Clinton is lighting a bonfire right at the feet of his own party, and dumping a jerry can of gasoline on it to boot, via the threats and paranoia we are seeing now... with months more to go before November. But Bill Clinton and his party will not be seen as Joan of Arc, rather as some sort of mad Captain Ahab, trying to silence his great White Whale. Insane and obviously so.
Realistically, if ABC were to edit out everything that the Clinton/Democrat Party fears in "The Path to 9/11" this 5 hour prime time docudrama would end 5 minutes after the opening credits were through. Clinton cannot afford to have this "docu-drama" air at all, not even a minute of it. He cannot afford all the "5 year anniversary of 9/11" programing and what-have-you to be... he cannot afford the American publics own real memories of 9/11, because no matter what he can ever say, he can never say he stopped it, or even had an inkling that such an attack was in the works. Because he was a feckless, fearful and bumbling fool, when it came to real threats to American national security.
He spent so much time suppressing public awareness of dozens of lesser attacks during his 8 years in office, simply because he was weak, and had no real idea what to do about the likes of Osama Bin Laden, or terrorism in general. I remember the rhetoric of the time, and it was nothing like the revisionist fiction he and his puppet like minions are putting forward now. Bill Clinton can't handle the truth, simple as that, and he cannot rewrite history, try as he might.
One more thing... remember right after the 9/11 attack, when the Democrats were caught so off guard, and Clinton idly speculated and even complained that Bush was getting all the "Glory", and why couldn't this have happened on my watch? Clinton would have been a "man of destiny" then... and his legacy would have been assured. Remember that?
Also, do you remember some of his more "irresponsible" comments, if such a thing were possible, when he seemingly blamed the West and even Americans for 9/11 because of the Crusades or some such foolishness? Remember that? Clinton sure doesn't want you to, that is for sure. He might take away your broadcast license if you do... so watch out! Or... don' watch... er... hehehehe.
Really, the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of Clinton blowing up the Democrats chances in the fall election because of his own wounded vanity. What a piece of work this guy is! What an incredible, mendacious, narcissistic, selfish jerk! I can hardly believe it... but, believe it!
Well written summary, raising again the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as I lived through the feckless Clinton presidency and his pernicious behavior after leaving office. Even informed only by the news from CNN International in Chile, I was saddened and demoralized by his presidency, and infuriated by his later behavior.
I think you put it into words very well... Clintons biggest enemy has always been his own ego.