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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (37127)7/23/2004 7:55:44 AM
From: RichnorthRead Replies (2) of 81568
 
Rightly or wrongly, my take on Clinton was that he was much too engrossed with trying to achieve a peace accord between Barak and Arafat. Clinton apparently felt he had to be "nice" to Moslems in general in order to get the peace process going. Recall how angry and frustrated he was when Arafat flip-flopped and finally refused to sign.

However, reality forced him to lob a few cruise missiles and smart bombs, here and there and now and then, in order to placate wrathful forces at home and to help his personal ratings.

Now this may sound a bit far-fetched: I suspect Clinton also wanted to be nice to the Moslems to help in getting his wife elected into the Senate. Recall that Hillary visited Palestine and got a sizeable donation for her election war chest. (The donation was returned due to unfavourable public opinion.)

So, overall, Prez Clinton was generally seen to be rather nice and soft on Moslems abroad and at home. It is not surprising that lots of folks lay the blame for 9/11 on his doorsteps.
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