Posted on 11/15/2005 6:07:00 AM PST by conservativecorner
9/11 Commissioner former Navy Secretary John Lehman said Monday that President Bill Clinton's decision not to accept Sudan's offer to extradite Osama bin Laden to the U.S. in 1996 was probably the biggest blunder in the war on terrorism.
Reacting to NewsMax.com's audiotape of Mr. Clinton admitting he turned down the Sudanese, Secretary Lehman told radio host Sean Hannity, "[Clinton's comments offer] a very good insight into the overall policy during the Clinton administration, which was essentially dominated by lawyers [who treated bin Laden] as a law enforcement, not a foreign policy or a prevention issue."
Asked if it was "wrong to conclude that the biggest mistake we made was not taking Osama when we had an opportunity," Lehman told Hannity, "Yes, that's certainly true."
"There were many ways in which [bin Laden] could have been apprehended," he added.
Reacting to comments from 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean, who said yesterday that if the U.S. had nabbed bin Laden while he was in Sudan, "the whole story might have been different," Secretary Lehman told Hannity, "I do agree with that."
The former Reagan administration official said, however, that it was a mistake to focus entirely on the 9/11 mastermind, because al-Qaida is "raising a whole generation of young Arab children and youth to hate America."
"Getting Osama probably would have disrupted the planning [for 9/11]," Lehman said, "but it wasn't just Osama."
To hear NewsMax.com's exclusive audio recording of ex-President Clinton explaining why he turned the Sudanese offer down, Click Here.
Most people will never comprehend how much this impeached reprobate criminal hurt this country.
I wonder if Ross Perot and his followers understand.
No one can deny that removing a cancer when it first starts gives you a better chance to whip the disease. These bungles of Clinton and the Democrats have cost this country dearly and they are the reason the Democrats have villianized Bush since day one,they are trying to cover up their ineptness. The Democrat Party in America is nothing more than a cancer whose roots are spreading. They are more dangerous to our way of life than terrorist. As a matter of fact they have become a form of terrorism with their propaganda machines along with the foreigners who provide the money to run them.
The republicans truly have no stones because if they did they would be saying it every day that Clinton's law enforcement approach to terrorism led to 9/11.
"the Clinton administration, which was essentially dominated by lawyers"
Obviously, Hillary has the same mind-set. This needs to be used against her in '08.
Can you give me more sources for this info?
Bill Clinton is forever in search of the Nobel Peace Prize.
He avoided conflict with terrorism in anticipation of that prize.
America suffered at the hands of his pride.
One can play the tape and the libDems still deny that Clinton refused to take bin Laden.
[It is amazing. Yet, they get away with it.]
"9/11 Commissioner former Navy Secretary John Lehman said Monday that President Bill Clinton's decision not to accept Sudan's offer to extradite Osama bin Laden to the U.S. in 1996 was probably the biggest blunder in the war on terrorism."
Carter/Clinton - 2 of the most damaging, irresponsible, presidents in U.S. history.
Yet they keep smiling.
Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize
Exactly and so why would anyone in their right mind want his wife?
Sudan's Angle How Clinton passed up an opportunity to stop Osama bin Laden
Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away
And something else that has not gotten attention, but needs to be pointed out:
And so are we with our own children in our local "government indoctrination centers" AKA public schools.
What's the difference ?
Amen! The "law enforcement approach" was not only a cover for not doing anything, the Gorelek doctrine guaranteed there would be no actionable intelligence and no paper trail back to Slick. The Balkans war was another effort to help the terrorists.
Fortunately, just like the snake in the parable, Arafat double crossed him by rejecting the deal. Add him to Slick's List of Deceased.
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