Hrm...I was just going to dismiss your point, but I'm not certain what you meant, so I'll cut you some slack. Are you saying that Clinton was claiming that the terrorist attacks were justified because America has done bad things in the past? I've read the speech (not a pleasant task), and that wasn't it. It was not a good speech, by any stretch of the imagination, but he was not even hinting that the attacks were justified. Now, if you're suggesting that America has never engaged in institutional Bad Behavior, and suggesting that we have vindicates the terrorists, that's another matter. In that case, Clinton is guilty (he did say that America has done shameful things in the past), but we have done shameful things the past, and that in no way vindicates any terrorist activity.