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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Clarke wanted to dry up terrorist $$. Iraq was about the biggest state contributor. You do agree with this, don't you?
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Cite, please. And Iraq may have been supporting Palestinians terrorizing Israelis, but it wasn't supporting Al Qaeda. Iraq is the sort of regime Al Qaeda wanted to overthrow. From a fundamentalists perspective, how different were Hussein and the Shah?
Clarke wanted to do a lot of stuff, but the point is the Administration blew him off until after 9/11. Does this mean 9/11 could have been prevented? We'll never know, but I bet it wouldn't have made a difference. It's just very tough to prevent other attacks like that. For the same reason, I'm unimpressed by bilmore's proud claim on behalf of the President that he has prevented terrorist attacks since 9/11. Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it too.
