After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S.! sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 3,000 people in New York and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be alive today.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION:
This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show. Without casting stones, it is a legitimate question. There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively cheap software and gives billions of dollars to charity. The other sponsors terrorism.
That being the case, why is it that the Clinton Administration spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the past eight years than Osama bin Laden?
THINK ABOUT IT!
It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 million for her forthcoming memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written. This from two people who have spent the past 8 years being unable to recall anything about past events while under oath!
Sincerely,
Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)
Frankly I can't verify several of his answers. The comment pertaining the cruise missiles over Afganistan and the Sudan is an easy one, 'Wag the Dog'.
If anyone can refute the other comments, please do so and I will pass them along.
#After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
-Clinton had been in office only 30 days when this happened but the Blind Sheik Abdul Rahman and his henchmen were caught and in prison in USA since 1995. The sheik's son and al queda trainer, Ahmed Abdel-Rahman was captured by Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
#After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
-5 men picked up by Saudi authorities a year later for this Riyadh car bombing, and beheaded.
#After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
-Were believed to be the same perpetrators of the Riyadh bombing. Saudis had rejected U.S. government requests to interview the four Saudis convicted of the 1995 bombing before they were beheaded. Ashcroft indicted 14 more individuals in 2001 but have none in custody. He also accused IRAN's security services of assisting in the attack. That is why we are attacking IRAQ.
#After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
-1998 Fired cruise missiles at the Afghanistan training base and on targets in the Sudan. You criticized him for that, remember? because he shot all those missiles and didn't kill Bin Laden? Unlike George Bush who used the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force to miss Bin Laden. But, he did get some of the Canadians.
Then in 1999, 200 cruise missiles from eight Navy warships, 300 strike fighters, bombers and support aircraft attacked IRAQ for treaty violations. Supported by Trent Lott and Jesse Helms. But opposed to that attack were Pat Buchannan, John McLaughlin, and our trustworthy friend Scott Ritter. Accused of wagging the dog.
#After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished
-FBI and CIA helped to investigate. 6 were arrested but Yemen refused extradition of suspects to another country under their constitution. The USA provided intelligence support for a raid by the Yemen gov't on an Alqaeda camp in south western Yemen. Several Yemeni soldiers were killed, al queda guys got away. Yemen has been site of 3 others bombings since Bush took office and although opposed to US and an ally of Iraq during previous attacks on Iraq, is now considered an ally by Bush.
Here's another tid bit: Previous USA initiated regime changes: Afghanistan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Haiti, Chile, Argentina, Vietnam, and the Philippines. How many had a favorable outcome? Well, we did get rid of Marcos in the Philippines, even if we did move him to Hawaii to punish him.
The only people to blame for September 11 were the guys who did it and their supporters.