He was, fundamentally, the do-nothing president about terrorism, although he knew — as he tells us now — the grave nature of the threat. It was Bush who could have told Clinton a few things about how to respond to terror in their exit interview, since his instincts were so much sounder. After the al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole in October 2000, Bush as a candidate said that "there must be a consequence." Common sense, right? Not for Clinton. He let the attack go unanswered.
Pretty scathing article, but it pretty much sums it up.
I saw this last night and got a real hoot out of it.
;) M@yeah!rightwhatever.com
From the Wartime Grapevine:
Presidential Preface?
Former President Bill Clinton (search) says that before he left office he warned President Bush (search) that, "the biggest security problem was Usama bin Laden (search)." But, he says, he was unable to convince Mr. Bush of the danger, calling it, "one of the...biggest disappointments that I had."
Speaking at a lunch Wednesday in New York, Mr. Clinton did not mention that, according to U.S. officials, he backed off a plan to go after bin Laden himself in October 2000, after the U.S.S. Cole bombing.
The Reuters dispatch on the Clinton speech notes that, "Al Gore...did not make the threat from Al Qaeda a major focus of the presidential campaign."
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