Americans on Palestinian terrorism

Washington Times ^ | 9/11/01 | Frank Luntz

[kattracks]

Imagine for a minute that a popular restaurant in Manhattan's Times Square was blown to bits by a terrorist's bomb. Would the American public demand from the Bush administration an immediate and aggressive effort to prevent similar attacks from occurring in the future? Or would Americans prefer a wringing of hands so as not to perpetuate a "cycle of violence" or "inflame" an already volatile and dangerous enemy?

[vrwc54]

FYI

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

...President Clinton's decision to order cruise-missile attacks on Osama Bin Laden's base camps in 1998. The intent was to eliminate Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the American embassy bombings in Africa, or at a minimum to cripple his terrorist network and prevent future attacks.

"With compelling evidence that the Bin Laden network of terrorist groups was planning to mount further attacks against Americans and other freedom-loving people, I decided America must act," Mr. Clinton told the nation at the time.

Interesting article you posted in the wee hours of 9/11. How incredibly prescient the author was. But I have absolutely no memory that Clinton bombed Bin Laden's camps in 1998. I remember other bombings, but not that one.