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  • Bill Clinton says Bush erred by giving Saddam priority over bin Laden

    05/11/2004 6:28:30 PM PDT · by wjersey · 217 replies · 264+ views
    Boston Globe (AP) ^ | 5/11/2004 | RICHARD PYLE
    NEW YORK -- President Bush wasted international sympathy for the United States after the 2001 terrorist attacks by shifting from the search for Osama bin Laden to the ousting of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, former President Clinton said Tuesday. The move alienated many U.S. allies and created a false impression among Americans that Saddam had a key role in the al-Qaida-engineered terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Clinton said. "I think the world was really pulling for us after 9-11," he said, but the Bush administration "divided the world ... to pursue our vision _ not...