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The Book on Clinton (didn't mention terrorism until p. 574)
National Review ^ | 9/25/06 | Cliff May

Posted on 09/25/2006 11:20:55 AM PDT by truthandlife

In his interview with Chris Wallace, President Clinton repeatedly cited Richard Clarke’s book which Cornerites have conclusively demonstrated does not actually endorse the former president as a resolute and successful anti-terrorism warrior.

There’s another book that makes the same point: My Life, by Bill Clinton.

It is telling to note that in his autobiography, which I reviewed for NOR in 2004, Clinton’s first mention of terrorism does not appear until page 574. Al-Qaeda does not appear until page 797.

At no point is there a serious discussion of Militant Islamist ideologies or of the potential effectiveness of terrorists armed with advanced Western technologies. Had Clinton spent a lot of time working on such issue during his years in office, would that not have found its way into his 957-page door-stopper?

Clinton does say that after the bombing of the USS Cole he considered a “large-scale bombing campaign of all suspected [terrorist] campsites or a sizeable invasion” of Afghanistan where thousands of terrorists were being trained – this was known to Clinton and his deputies. But he decided “neither was feasible without a finding of al Qaeda responsibility for the Cole” bombing.

What about the bombing of our African embassies two years earlier? Did he seriously believe there was doubt about the responsibility for those attacks? Did he reason that a few years of further investigation might show that the US ambassadors had bombed their own embassies for the insurance money?


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To: bigbob; whatexit
I was referring to whatexit's link at post #7. :o)
21 posted on 09/25/2006 11:43:48 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry ( The kinder we are to terrorists, the harsher we are to their potential victims.)
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To: tiredoflaundry

"You know that Democrats have a real plan for destroying Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda" but unless you put us back in power, we won't tell you what it is!!
Howard Dean (Insane-ious Maximus)


22 posted on 09/25/2006 11:51:19 AM PDT by Holicheese (Beerfest could be the greatest movie ever made!)
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To: Enchante

Rush is talking about that right now.. LOL


23 posted on 09/25/2006 11:53:09 AM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (The Democrat Party... Alienating voters since 1967)
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To: divine_moment_of_facts; truthandlife

Bump!


24 posted on 09/25/2006 11:57:14 AM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: Holicheese

Unreal!


25 posted on 09/25/2006 12:05:00 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry ( The kinder we are to terrorists, the harsher we are to their potential victims.)
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To: truthandlife

bump


26 posted on 09/25/2006 12:05:28 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: truthandlife

Doesn't this mean that somebody actually had to actually READ that book?

I wonder who it was.


27 posted on 09/25/2006 12:07:41 PM PDT by Radix (Tag Line promoting the acknowledgment that the Internet was actually invented by Americans.)
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To: mewzilla
I had just seen that linked on another thread somewhere, and was in the midst of reading it when I saw the reference here. Can't take credit for it, but I don't know where credit is due! lol

Tis an interesting article though, eh?
28 posted on 09/25/2006 12:10:15 PM PDT by whatexit
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To: Holicheese
"You know that Democrats have a real plan for destroying Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda" but unless you put us back in power, we won't tell you what it is!!

Howard Dean (Insane-ious Maximus)

That's gotta be one of the most asinine, bass ackwards things I've ever read.

29 posted on 09/25/2006 12:12:54 PM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: mewzilla

FLASHBACK (from article in 2004 about the Clintonistas nearly forgetting about Bin Laden and Al Qaeda when they submitted their final national security report to Congress in Dec. 2000):

"The final policy paper on national security that President Clinton submitted to Congress — 45,000 words long — makes no mention of al Qaeda and refers to Osama bin Laden by name just four times. The scarce references to bin Laden and his terror network undercut claims by former White House terrorism analyst Richard A. Clarke that the Clinton administration considered al Qaeda an "urgent" threat, while President Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, "ignored" it. The Clinton document, titled "A National Security Strategy for a Global Age," is dated December 2000 and is the final official assessment of national security policy and strategy by the Clinton team. The document is publicly available, though no U.S. media outlets have examined it in the context of Mr. Clarke's testimony and new book."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040406-121654-1495r.htm


30 posted on 09/25/2006 12:19:47 PM PDT by Enchante (There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Drive-By Media)
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To: whatexit

Found where I'd seen it - post 25 in this thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707933/posts

The credit goes to Quilla for this great find!


31 posted on 09/25/2006 12:23:06 PM PDT by whatexit
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To: jennyjenny

Yes, and additionally he criticized the Bush Admin for not adopting this same failed plan and acting on it!


32 posted on 09/25/2006 12:42:54 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan; jennyjenny; mewzilla

The world is witnessing the freefall of the Clinton House of Cards, here and now.


33 posted on 09/25/2006 12:50:09 PM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: roses of sharon
"Why have the MSM never asked to SEE these papers?"

I don't know if it's ever been reported that the National Archives even knew which specific documents he'd taken. He returned some and destroyed some.

34 posted on 09/25/2006 12:50:21 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: tiredoflaundry
"45,000 words long and only mentioned Bin Laden 4 times! Amazing!"

Slick said that he was OBSESSED with getting Bin Laden in his interview with Wallace. He claimed that he was SO OBESESSED with killing Bin Laden that Republicans were criticizing him (of course, he failed to mention any names of the aforementioned Republicans).

Just more BS from Slick.
35 posted on 09/25/2006 12:54:12 PM PDT by dbehsman (NRA Life Member, and loving every minute of it!)
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To: Miss Behave

It's about friggin' time, too.


36 posted on 09/25/2006 1:02:25 PM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Gun owners have illustrated rights are individual and can be protected by individuals.)
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To: truthandlife

Going to National Review online and reading May's 2004 review of "My Life" is worthwhile. As a former NY Times correspondent, his recognition of what he calls Clinton's "fecklessness" is right on target.


37 posted on 09/25/2006 1:03:01 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: truthandlife
I'm still trying to figure out how Bill rambled on for 957 pages, and got someone to write it, and apparently got others to purchase and possibly even read it. Incredible! Incredible marketing skills. And giant yawn.

This one sums it up:

Rewriting History, Eight Months vs Eight Years. He had 8 years to do what he expected Bush to do in 8 months (he must have known how much there would be to do!). He ignored the first attacks on the WTC, Feb 1993(?), he dallied while other countries asked us to pick up terrorists who made it known they kept planning and working to try to harm us, just for starters.

And now he's on, to quote the article, the Bill Clinton "Rewriting History and Damage Control Tour" in response to ABC's movie The Path to 9/11.

He's probably even angrier than he might otherwise have been at being called to defend himself, he'd probably rather be on tour looking for the next party to attend. He probably had to be forced 'encouraged' to try to defend his actions for the sake of Dem hopefuls and incumbents. It is an election year, afterall.

38 posted on 09/25/2006 1:09:52 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: dbehsman
Slick said that he was OBSESSED with getting Bin Laden in his interview with Wallace. He claimed that he was SO OBESESSED with killing Bin Laden that Republicans were criticizing him (of course, he failed to mention any names of the aforementioned Republicans).

His unbridled rage caused him in his lying to go way overboard, using the word obsessed.

39 posted on 09/25/2006 1:12:44 PM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: Mo1

That's VERY telling!


40 posted on 09/25/2006 8:08:57 PM PDT by nopardons
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