No thanks to Clinton. He benefited politically from Reagan's peace dividend and took credit for it. It was Reagan, not Clinton who said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall."
As to keeping the Mid-East in check, guess again. Terrorism and terrorist infiltration FLOURISHED under Clinton, and in "retaliation," (rather than ending it) he spent millions to lob a few cruise missiles to kill a few goats (in between getting off with Monica and untold others). His "keeping them in check" was akin to Saddam lobbing scuds at Israel. You think the USS Kole, Khobar Towers, African embassy bombings, etc., as well as the planning and infiltration of all these "sleepers" in the WTC attack took place since January '01? They were virtually free to recruit, develop, plan, and execute under Clinton, while we were told to do the macarena and sing "Don't worry, be happy," which we obligingly did. |
