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Time Magazine's 'Clinton Plan' Fish Story
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| 8/7/02
| John Hawkins
Posted on 08/07/2002 6:31:32 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Clinton had eight years and did squat
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posted on
08/07/2002 6:33:33 AM PDT
by
2banana
To: LibWhacker
TIME Magazine is still in print? Go on!! Surely, you jest.
To: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
TIME is a NON-factor.
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To: LibWhacker
First off, the idea that the Clinton administration was ready to go to war against Afghanistan is laughable. Beyond a limited number of arrests and a suspiciously timed attack on an aspirin factory in Sudan and a terrorist camp in Afghanistan, Clinton did very little to combat terrorism in his eight years in office. The Clinton administration also crippled our human intelligence with new rules that didn't allow the CIA to hire "shady" characters and refused an offer in 1996 by Sudan to hand a gift wrapped Osama Bin Laden over to the United States. This is despite the fact that the Clinton administration was provoked several times by al-Queda before the USS Cole attack. There was the 1st WTC Bombing (1993), Somalia (1993), The Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (1997), & the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania (1998). Don't forget Oklahoma City and TWA 800. In these instances, the US Gov actually covered up for the terrorists.
To: LibWhacker
Here's a thought to brighten your day (not):
Klinton is about as low as it gets, and has compromised our country for political gain in more way than we'll probably ever know. What if he knew that OBL was going to hit us hard and left the door open for him to do so.
As a political timebomb for GWB.
Sinkmaster knew OBL was planning something large, this much is true. Perhaps he didn't care what it was, as long as it happened on GWB's watch. Then it would be a simple matter to claim faux-righteously that "We tried to warn Dubya, but he wouldn't do anything. It's his fault!"
If you think about this for a minute, you may need almost no tinfoil at all.
To: LibWhacker
The deleted portions of the article from the original draft:
"And the world would be perfect, the sun would shine every day, the birds would be chirping and everyone would be living in brotherhood and harmony if only Bill Clinton were still in office.
"And then I woke up."
To: Frank_Discussion
It could be true, but I don't think Clinton would have been smart enough. It was his ineptness that (which he is still responsible for) that left us open.
To: Frank_Discussion
Let me elaborate, in saying this is the possibility I suggest:
Klinton wasn't being spineless when he let OBL do his thang. He just knew he'd be more than happy to do his thang to GWB, so no action was taken. It was Machievellian (sp?) oppportunism, at the expense of 3000+ innocent people.
To: getbillnow
Oh, the inept nature shows through in the fact that the Time article was so obviously wrong, and they were immediately called on it. I am certainly not claiming that Klinton was a genius here, far from it. But it would be par for the course, in terms of his previous schemes and sell-outs.
His little gambit never even got close to passing the smell test.
To: LibWhacker
Bubba wasn't going to declare war on anyone...and the terrorists knew it.
More to the point, from his first year as "president" to his last moment in office ---from ignoring the first attack on the WTC and running away from Somalia to wringing his hands over the attack on the USS Cole---this POS gave the terrorists the green light to attack us .
Words cannot describe the shameful behavior of this man both during his presidency and now.
To: LibWhacker
(Once Upon a)Time. Nothing but fairytales and swashbuckling adventures of pathetic heroes and tired old whore damsels. This is one kingdom whose end is near. And it won't be happily ever after.
To: Frank_Discussion
Sinkmaster knew OBL was planning something large, this much is true. He had to have known it; we all knew it. The un-named Clinton hack in paragraph #2 who claimed they'd never in a million years hand Dubya a war is lying through his teeth; that's exactly what they did do. It just took a few months longer for Pearl Harbor to happen than they anticipated.
To: LibWhacker
I think we need to aggressively fight political smears like this, but not by joining in Clintonian wag-the-dog battle plans. It is pretty clear from this article that (1) Clinton had a plan to fight terrorism and didn't and (2) Bush continued with Clintonian half-measures when he came into office.
Why? Obsession with "state-sponsored" terrorism. That's a problem to be sure, but as it turns out (with 20/20 hindsight), not our biggest problem.
Why aren't we dealing with the potential threat from Islamic radicals in this country who could easily pull off another 9/11? Is it too difficult? Too politically incorrect?
The best way to fight the political war described in this article is to fight the real war the way it should be and stop fighting it the way Clinton did.
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posted on
08/07/2002 6:58:40 AM PDT
by
palmer
To: LibWhacker
TIME MAG IS FISH WRAP
Drop every copy in the waiting room trashcan.
TIME-CNN are anti-American, just like Mr. (Jane Hanoi Fonda), the despicable Ted "Charles Foster" Turner.
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:01:14 AM PDT
by
Stallone
To: Stallone
B * I * A * S
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:05:12 AM PDT
by
Stallone
To: LibWhacker
"...that's exactly what they did do."
That was an the tip of my electronic tongue. Thanks for pointing that out.
To: palmer
The best way to fight the political war described in this article is to fight the real war the way it should be and stop fighting it the way Clinton did. BTTT!
To: Stallone; isthisnickcool
TIME MAG IS FISH WRAP After isthisnickcool's post (#5), I'm never gonna touch that piece of used toilet paper again, much less wrap my food in it! Ack . . . Gaaack . . . I've lost my appetite for the whole day I think. :-)
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