Allies, critics say Clinton fell short in terror fight

Boston Globe ^ | 9.21.01 | Brian McGrory and Michael Kranish,

[victim soul]

WASHINGTON - The dual bombings ranked as one of the most insidious acts of terrorism ever committed against the United States: two American embassies in Africa decimated, more than 300 dead, and a shadowy prime suspect, Osama bin Laden, bragging that the battle had just begun.

[victim soul]

Clinton's fight had an added strain. White House officials acknowledged at the time he authorized the attack on Sudan and Afghanistan on the same August weekend in 1998 he confessed his affair with Lewinsky to his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton. He met with national security and military advisers to plan the attacks between sessions with lawyers to prepare for his grand jury testimony.

Don't let any media talking head try to tell us again that a person can do a good job if his personal life is a scandal. If I heard it once, I heard it a thousand times that you can still do your job while your personal life is personal. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

[babylonian]

And the Clinton legacy grows. (It's like a bad piece of meat...the more you chew it the bigger it gets.)

[gumbo]

Some wonder whether he wasn't distracted by the legal and political quagmire of the Monica S. Lewinsky case.

H*ll, the only missiles Clinton ever sent against Bin Laden were the Monica Missiles!

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

And WHAT can we write in WJ Clinton's history page 'worth noting' other than BJ's perjury and lies He and his wife would sell their mothers and this country out in a New York minute.

[quimby]

Previously posted here:

Allies, Critics. Blame Clinton for WTC

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[habs4ever]

You don't say.Clinton fell down on the job? Naw, couldn't have been.He was always working so hard for all of us.:)

[The_Victor]

Yet Clinton's terrorism policy was one of fits and starts, of good intentions that faded into inattention...

That quite clearly describes anything Clintoon has ever attempted to do. Lots of grandiose talk, get bored quickly, drop the project for the next high profile fad. Perhaps Clintoon has ADD.

[Howie66]

Obviously, clinton had more important matters to attend to. His own personal gratification was and remains at the top of his priority list. It is also interesting to note that he constantly falls "short", even when it comes to his "stature" as a man. Little man syndrome is a pathetic thing, indeed.

[metacognate]

Instead of resigning with some shred of dignity, Clinton wasted the nation's precious time. And last night, the worse Clinton was underjoyed at a magnificient speech by a real president.

[SirFishalot]

Let us not forget that the Clinton/Gore team was largely responsible for the demise of Sky Marshalls riding random domestic flights. The funding was diverted for the $1M a piece bomb sniffing machines at our airports. I have yet to hear of any bombs every being caught by one of these machines.

[Gumlegs]

His aides also say that the public and its Washington representatives failed to focus on terrorism because there was never a homeland attack to rally public opinion.

Jamie Gorelick (perfect name, that), said this. What country does he think the World Trade Center was in when it was bombed in 1993?

Does he think the USS Cole belongs to the Bolivian navy?

It was the Clinton administration and the Democrats in Congress who gutted our intelligence gathering capabilities. Increasing the budget but not allowing us to recuit the people who could give us useful information about our enemies is a typical liberal solution. "Let's throw money at the problem but not actually do anything that would inconvenience anyone."

[going hot]

''Clearly, not enough was done,'' said Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration.

Gorelick?...Gorelick?

How appropriate.

[gumbo]

Some aides told of how Clinton would read spy novels and marvel over the possibilities of an America under seige.

Yeah, he probably would've loved that. Imagine the potential to set aside the Consitution and remain in office for life.

[gumbo]

Jamie Gorelick is a woman. She was an underling of Janet Reno's. (NOW NO BAWDY JOKES HERE!)

[dep]

(It's like a bad piece of meat...the more you chew it the bigger it gets.)

so thought monica, who found out otherwise.

dep

[Gumlegs]

Beatcha by six seconds!

[LarryLied]

Democrats support terror. On a lower level than this of course but terror and crime are weapons they use to beat down the population. You can look it up.

[Gumlegs]

Could you tell the women from the men(sic) in the XXX42 administration? I never could.

[SirFishalot]

Lets also not forget that Clinton gave a Presidential pardon to the FALN terrorists just to mine some votes for Hillary.

[babylonian]

I knew somebody would say that. You were right on time.