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To: Drew Williams who wrote (13976)	8/21/1998 10:41:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

*OT* << it is silly to suggest that he approved, orchestrated, and scheduled these attacks solely to distract us from his other problems. >> The key word you used was "solely". The strike may have been the right thing to do, but why not a week ago, a year ago, next week, etc.? It doesn't help people sleep at night wondering if military decisions are being made with emphasis on political consequences. That's what led to problems in Korea and Vietnam.

To: Drew Williams who wrote (13976)	8/21/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

**OT** Drew, without getting into the politics of the WH, I want to get your opinion on why, after all these years, our intelligence has not been able to infiltrate the middle east enough to assassinate people we view as national threats. I'm not asking for a James Bond operation, but we are locked out of the terrorist group circles. It seems we should be able to get close enough to destroy them before they take down the next embassy of airplane. Bill

To: Drew Williams who wrote (13976)	8/21/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: John Cuthbertson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

OT: "Unless Secretary of State Albright, Secretary of Defense Cohen, etc., are all fibbing to cover Bill's butt..." How would this be different from what all of Clinton's aides and cabinet have been doing for the last seven months? (Or six years?) Seriously, though, I agree that it seems most likely that the timing of the raid was coincidental. There is political theater going on here, though; it just has to do with the President's actions, not the military's. The fact that Clinton "cut short his vacation" and flew back to DC "to be with his team," and then gave us a solemn TV speech about the incident--things that he has not done in similar situations in the past, e.g. NATO air raids in Bosnia--demonstrates how Willie is trying to capitalize on the situation as a political opportunity. It's distasteful, but it doesn't mean that the situation was intentionally created for that purpose.