say President Clinton did a lot to stop terrorism.
I said, WHAT! As you mentioned all the attacks during his 2 terms and then his only response being, to launch a U.S. missile attack, aimed at some camel tent in the desert.
Now here is the kicker that very few remember. After his attack on the factory in Sudan to try and kill some big wig terrorists at a meeting.
NOTE.....In early 1996, a friend gives bin Laden a satellite phone. The phone is used by both bin Laden and his military commander Muhammad Atef to direct al-Qaeda's operations. But its use is discontinued two months after a US missile strike against his camps, when an unnamed senior official boasts that the US can track his movements through the use of the phone. Dah!
Also, many have said that Sudan offered up Osama to us and Clinton did not take him because, we could not legally convict him on terrorist charges with the evidence we had. OK if you want to buy that, but we were also offered all the records that the Sudanese had on Al Qaeda and the U.S. under President Clinton refused the information gathered by the Sudanese. What is up with that?
NOTE....April 1996: In continuing negotiations between the US and Sudan, the US again rejects Sudan's offer to turn over voluminous files about bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Another American involved in the secret negotiations later says that the US could have used Sudan's offer to keep an eye on bin Laden, but that the efforts were blocked by another arm of the federal government.
If you want a great web site to see what went on before 9-11, here it is.
http://www.billstclair.com/911timeline/main/timelinebefore2001.htmlNot a comment on this topic - but the radio just quoted former President Carter as he prepares to celebrate his eightieth birthday. He noted that he was "lucky to retire from the presidency at a young age" so he could go around the world building homes or whatever it is he is trying to do. He thinks HE is lucky - what about us? WE'RE the fortunate ones since he "retired" early (thanks to Ronald Reagan). Just think what four more years of malaise and the misery index would have done to us!