"Clintoon did practically nothing about the first WTC bombing, the USS Cole, the American embassy bombings, etc."
I firmly believe that one of the reasons that Clinton didn't react to these attacks is because he needed Arab/Muslim support for his ME Peace Plan. From the moment Slick stepped foot in office, he dreamed of a legacy built around ME Peace. This administration went as far as to helping get Barak elected because they knew they could never get the concessions they wanted from the other party members.
Clinton couldn't wage a real war on terror because he would've had to go after the very people he needed to support his peace plan. I also believe this is why he sided with several Muslim nations in their wars with their neighbors. From the Balkans to Indonesia, Clinton supported Muslim governments...even when the victims were Christians. In the administrations eye's, this was their way of looking like an honest broker.
Clinton sold out this nation's security...and the security of others, because he wanted a ME Peace legacy. Through 8 years of concessions, diplomacy and appeasement, not only was Israel still living under constant fear of attack, we suffered our worst attack in US history. Yeah...diplomacy really worked.
The Israelis are not using proportionate force. If they were to respond proportionally to Hezbollah, then they would be firing rockets indiscriminately into Lebanon and purposefully killing innocent civilians.