Clinton has much to 'regret'

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Sunday, December 9, 2001 | Mona Charen

[Think free or die]

Since Sept. 11, we have witnessed new but unsurprising evidence of what an incompetent leader we had in Bill Clinton. And we have learned that his immaturity, shallowness, and self-centeredness had consequences for the nation that were tragic and very nearly catastrophic.

While the sane world grieved at the savagery of the Sept. 11 calamity, Clinton confided to a friend his regret. What? That he hadn't done more to protect the nation? That he'd underestimated the danger? No. He "regretted" that this tragedy hadn't happened on his watch, and that he had therefore lost an opportunity for "greatness."

Far more damning is the abundant evidence that he did almost nothing to protect us while he had the chance. In 1996, as Monsoor Ijaz relates in the Los Angeles Times, Sudan offered to extradite bin Laden to the United States. The Clinton administration declined the offer.

Even after the USS Cole was struck and nearly sunk in 2000, Clinton was too busy chasing the chimera of a grand Middle East peace to deal with those he knew had attacked us. Hoping for a secure place in history for William J. Clinton, he declined to do anything that might annoy or unsettle the Islamic world.

In fact, in each and every case in which U.S. targets came under terrorist attack during his tenure, Clinton responded feebly or not at all. On the day he lobbed cruise missiles at Afghanistan and Sudan - three days after Monica Lewinsky testified before the grand jury - Clinton told the nation that "our battle against terrorism did not begin with the bombing of our embassies in Africa, nor will it end with today's strike." But it did. And the "strike" was a bust: Clinton hit a bunch of abandoned huts in Afghanistan and a possibly blameless pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum.

The disgraceful truth is that he was incapable of pursuing anything other than his own narrow self-interest - not even the welfare of the nation he swore to preserve, protect and defend.

[Think free or die]

Yup, we cut back from 7 days to 1 on the subscription. Now we just get the Sunday paper with the TV schedule, coupons, sale flyers and such. It's worth that much to me, but no more.

[Intolerant in NJ]

... he had therefore lost an opportunity for "greatness." ...but he did achieve greatness - he presided over the most corrupt administration in US history...a record which will doubtless never be equalled...

[cajun-jack]

it wasn't too long after klintoon was elected the first time, paul harvey did a piece on his radio show explaining that clinton was actually the dem's "throw away" candidate..at that time, it was believed that Bush Sr. was unbeatable, so the dems thought why not run the little known hillbilly from arkansas and he will be soundly defeated and then we can run a good candidate for the next election..i sure wish i could find the printed version of this or maybe Mr. Harvey should do it again.

[meridia]

Interesting assessment! I've always considered them to be psychopathic liars.... along with a lot of other clinical sociopathic behavior; however, your argument has MUCH to commend it.

[CW_Conservative]

I was quite surprised to find this opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The "Inquie" is pretty steady in its leftward lean.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial page called for Bill Clinton to resign back in 1998. I remember thinking that maybe there was some hope for the lefty media after all, that hope lasted about two minutes.

[VOA]

I was quite surprised to find this opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The "Inquie" is pretty steady in its leftward lean.

Just more of the same.
Most folks who read the Inquirer (Democrats) will convince themselves that
the Clintons sincerely regret their miserable administration of the country,
they'll feel their pain, and then...
vote for Hillary For President in 2004.

[GOPJ]

I'm amazed. The Philadelphia Inquirer is not a conservative paper. Thanks for posting this...

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Clinton has much to 'regret'

Regrets? He's had a few. But then again, too few to mention. That old memory is playing tricks on poor Bill again.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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[cajun-jack]

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[JSteff]

Thanks. I too used to think they were as you say. But if you review the history of the two, and watch what they actually do, I think there is no other way to view them than as just evil. Nothing really shows a hint of some sort of chemical or physical brain malfunction, these two are just calculating, and well aware of their actions. It is complete selfishness and evil. Way behind people with just a "problem".