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Originally posted by Gattigap
I don't follow your logic that, had Bush I beaten Clinton, that we'd have avoided 9/11. As mentioned above, I think that OBL drew his perceptions of American weakness from a longer window of time than The Clinton Years.
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Bush I, partially because of his differing views of what was important, but maybe in greater part because of his job progression, placed a much higher value on one thing than did Clinton. That was intelligence.
Not smarts - I mean, knowing what was going on all over the world. Clinton did a number on our intelligence capacity. (OK, to avoid a side fight, change that to, our intelligence capacity was greatly reduced during Clinton's tenure.) Had Bush I had his way, I think that we would have known all about AQ, and would probably have quietly done them in long before they started their serious campaign.
That's what I see as the difference, not that OBL would have feared Bush I more than Clinton.
