Posted on 10/12/2001 7:30:25 AM PDT by callisto
Ex-president Bill Clinton, who's been under fire lately for not going after Osama bin Laden agressively enough during his own administration, said Friday that the U.S. should stay focused on the war on terrorism and not get distracted by investigations into past U.S. intelligence failures.
"There will come a time we can look back and say, 'Well, who should have done what, when.' And it ought to be done," Clinton told ABC's "Good Morning America."
"But now is not the time," he insisted.
Clinton's words appeared to be aimed at Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who called for a board of inquiry on Thursday into the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, saying the U.S. needed to find out why it was so vulnerable.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Clinton has seemed obsessed with dodging responsibility for any U.S. intelligence lapses, and has even stopped passers-by on the street to describe his own efforts to get bin Laden.
And in a related story, "Osama Bin-Laden in No Rush to Probe Past Acts of Terrorism."
However, Muslim terror cells in Bosnia would also appear to have been involved. So it may not be possible to leave the matter uninvestigated.
After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 3 U.S. sailors, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 7,000 people would be alive today.
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An interesting question: This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show. Without casting stones, it is a legitimate question. There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively cheap software and gives hundreds of millions of dollars to charity. The other sponsors terrorism.
That being the case, why is it that the US government has spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the past ten years than Osama bin Laden?
It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forthcoming memoirs. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoirs. This from two people who have spent the past 8 years being unable to recall anything about past events!
Incredible!!
I'd like to see X-42 strap on a parachute & a sidearm and volunteer to lead the first stick of Special Forces into the area....
"But now is not the time," he insisted.
Sound familiar? Remember these? "The Attorney General (House, Senate...pick one) is looking into that and I can't comment about an ongoing investigation."
He can't hide behind Janet Reno's enormous dress anymore so he'll use a national tragedy.
If not now, when? If not Bill Clinton, who?
Liberman's presidential hopes are showing. He must know any blame that falls on the Clinton admin. will also fall on Gore, effectivly eliminating Gore as a future candidate for president. It will also seriously damage Hillary's chances. Leaving the door open for Liberman.
Right now Bush would seem unbeatable in 2004, but you never know how it will look in 4 years.
Of course, Liberman could also be setting himself up for the first war-time, bipartisan ticket: Bush / Liberman. It sounds strange, but stranger things have happened.
It does, big time and is well worth reading. I received my copy 2 days ago. I ordered it a month ago from NewsMax.
Only a few people at the top of the military (JCS) and perhaps a local commander or two need be involved. Everyone else just did what people in the military are trained to do ... follow orders, regardless. Furthermore, the fact that military colonels with outstanding records put their careers at risk to bring the possibility of murder to light should matter for something. Instead, those men (and women's) careers were utterly DESTROYED and it would appear not even the Bush administration cares.
This news from yesterday makes that suggestion seem even more plausible. We certainly do need an inquiry of some sort into the things that went wrong that could allow Sept. 11.
This SOB has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. :)
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