[trumandogz]

Clinton pandered to the Taliban and gave the cash for crop eradication. However, Bush cut that funding off.


ABC snuck in a Big Lie about Bush.

[Spktyr]

I'm not so sure about that. Remember, it was month 6, at most.

When did Bush cut that funding?

[mnehring]

Remember, Bush's budget didn't go into effect until October 2001. In the Summer, when that scene took place, any money going to the Taliban was still part of Clintoon's last budget.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Right -- the money spent during Bush's first year was based on the last CLINTON budget. Bush's only way to effect how money was spent on terror in the first year was to push for a supplemental, something he would never get by the democrat Senate -- and he had election promises that had to be pushed through.

IN that context, Bush can be seen as continuing the Clinton policies for the first year, including keeping his own people, INCLUDING CLARKE. Bush was focused on the October, 2001 budget year, the one he was fighting through congress, the first one he would have a hand in shaping.

9/11 happened before he had a chance to exercise the monetary reins.