Hah, hah, hah, hah.
Posted on 09/23/2006 7:58:13 AM PDT by excludethis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton, angrily defending his efforts to capture Osama bin Laden, accused the Bush administration of doing far less to stop the al Qaeda leader before the September 11 attacks.
In a heated interview to be aired on Sunday on "Fox News Sunday," the former Democratic president defended the steps he took after al Qaeda's attack on the USS Cole in 2000 and faulted "right-wingers" for their criticism of his efforts to capture Osama bin Laden.
"But at least I tried. That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said when asked whether he had failed to fully anticipate bin Laden's danger. "They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed."
The September 11 attacks occurred almost eight months after President George W. Bush succeeded Clinton in January 2001.
"I authorized the CIA to get groups together to try to kill him," Clinton said. He added he had drawn up plans to go into Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and launch an attack against bin Laden after the attack on the Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden.
"Now if you want to criticize me for one thing, you can criticize me for this: after the Cole, I had battle plans drawn to go into Afghanistan, overthrow the Taliban and launch a full-scale attack search for bin Laden. But we needed basing rights in Uzbekistan -- which we got after 9/11," Clinton said.
The former president complained at the time the CIA and FBI refused to certify bin Laden was responsible for the USS Cole attack.
"While I was there, they refused to certify. So that meant I would have had to send a few hundred special forces in helicopters, refuel at night," he said.
Earlier this month, Clinton dismissed as "indisputably wrong" a U.S. television show that suggested her was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal to confront the Islamic militant threat that culminated in the September 11 attacks.
The legacy's sticking, no matter how hard this old dog wants to shake it off.
What a self absorbed sack of camel excrement. He had Bin Laden on a platter and passed on him. He is nothing but a pure liar.
...sigh....
What happened in NYC in 1993?? A non-event??
The DIMS are losing it. I just drove down the road and regular gasoline is $2.29 and in free fall. They have to defend BUSH against Chavez and it is killing them
They are going to lose big time come November.
Keep blubbering, Bubba. Wag that crooked finger of "truth" at us some more, lol.
Efforts to capture? The Sudanese offered bin Laden to the Clinton admin on a platter - repeatedly! - and he wouldn't take him!
"That's my story and I'm sticking to it"
Dems seem to excel in that mental malady known as "projection"
How stupid. It's all going to backsplash right in his face. For example, I think nearly 28,000 have already seen the YouTube.com posting showing Clinton losing it, trying to hold onto legacy, with just a thin, tenuous link of lies.
Note that only former Republican Presidents are sticking to that. Reagan did. Nixon did. Gerald Ford is (Ford is so quiet that some people dont even realize that he's still alive!). George Bush, Sr. is. etc.
Survivng Dem Presidents on the other hand...Carter and Clinton......
I'm thinking that Clinton is betting that UBL is dead so he's trying to get his licks in ahead of the story. All the other explanations are nonsensical excepting hubris.
As we watch the DRAMA on Fox News Sunday, lets keep in mind the old saying about pointing fingers.....something about being careful when pointing your finger because three fingers are pointing back at you.
let's do the math here.....billy bj had at least two-and-a-half years (assuming we dismiss the attack of 1993 and start with Khobar Towers) to get bin laden and numerous opportunities but failed miserably....
so he wants to compare 30 months of his second term as president to what amounts to seven months of GWB's first term???
Sounds like someone is trying to cover their sorry rear-end....
Loser who only wanted to get BJ's. Pathetic POS.
His body language is the singular characteristic that gives him away. He is like a 15 year old who got caught and now is trying to talk so fast that he extricates himself from a trap which is clearly ensnaring him. The more he flails, the more he declares his true nature.
And if Hillary is elected to the presidency she will be worse,... she is at least as mean and more apt to act on her being called out. These are very dangerous people.
Hah, hah, hah, hah.
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