Clinton in 8 years allowed Osama to bcome stonger while repetedly ingnoring the ever escalating terrorist activities. While only in office for 8 months we now know Bush was already formulating plans to remove Osama and his men.
His liberal psychology precluded him and his staff from seeing and tackling security issues related to terrorist and other threats against the US . Their mindset always will.
And the world community reads news papers and knows that Clinton did not have the necessary components to take any decisive action to ensure US security and treated him accordingly. Contrast the cooperation that Yemen gave Clinton with the total support Yemen has given Bush.
Because of our involvement in Vietnam (given to the US by Pres Johnson and Robert McNamara !), his mistrust of Intelligence and Military establishments , Clinton as a war protestor would not allow any intelligence or military actions take place to reduce or delay the inevitable escalation of terrorist attacks by Osama and others.
He could not lead the nation and drum up support for what need to take place... a war to stop terror.
As a side note: I don’t know if any of you are old enough to recall a man named Mohmar Kadafi the Libyan Dictator.
While Regan was president it was determined that that Kadfii had killed a US servicemen in a Berlin disco bombing and that Kadafi might be behind the Locker bee TWA airplane bombing. Reagan’s response was decisive, quick despite worldwide condemnation he bombed Kadafi’s house! France would not even allow US planes to land for refueling. Reagan did not submit months or proof to the UN and begin begging for Worldwide support for action to stem the escalating tide of terror against the US he acted UNILATERLY.
To this day we have never had another single instance of terror from that man or regime!
Even Clinton's defenders acknowledge that, for much of his tenure, fighting terrorism wasn't his highest priority.
Thank heaven for a new commander-in-chief who says, "I'm not gonna fire a $2 million missile at a $10 tent and hit a camel in the butt."
He could muster a political blitz to save his own miserable hide, but not for what he considered the lesser stakes of national security.