Why didn't Bill Clinton retaliate when Bin Ladin attacked the USS Cole in Oct. 2000 ?
2006-09-11 06:07:57 · 10 answers · asked by 8upcoaldigger69 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Mainly because Bin Ladin had been trained by and funded by the United States government under Reagan. He was seen as a radical, but no one saw him as a large scale threat. Also the 93 bombings of WTC had nothing to do with bin ladin, that was another nut. only the Cole was related to Bin Ladin, and that was in 2000. So you should really get your facts straight
2006-09-11 06:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The same reason that draft dogging coward George W Bush hasn't confronted Pakistan for allowing Bin Ladin to stay there
2006-09-11 13:17:17 · answer #2 · answered by dononvan_666 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
he wanted to NOT give Al Gore something to defend right before the election.
2006-09-11 13:59:54 · answer #3 · answered by melvinschmugmeier 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did retaliate by hanging out with Bin Laden's girl friend Monica Lewinsky!
2006-09-11 13:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
He was busy with Monika...No time for Bin Ladin
2006-09-11 13:12:51 · answer #5 · answered by nona 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
or the towers in 93 or the embassies in Africa etc.
no spine!
2006-09-11 13:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Hillary would not let him.
2006-09-11 15:57:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He didn't have the spine to do so. It would have smeared his image as a "dove".
2006-09-11 13:10:46 · answer #8 · answered by Albannach 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
he didnt care
2006-09-11 13:18:19 · answer #9 · answered by Leon G 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
He was too high?
2006-09-11 13:15:16 · answer #10 · answered by ezachowski 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋