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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Ok. Do you think that he would have had the slightest chance of pushing those policies though the Republican Congress between 1998-2000. How would Lott, Delay, Hastert, et al. have responded? Maybe Clinton should havea launched a retailiatory strike aftter the election but before the inauguration?
Instead, he stuck to trying to kill bin Laden quietly, and without the benefit of the significant technological advancement in weaponry in the past 4-6 years. That excerpt from Clarke points out -- counter to the stuff we hear from the rabid right (or event he center right nowadays) -- that the Clinton administration did more than a little against terrorism, and foiled many plots.
S_A_M
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what policies? Freezing accounts directed to terrorists? Providing support to the Northern Alliance? Did you know in 1999 that a guy who was directing attacks against us was living as the guest of this nut job government? I remember lots of press about blowing up the Buddhas and the lady who snuck in and filmed the executions etc.
I don't remember the President saying these guys are also at the heart of attacks on the US. If he had the public/congress might have given as much support as it did bombing Bosnia.
I agree with GGG (which is why I gave him office) we should not turn this political, but clearly it has been.
