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"Back then, he said: "There was no plan on al Qaeda that was passed from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration. . . . [a] plan, strategy - there was no, nothing new."

Indeed, Clarke said, the Bush team in 2001 "changed the [Clinton] strategy from one of rollback [of] al Qaeda over five years to a new strategy that called for the rapid elimination of al Qaeda. That is in fact the timeline."

Bush, he added, took action on several "issues that had been on the table for a couple of years," such as instituting a new policy in Pakistan that convinced Islamabad "to break away from the Taliban" and boosting "CIA resources . . . for covert action five-fold to go after al Qaeda." "

These are very important points from Clintons "expert".

Just think of all the 'stans' that cooperated with our military. Using their bases, allowing us to flyover their territory, to say nothing of Mushareff openly acting on our behalf at great GREAT risk to himself and his rule.

Whatever Pakistan is doing behind the scenes, we could never have accomplished so much without Pakistan.

Bush, he added, took action on several "issues that had been on the table for a couple of years," such as instituting a new policy in Pakistan that convinced Islamabad "to break away from the Taliban" and boosting "CIA resources . . . for covert action five-fold to go after al Qaeda." "

Was it not THEN when President Bush said something like this:"Stop the flies swathings!!!" ???