...one of the effects of Clinton's bombing of those camps was to derail those negotiations and solidify the relationship between bin Laden and the Taliban. I believe that this was one of the results of the bombing that Clinton intended. ...I read those reports in the Indian and Pakistani press on line. Surely Clinton was well aware that bin Laden would be well away from those camps. I can believe that Clinton should have known bin Laden would be away from Afghanistan, but ordered the strikes anyway because his priority was to be in the news doing something about terrorism. But you seem to be saying Clinton was protecting bin Laden by making sure he stayed with the Taliban.
Am I understanding you correctly? This is quite an accusation, even for Clinton.
One result of Clinton's bombing at the same time of the aspirin factory in Khartoum was to stymie the negotiations then going on between the FBI and the Sudan for the FBI's interrogation of two bin Laden lieutenants that had been arrested in Khartoum on suspicion of being involved in the embassy bombings. The Sudan was offering to let the FBI interrogate them, indeed offering to extradite them to the U.S. FBI Director Freeh, then in East Africa investigating the embassy bombings, was eager to have the men interrogated. But the bombing of the aspirin factory put a stop to that. Soon thereafter, the Sudan released the two men, who were Pakistanis, to Pakistan, which then had no interest in going after bin Laden's people.
I interpret this to mean that Clinton wanted to frustrate the FBI's investigation of the embassy bombings. How do you interpret it?
And how do you interpret the fact that at the same time Clinton's bombing of the camps in Afghanistan prevented the negotiations going on for the Taliban's handing bin Laden over to the Saudis from coming to fruition?
One thing Clinton is not is stupid.