spongebob said:
can you not read peanut head??? clinton didnt talk to the CIA for two years into office. he is the commander in chief, i know thats hard to understand since he and his wife loathed the military. most of the pilot training and planning by the terrorist went on during clintons terms. bush took office in jan 01' and 9-11 was 8 months later.
do we have to keep going over this. on his watch we had WTC 93', the 96' khobar towers attack in saudi that killed 19 americans, the embassy bombings in africa, the USS cole attack and a declared jihad on all US citizens. all this and clinton bombs an asprin factory. even after the 96' khobar towers attack, just several months later UBL in sudan was allowed by the US to leave and go to afghanistan, of all places. now if you cant grasp the significance of that you need to shut your shit hole because obviously you are a one demensional thinker. mainly your hatred for bush clouds your judgement regarding UBL and 9-11.
your an obsolute moron if you dont think clinton bares some responsiblity in this. i feel sorry for your children if you have any.
Gosh, your bullshit is just sickening. Where do you get your fucking information? You can't just stop terrorist attacks from happening and you sit here and blame Clinton. Fact is that in 1999, Clinton initiated a bold plan to capture or kill bin Laden by training approximately 60 members of Pakistani intelligence for the task. This was done in response to the attacks upon our African embassies.
The plot collapsed when the Pakistani Prime Minister was overthrown in a coup by General Musharraf, who remains today the leader of Pakistan. Musharraf refused to support the plot, and it withered on the vine through no fault of Clinton. But you wouldn't know this.
Did you know that the Clinton administration, acting upon information provided by the PENTAGON, launched some 66 cruise missiles into Afghanistan. These missiles were aimed at a training camp the Pentagon believed was sheltering bin Laden. The information proved to be WRONG, and bin Laden was unharmed. Again, the Clinton administration acted BOLDY, but was foiled by circumstances beyond its control.
Clinton spoke often about the need to augment America's defenses against terrorist attacks. Clinton, having presided over the first bombing of the World Trade Center, the destruction of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and the destruction of American embassies in Africa, knew what needed to be done.
Clinton's attempts to address the threat of terrorism against the United States were disrupted and diverted by the SAME Republicans who seek today to blame him for the tragedy.
The most potent weapon Osama bin Laden has to wield against America is his financial resources. During his administration, Clinton offered legislation that would give the Treasury Secretary broad powers to ban foreign nations and banks from accessing American financial markets unless they cooperated with money-laundering investigations that would expose and terminate terrorist cash flows.
Did you know that the legislation was killed by Texas Republican Senator Phil Gramm? When asked in September 2001 to defend his actions, Gramm responded, "I was right then and I am right now. The way to deal with terrorists is to hunt them down and kill them."
The hypocrisy behind current Republican attempts to blame Clinton for the World Trade Center attacks comes from Republican-controlled Congress of 1996, which thwarted legislation offered by Clinton that would have substantially augmented America's ability to defend against terrorist threats.
Did you know that Senator Trent Lott, with his powers as Republican Majority Leader, did everything in his power to hamstring Clinton's attempt to enact real protections against American threats in 1996. He said of Clinton's anti-terrorism measures on October 2nd, 2001 "If anything happens, if there is a terror attack, the Democrats will have to explain to the American people why they didn't pass this bill."
On January 31, 2001, the Hart-Rudman report was published. This report voiced dire warnings about threats to American security posed by terrorist attacks. Further, this report recommended the creation of an Office of Homeland Defense that would be responsible for the implementation of defensive measures to combat this threat. The Hart-Rudman report was summarily dismissed and ignored by the Bush administration.
On February 12, 1997, Vice President Al Gore delivered to President Clinton a report entitled 'White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.' In this report, Gore outlined numerous ways in which the airline industry could protect its aircraft and passengers from the threat of terrorism. Many, if not all of these recommendations would have gone a long way towards thwarting the September 11 attacks. Like Hart-Rudman, the warnings voiced by Gore's report were ignored by the Bush administration.
Did you know that the FAA, during the Clinton administration, proposed sweeping changes to the way security is enforced at airport checkpoints. These measures were fought every step of the way in the Republican-controlled Congress by the aforementioned airline industry lobby, to good effect. None of the changes desired by the FAA have been legislated, because the airline industry did not want to pay for them.
No credence was given to the Hart-Rudman report or the Gore Commission report by the Republican-controlled Congress, on whom falls the responsibility for enacting legislation based upon such warnings. This was done for purely partisan reasons, and nothing more.
Since the attacks of September 11th, anyone who dares criticize Republican President George W. Bush has been labeled a traitor. Reporters have been fired for doing so, talk show hosts have been repudiated for doing so, and the White House Press Secretary himself has warned all of America to "watch what we say."
For you to blame a former President for their own actions and partisan-motivated lack of action that led directly to this horror is absolutely pathetic and disgusting. I suggest you do your research before opening your big mouth.