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Did Clinton and the UN set up President Bush and endanger our nation for partisan political purposes?

Clinton's parting gift to Bush? Poking the Taliban hornet's nest...and running:

Today, the United Nations removed all its remaining relief workers from the country, fearing a backlash from the Taliban, who will be almost completely isolated diplomatically when the resolution takes effect in 30 days, a grace period during which the Taliban could avoid sanctions by meeting the Council's demands. , Dec. 20th...2000.

Why did Clinton wait until Dec. 19th, 2000 to push the UN for tougher sanctions against the Taliban? Why did the UN comply? The grace period was set to expire in 30 days. Clinton knew this would anger not only the Taliban, but their terrorist pals across the world. The UN understood the danger...they pulled their own people out the same day the new threat was issued.

The electoral college voted for President Bush on Dec. 18th, ending Gore's hope. On Dec. 19th, Clinton went to the UN to push for tougher sanctions with a 30 day grace period, and the UN issued the threat...to go into effect Jan. 19th, 2001 - President Bush's inaugeration eve.

One morning at the nub end of Bill Clinton's presidency, Clinton chief of staff John Podesta walked into a senior staff meeting in the Roosevelt Room waving a copy of USA Today. Holding the paper aloft, Podesta read the headline out loud, "Clinton actions annoy Bush." The article detailed the new rules and Executive Orders the outgoing President was issuing in his final days, actions aimed in equal measure at locking in Clinton's legacy (in areas like environmental protection) and bedeviling his successor. "What's Bush so annoyed about?" Podesta asked with a devilish smile. "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done."
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"We laid a few traps," chirps a happy Clinton aide.....

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