[Southack]

"That is why he never responded to the Cole, the Khobar towers, Etc, Etc. He wanted to be remembered for bringing peace to the middle east. He didn't care that even if he had succeeded that it would have been temporary, that way even when that peace failed he could always say that the next president screwed it up."

President Clinton had invaded Haiti, bombed Bosnia, sent cruise missiles into Afghanistan and Sudan, bombed Iraq, and waged the entire 1999 war against Serbia by the time the USS Cole was attacked in 2000.

Frankly, WJC's chances for the Nobel Peace Prize were greatly reduced when he burned and leveled the Branch Davidian compound near Waco back in 1993. His involvement in Somalia hardly led to world peace, either.

So while the NPP angle makes for a good theory, it doesn't match enough facts on the ground.

[txroadkill]

Clinton Lobbies for Nobel Prize: What a Punk

Your probably right, but it didn't keep him from trying.