[chuckwalla]

Pre 9/11 it was just as important as after that we act, or should have acted. If clinton had done his job and stopped the growth of al-qaeda after Somalia then there would have been no need to find and destroy the numerous cells scattered throughout the world.
The towers would still be standing and the world would be a different and better place now.
Sure hussein might still have been a problem but the absence of the dispursement of terrorists that al-qaeda promotes would have made hussein more containable.
The fact that clinton for whatever reason almost completely failed means the work Bush is doing now is far greater, more difficult than just clean up.
Imagine al-qaeda being stopped in it's infancy in the early 90's before they could build financial and terrorist networks all over the world.
Thanks bill.

[maica]

Pre 9/11 it was just as important as after that we act, or should have acted. If clinton had done his job and stopped the growth of al-qaeda after Somalia then there would have been no need to find and destroy the numerous cells scattered throughout the world. The towers would still be standing and the world would be a different and better place now.

The bolded words just leapt off the page. I am going to say this to every "war is not the answer" person I meet.