Page 129-130 Hardback, First edition. Dereliction of Duty By Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson (Regnery Publishing, 2003)
....."It was the Fall of 1998 and the National Security Council (NSC) and the "intelligence Community" were tracking the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, the shadowy mastermind of terrorist attacks on American targets...."We've got him!"... The watch Officer notified National Security advisor Sandy Berger; "Sir, we've located bin Laden. We have a two hour window to strike." ...
Berger ambled down the stairwell and entered the "Sit. room". He picked up a phone and called the President. .... Clinton was "Not Available".... For about an hour Berger couldn't get the Commander in Chief on the line.....
Finally, the President accepted Berger's call. There was discussion, there were pauses-- and no decision. The President wanted to talk with his Secretaries of State and Defense. He wanted to study the issue further.......
We didn't pull the trigger. We studied the issue until it was too late. The window of opportunity closed...."
Buzz Patterson was one of Clinton's Military Aides... When on Duty, He carried "the Nuclear Football" , a duty which kept him within the sound of the President's voice at all times (Except those times when Clinton 'ditched' him to have a little fun.)
If you haven't read his book, you should:
The whole thing is filled with with similar stories... Like the time Clinton refused to interrupt a golf game to make a critical decision on a military operation in Iraq that was needed immediately..... Or the time Clinton 'lost' the nuclear weapons codes.
"Clinton Failed to Act - Osama Led Fatal Attack"
REMEMBER 9/11
From Polipundit this AM:
“Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini”
Shocking, I know:
Bill Clinton loyalists are demanding wholesale changes to the upcoming miniseries – and while ABC is making some snips, the alterations, insiders say, may not please the Dems.
But a bombshell decision may happen anyway: Sources close to the project say the network, which has been in a media maelstrom over the pic, is mulling the idea of yanking the mini altogether.
I’m still wondering about “censorship” and “the Constitution!”
Oh, and I enjoyed this trip down memory lane via NewsBusters,
“His [Ronald Reagan’s] supporters credit him with forcing down the Iron Curtain, so it is odd that some of them have helped create the Soviet-style chill embedded in the idea that we, as a nation, will not allow critical portrayals of one of our own recent leaders.”
– Editorial in the November 5 New York Times.
Ace’s Axiom: hypocrisy is a virtue for the American left.
[EDITS:
1. Another link - Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9/11 movie
2. DJ Drummond at Wizbang makes an excellent point on the matter,
When Michael Moore took images and facts out of context in a deliberate smear attempt on the Bush Administration, not one Liberal voiced a concern for context or accurate portrayal of events. And when President Bush was asked about the film, he did not worry himself with the lies and distortions posed by Moore, or threaten to sue, as Clinton has done here. Bush simply smiled a little and remarked that he did not expect he would take the time to see the movie.
-Remember, that move won Cannes’ Palme d’Or as a documentary.]
Thank you for posting Patterson's excerpt about NOT getting Bin Laden when they had him nailed!!!