Why do conservatives keep trying to make it seem like Clinton was responsible for 911?

Question

I think it's interesting how the more messed up we get with Iraq and the more people get fed up with Bush, the conservatives always try so much harder to shoulder the previous administration with all the blame. I love this confrontation with fox news where an interviewer thought he had Clinton on the spot and got his butt handed to him.

http://break.com/index/purple_faced_rage.html

Answer 1

President Clinton tried a lot harder than Bush, no question, and that is from counterterrorism experts.

Answer 2

Let's be objective, the question was relatively sterile, and the very talented Mr. Clinton went on a calculated and preconceived diatribe. He should, he's being accused of facilitating the worst attack on US soil in decades.

But, you can't say "I tried, I failed" if you are President. You have to perform.

So please recite to me the Clinton foreign policy and military response to:

02/23/93 WTC Bombing?

06/25/96 Khobar Bombing?

08/07/98 Kenya and Tanzania US Embassy Bombings?

10/12/00 USS Cole Bombing?

I think you will find that there was no serious inclination to enter into a decisive military response to root out Al Qaeda following its declaration of war against the US. Sudan offered OBL to us, Clinton's administration just asked them to deport him. He received safe haven in Afghanistan, and continued to attack US interests, and when we did have him in our sights for assassination, Clinton's legal team forced international fallout to supercede US interests in killing this man and decapitating Al Qaeda, which we had a right to do so.

Though the first WTC bombing occurred a month into Clinton's term, he did have 8 years to address the issue. He did leave the Bush team with a great deal of information and experienced anti-terror assets on the ground. However, neither man had a personal commitment to answer terrorism forcefully, until 9/11/01.

Chris Wallace is not an instigator, in fact his brand of journalism is anesthetic if you ask me. But Clinton had a notion to vociferously defend his record, and yes he knows more than I do about what he did or didn't do, but in the end, there wasn't ENOUGH done, because Al Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah are STILL in business today, and if his will to exert US power abroad has any example in recent times, it's the lousy deal he cut with Kim of North Korea, which quickly proliferated nuclear technology to a host of US enemies under Clinton's watch.

The Democrats and Republicans are woefully inadequate when it comes to foreign policy. So denying that is useless. What Clinton should do is talk less and do more, whether it's for alternative energy, or in getting the Palestinians and Israelis to talk again (as he did in 93 and 00), so we can make progress there. He tainted his legacy by whining to Wallace this weekend, and should have taken the higher ground. He is a better Democrat than any in the field today, but his comments just made him appear partisan like everyone else.

Answer 3

Clinton had 8 years in office and numerous terrorist attacks against the US, including one against the WTC in 1993, yet when Bush came to office, there were no programs in place against the terrorists. In fact, it was during the Clinton administration that the sharing of info between the FBI and other intelligence communities was prohibited. Also, the budgets for the intelligence agencies and military were reduced under Clinton.

If you consider all the recommendations from the 9/11 commission, all the new programs instituted, etc, shouldn't you have to ask - why was nothing like that put in place after the 1993 WTC bombing by terrorists? Where was our international intelligence following the bombing of US troops in the Middle East, the bombings of US Embassies in Africa or the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen? What was our response?

For 8 years, the whole Iraq mess went unresolved, with Clinton bombing them in 1998 just when Monica was giving testimony. Otherwise, he let them fail over and over to meet UN resolution committments, without pushing for closure.

As for Clinton's ranting rage, it shows how violent and angry he gets when anybody questions him about his failures. The vindictiveness, the personal attacks, the belittlement and wild accusations are all classic Clinton. Deflect, distract, detract - he was the master of the politics of political destruction.

He showed us once again what a classless lout he truly is.

Answer 4

because they don't want to believe that bush is a horrible president.they think that he's the greatest.they clearly are ignorant and buy into any thing bush tells them.so they blame Clinton for 9/11.for god's sake Clinton wasn't even in office for a year when 9/11 happen.so tell me how he was responsible for it.when Clinton was in office no one ever tried to fly a plane into a building.but when bush came all that changed.because he got hungry for oil.

Answer 5

The Clinton administration had eight years of terrorist attacks, "nation building" operations, missles fired at tents and empty buildings, and late minute releases of bin Ladin.
The Bush administration had eight MONTHS to get up to speed, drag information from the Clinton administration's friends in the CIA, decide whether to do more with it than Clintion had ( considering that no more attacks came in those eight months ) and then deal with information leaking in about Iraq, North Korea and Iran. What could they have done in eight months that Clinton didnt do in eight years?

Answer 6

Why do Liberal wackos keep trying to make up crap to try and prove that Bush planned 9/11 and in the same breath say he's an idiot. Which is it, evil mastermind or idiot make up your minds, oh wait that right you don't have to, you just get to change your mind on a daily basis and never get called on it.

Clinton handed no-one their butt, on the contrary Clinton came off looking like a guilty 2nd grader who just got caught in a lie. He was too busy trying to get tail and was not trying to defend this country.

Read and weep: http://www.highvolumemedia.com/thebullhorn/WarOnTerror/ClintonsFailures/


p2prox- yeah 8 years to do something as compared to 8 months that's a fair comparison to who took sufficient action. Clinton dropped the ball and Bush was responsible for picking it up.

Answer 7

Iraq was a long time coming ! no matter how slow u choose to travel down a road u Will pass the same things while reaching the same destination .

Answer 8

Bill Clinton feels responsibility for 9/11.
But he doesn't care that much.
Even most Democrat Politicians are fed up with Clintons' lies.

Answer 9

President Bush was in the white house for 8 months when 9-11 happened.............Gee how long was Slick Willlie there for?? Uh, 8 years....DUH! When I saw that interview with Slick Willie I was so embarrassed for him....he was pissed because he knows he screwed up.

Answer 10

Diversion from the ugly truth.