[AlGone2001]

This is AlGone's belief: Clinton knew that having Osama bin Laden would lead to terror againstthe U.S.

Clinton knew that acts of terror (at the 9/11 size) require military action.

This causes a major problem for the most prideful man in the world. He is seeking the Nobel Peace Prize, and going to war doesn't meet the requirements for the prize.

Clinton's pride and desire for a stupid little trophy placed all of us at risk.

We all found out that at the end of his presidency he was sending teams out to lobby for the prize.

Bill Clinton is the prime cause of the 9/11 horror. You trolls over at DUh can chew on that and live with it. We have had to.

[Dante3]

Albright is both dishonest and incredibly stupid. No wonder she was mistaken for a cleaning lady.

[Arkinsaw]

She doesn't know why? She must be ignorant. Has she never heard of Bosnia?

[jd777]

maybe the same reason Bush let the whole Bin Laden family fly out from Logan airport when all flights in U.S. were grounded...

[mewzilla]

Didn't ask, can't tell...

[Burlem]

This coming right after William Cohen said we should have taken Saddam out in 1998...Two of Clintons henchman coming out with some truth.

[pfflier]

Russert ripped her a new one when he showed video of her former boss flaming Saddam and saying he must go.. Russert followed with a quote from Albright parroting the sentiment. When Russert asked "why not now", she rambled and salivated and mumbled "it's different now".

[gaspar]

There is only one major problem with the Clinton explanation: Bin Laden was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 Trade Towers bombing. Had Clinton wanted it, a New York grand jury could have indicted him in a heartbeat and at Clinton's demand he could have been returned to the USA, either through the Sudan or Saudi Arabia. Mansoor Ijaz, a Pakistani-American had carried messages between Khartoum and Washington that indicated the Sudan wanted a thaw with the USA -- so Clinton cannot say he was unprepared to respond to the Sudanese offer. He was, from beginning to end, a coward.

[Redleg Duke]

What a useless piece of human (?) debris!

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

As much as I despised the Clinton administration, I am having increasing difficulty seeing how its foreign policy differs from that of either of the Bushes. There really is only one American foreign policy, no matter what the Republocratic duopoly tells you.

"Our" government "created" people like Osama bin Laden and Sadam Hussein (just as Israel created Hamas) - and later set out to destroy them - for reasons that have very little to do with the reasons stated for public consumption. Suffice it to say, had Bin Laden not existed, "our" government would have had to create him. Capturing him at such an early date, before he had done much of anything, would have not served the agenda that "our" government is following.

[Jael]

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[MEGoody]

I know why Clinton turned it down. There was no political capital in it at the time.

[cinFLA]

"So I pleaded with the Saudis to take him, 'cause they could have.

Clinton "pleads", GWB acts.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: Albright: I Don't Know Why Clinton Turned Down Bin Laden Deal--

Bill thought they were talking about Monica. And he knew he had been laidin' her.

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"Albright: I Don't Know Why Clinton Turned Down Bin Laden Deal"

Maddie clearly does not understand the principle of "professional courtesy".....

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[GOPJ]

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[Chummy]

Albright can't say why Clinton didn't work the deal for bin Laden? Geez, can't she just do a Google search to check to see what the polls were saying at the time?