Posted on 09/23/2006 8:37:08 PM PDT by STARWISE
Former president Bill Clinton angrily defended his administration's counterterrorism record during a Fox News interview to be aired today, while accusing "President Bush's neocons" and other Republicans of ignoring Osama bin Laden until the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Clinton had planned to discuss his climate change initiative during his appearance on "Fox News Sunday," but he turned combative after host Chris Wallace asked why he hadn't "put bin Laden and al-Qaeda out of business." Clinton shot back that "all the conservative Republicans" who now criticize him for inattention to bin Laden used to criticize him for over-attention to bin Laden.Clinton said he authorized the CIA to kill bin Laden, and even "contracted with people to kill him." He also said he had a plan to attack Afghanistan, overthrow the Taliban and hunt for bin Laden after the attack on the USS Cole, but the CIA and FBI refused to certify that bin Laden was responsible, and Uzbekistan refused to allow the United States to set up a base.
By contrast, Clinton said the Bush administration's neoconservatives "had no meetings on bin Laden for nine months," believing he had been "too obsessed with bin Laden."
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Clinton : There is not a living soul in the world who thought Osama bin Laden had anything to do with Black Hawk down or was paying any attention to it, or even knew al-Qaeda was a going concern in October '93.
Wallace : I understand.
Clinton : No, no, wait. Don't tell me that -- you asked why didn't I do more to bin Laden, there was not a living soul, all the people who now criticize me wanted to leave the next day. You brought this up, so you get an answer. But you -- secondly
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Clinton : Bin Laden may have said it -- but it would have shown the weakness if we left right away. But he wasn't involved in that, that's just a bunch of bull. That was about Mohamed Aideed, a Muslim warlord, murdering 22 Pakistani Muslim troops.
We were all there on a humanitarian mission; we had no mission, none, to establish a certain kind of Somali government or keep anybody out. He was not a religious fanatic --
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Look at this meglomaniac!
Watch where you put your finger, Billy-Boy!
NEW PICTURE ---- CLINTON LOSING IT PING!!
Big ol alcoholic nosed lying rat bastard.
stopping terrorism...........BJ.................................................BJ......................................................stopping terrorism..........................................................Monica, come on in here sugar!!!!!!
Yeah, right.
I really want to see this!
Big ol alcoholic nosed lying rat bastard.
stopping terrorism...........BJ.................................................BJ......................................................stopping terrorism..........................................................Monica, come on in here sugar!!!!!!
I posted this on another thread early evening....IT didn't take the COMpost too long to jump into BUBBA'S defense! Watch for the most diabolical display of united among the RATS for their beloved demon god!
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I gotta tell you....the FIRST time he jabbed that finger at me, it would have gotten shoved back in his face.
BTW...I wonder if Chris was having visions of doing the "snoopy dance" in his head when Clinton was "going off"?? You know, thinking something like, "oooeee, this is a WINNER, I am gonna make ALL of the networks pay attention tot his baby"..
Clinton is acting damned guilty. He thinks we can't find out the truth about him and his actions. It's not like it used to be when there was only nightly 'news'.
Boy, that movie really got to him, didn't it?
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He's a DEMANDING, AGGRESSIVE and OFFENSIVE FRick too, isn't he.
"Screw you. So what if I had 27,375 days compared to his 234.
I was being stalked."
No media personality will ever question that, and it will become accepted gospel. From now on, Clinton will be referred to as "the President who tried to kill Bin Laden."
The amazing this is that it took him 5 years to come up with these talking points.
Even as we speak, Democrats trying to appear tough on terrorism are working Clinton's arguments into their stump speeches. No one will ever question them.
No Democrat will ever want to. No Republican has the guts.
Yikes! He looks stark raving loony!
Yes...it will be very interesting to see if any of the MSM that report on this, do their homework and verify what he says is "true" about Somalia..and all of the other incidents he was talking about.
I know here on FR...there were threads almost immediately with articles from back then that tell a different story...
Yup, Bill, it's always the same with you.
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