What Clinton didn't do about terror, and...when he didn't do it.

WSJ, Opinion Journal ^ | 9/27/06 | RICHARD MINITER

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

...Mr. Berger was presented with plans to take action against the threat of Al Qaeda four separate times — Spring 1998, June 1999, December 1999, and August 2000. Mr. Berger was an obstacle to action. Had he been a little less reluctant to act, a little more open to taking pre-emptive action, maybe the 2,973 killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks would be alive today.

By the middle of 1999, KSM had gotten the go ahead with the "planes operation", and was placed in charge of it. This means that Bin Laden was out of the picture directly after that time. KSM had his orders, and the outcome would likely have been the same whether or not Bin Laden was taking a dirt nap or not after that time. Also, KSM wanted a much bigger operation than was actually carried out (10 planes, if memory serves).

From what I have read, and aside from all the finger pointing, I do not think that anything would have stopped 9/11 from happening.

And it saddens me to think that.