Clinton: I Would Have Attacked Bin Laden

NewsMax ^ | 8/15/05 | NewsMax

[wagglebee]

Ex-president Bill Clinton now says he would have taken out Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks – if only the FBI and CIA had been able to prove the al-Qaida mastermind was behind the attack on the U.S.S. Cole.

"I desperately wish that I had been president when the FBI and CIA finally confirmed, officially, that bin Laden was responsible for the attack on the U.S.S. Cole," Clinton tells New York magazine this week. "Then we could have launched an attack on Afghanistan early."

"I don’t know if it would have prevented 9/11," he added. "But it certainly would have complicated it.”

Despite his failure to launch such an attack, Clinton said he saw the danger posed by bin Laden much more clearly than did President Bush.

"I always thought that bin Laden was a bigger threat than the Bush administration did," he told New York magazine.

[hotshu]

IIRC, that little projection of his symbolic manhood even PO'd his buddy Bill Maher. (I think it might have been missile envy.)

[doug from upland]

Listen to my Rightalk Radio show on Wednesday --- Jayna Davis and Lt. Col. (Ret) Gordon Cucullu. He has a friend in the Able Danger project. He sees Jayna's Iraqi involvement claim in the OKC bombing.

[JennysCool]

Wasn't Clinton president when Bin Ladin delivered the fatwa?

He'd have gotten more attention if he was delivering the pizza.

[MJY1288]

I believe it., and so should you!

This is text book Klinton

[wagglebee]

Can I get your show online? Otherwise, where can I buy a transcript?

[CJ Wolf]

"Today I ordered our armed forces to strike at terrorist- related facilities in Afghanistan and Sudan because of the imminent threat they presented to our national security. Our target was terror. Our mission was clear -- to strike at the network of radical groups affiliated with and funded by Osama bin Laden, perhaps the preeminent organizer and financier of international terrorism in the world today. They have made the United States their adversary precisely because of what we stand for and what we stand against. A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to wage a terrorist war against America, saying -- and I quote -- `We do not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians. They are all targets.' And so this morning, based on the unanimous recommendation of my national security team, I ordered our armed forces to take action to counter an immediate threat from the bin Laden network. My fellow Americans, our battle against terrorism did not begin with the bombing of our embassies in Africa, nor will it end with today's strike. It will require strength, courage and endurance. We will not yield to this threat. We will meet it no matter how long it may take. This will be a long, ongoing struggle between freedom and fanaticism, between the rule of law and terrorism. But in this day, no campaign for peace can succeed without a determination to fight terrorism. Let our actions today send this message loud and clear: There are no expendable American targets. There will be no sanctuary for terrorists. We will defend our people, our interests and our values. We will help people of all faiths, in all parts of the world, who want to live free of fear and violence. We will persist and we will prevail.

From Text of president asshat's Speech 20 August, 1998

[okie01]

Wasn't [Clinton] offered Bin Laden on a platter by Our Friends The Saudis? And didn't he refuse to have anything to do with him? I'm sure I've read that somewhere authoritative.

It was the Sudanese. And, probably, it was Newsmax -- not necessarily the most authoritative source. In this case, though, Bill Clinton was caught on tape, in his own words, confessing his mistake.

That should be authoritative enough...

[RichInOC]

Bubba's funny. He's irritating, but he's funny.

[del4hope]

"Iraqi involvement claim in the OKC bombing"

What, please explain, I've been in the dark.

[holyscroller]

"Dear Lord, please allow me to live long enough that I can urniate on this man's grave. Amen."

Rest assured you'll have so much company they'd better cover it with concrete and a drain, because grass will never grow there.

[Libertarian Jim]

I thought he'd run out of ways to fill me with rage, but I gotta hand it to him...he's still got it!

[doug from upland]

THIS RANT ON MARK LEVIN'S SHOW ON FRIDAY MAY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER

[Cindy]

ping

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[fantom]

google MANSOOR IJAZ. its all there. plus there is the hannity tape.

[Republic]

Who sees Jayna's research on the Iraqi involvement? Cucullu or Klinton?

[mhking]

Bullsh*t.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Ann Archy]

Praying for Curt Weldon and the Able Danger people!!!

Wasn't Bin Laden and Al Queda fingered in the FIRST WTC bombing in 1993??? The one where BJ didn't even show up and look at the damage?? Guess he was too busy firing all the US attorneys so he could put his STOOGES in the Justice Dept!!!

[Txsleuth]

And yet, AFTER that speech, he was offered Bin Ladin and turned him down????

[doug from upland]

THE THIRD TERRORIST