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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (1686)3/30/2004 11:50:15 AM
From: Original Mad Dog   of 35834
 
And then there is this: The clear implication of Clarke's book tour/testimony now is that, if Bush had acted more forcefully, 9/11 might have been prevented.

Yet this exchange took place during Clarke's own testimony last week:

Slate Gorton: "Assuming that the recommendations that you made on January 25 of 2001 . . . including aid to the Northern Alliance which had been an agenda item at this point for two and a half years without any action, assuming that there had been more Predator reconnaissance missions, assuming that that had all been adopted, say, on January 26, year 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would have prevented 9/11?"

Mr. Clarke: "No."

Mr. Gorton: "It just would have allowed our response after 9/11 to be perhaps a little bit faster?"

Mr. Clarke: "Well, the response would have begun before 9/11."

Mr. Gorton: "But -- yes, but we weren't going to -- there was no recommendation on your part or anyone else's part that we declare war and attempt to invade Afghanistan prior to 9/11?"

Mr. Clarke: "That's right."


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