In Looming Tower, Wright explains that bin Laden was broke when he left Sudan. However, when Clinton lobbed cruise missles at him, he sold the unexploded ones to Pakistan and China and got finances back. So, that was a doubly bad decision.
Also,also, aren't these the people whor standing in the world? Aren't we a on a lot better terms with Pakistan et al than they were?
I believe this Administration's handling of Pakistan will go down as among the most brilliant foreign policy successes ever. It certainly is much different from Clinton's. If this White House bragged as much as the last one did, we would all be hearing a lot about it. But the Bush people care about the results, not about taking credit for them.