That was exactly my point, which Tom Delay even made after the December 16th, 1998 bombing of Iraq. But even then, he too was criticized by all, including many Republicans in Congress. Interestingly, some in the Pentagon also noted the timing, but none in the media or on the Democrats side said a thing about their objections.
Clinton tried to characterize the "wag the dog" accusations as being because he was OBSESSED with bin Laden today, which we all know is a complete lie.
He's rewriting history again by claiming that those who accused him of using the bombings to divert attention from his legal problems were saying that he was TOO involved with OBL.
Heck, Jamie Gorelick came on Fox today and said that Trent Lott even said that OBL wasn't a problem.