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To: clamper1797

At least he did respond after being asked twice. I remember reading about an incident where the US military had a clear shot at a terrorist target but needed the OK from the President, who was Bill Clinton. Clinton was watching something on TV (like a golf tournament) and refused to break away from that and give his OK—in fact, chewed out the aide who tried to get him to take action—and the chance to hit the target was lost.


59 posted on 04/12/2009 4:51:58 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I doubt that the command even came from FUBO ... it probably came from staff ...


62 posted on 04/12/2009 4:54:11 PM PDT by clamper1797 (FUBO ... protege of the unholy union of Karl Marx and affirmative action)
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To: Verginius Rufus
...the US military had a clear shot at a terrorist target but needed the OK from the President, who was Bill Clinton.

That terrorist target was Osama bin Laden, and Clinton was on a golf course at the time. And yes, he finally chewed out the aide who continued to communicate the request for clearance to fire.

86 posted on 04/12/2009 8:02:57 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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