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Originally Posted by Redux
In fact, Clinton went after Bin Laden in both Afghanistan and Sudan. He authorized a finding for the CIA to kill him...and they failed. And ultimately could not get approval from the Republican House to do more.
He (through his counter terrorism coordinator) also provided Bush with memos identifying Bin Laden and al Queda as the greatest national security/terrorist threat the day Bush took office..and it was ignored for nine months.
"We urgently need . . . a Principals level review on the al Qida network."
How soon we forget that Condi Rice had a major foreign policy/national security addressed scheduled for Sept. 11, 2001. It was to promote "missile defense" as the number one priority for US national security.
Bush/Rice dropped the fucking ball right from the start...and dropped the fucking ball again in 2003 when they virtually abandoned the pursuit of al Queda in Afghanistan for their folly in Iraq.
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Trying to re-write history again I see. Clinton dropped the ball when he failed to give the order to fire on Bin Laden in Yemen. Sooner or later your party will have to accept some of the responsibility for 9/11. Bush was in office months before 9/11. Clinton was in office for 8 years. Clinton and his team were inept and failed to act on good intel repeatedly. Ok, well they did bomb a pharmaceutical company and fire some cruise missiles at a deserted desert outpost.