According to Rich Miniter, author of "Losing Bin Laden," Clinton's top national security advisers made the following classic Democrat excuses for doing nothing in response to the Cole attack:
# Attorney General
Janet Reno "thought retaliation might violate international law and was therefore against it."
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CIA Director George Tenet "wanted more definitive proof that bin Laden was behind the attack, although he personally thought he was."
# Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright "was concerned about the reaction of world opinion to a retaliation against Muslims and the impact it would have in the final days of the Clinton Middle East peace process." (How did that turn out, by the way? Big success, I take it? Everybody over there all friendly with one another?)
# Secretary of Defense William Cohen "did not consider the Cole attack 'sufficient provocation' for a military retaliation."
Less than a year after Clinton's final capitulation to Islamic terrorists, they staged the largest terrorist attack in history on U.S. soil. The Sept. 11 attack, planning for which began in the '90s, followed eight months of
President Bush -- but eight years of
Bill Clinton.
Clinton's own campaign adviser on Iraq, Laurie Mylroie, says Clinton and his advisers are "most culpable" for the intelligence failure that allowed 9/11 to happen.
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clinton had a large cabinet of advisors, which he never once mentioned by name. Did you hear him say Maddy Allbright, Janet Reno, Jamie Gorelick, Sandy Berger, Bill Richardson???
No, the names that he used were "Bill Cohen".....and he wanted some kind of points for appointing a Repub Sec Def, he mentioned Richard Clarke, Richard Clarke, Richard Clarke.
He spoke of Republican senators who are going against the administration.
He certainly didn't help the democrat party with this tirade. It was, as usual, all about him, and what is crumbling around him.
You rock!
Thank you for the reminder about Richard Miniter's EXCELLENT book on "Losing Bin Laden", and for the reminder about Laurie Mylroie! This is why I love FReepers!