“If Clinton would have taken care of bin laden when he attacked the towers in 1993 then none of this would be necessary.”
If Clinton had focused on his job as Commander-in-Chief, he would have stopped a lot of this cold. Unfortunately, many Americans would have considered him a do-nothing President obsessed with addressing a non-existent threat.
The problem, IMO, is with the American people. We want a President who will do it all. Bush, whom I consider better than Clinton or Obama, wanted to be the “education President.” Few objected.
As you said, the problem is that most of the US citizens are truly clueless. They believe whatever they hear on Letterman, Daily Show or Saturday Night Live as fact.