Do you think clinton told the truth?

Question

When he said "What did I do? What did I do? I worked hard to try to kill him. I authorized a finding for the CIA to kill him. We contracted with people to kill him. I got closer to killing him than anybody has gotten since."

Clinton has consistently misrepresented the presidential directive about political assassinations. Clinton did not order bin Laden assassinated. He did not even lift the ban on intelligence agencies attempting to assassinate bin Laden.

When Clinton's "nation-building" in Somalia led to the brutal killing of 18 Americans, some of whose corpses were then dragged through the streets, Clinton did what the Democrats are currently demanding we do in Iraq: He cut and ran.
Now that a leader we can all be proud of.

Answer 1

If he did then he is in violation for contracting the death of Osama under the Geneva Convention.

If he lied, then he, yet again, lied to the American people and nothing is new.

either way he is a moron.

Answer 2

He probably at least believed he was telling the truth, which is more than George W. Bush can say. The Bush administration had no intention of ever capturing or killing binLaden. When George H.W. Bush left office, he joined a Washington firm called the Carlyle Group, which quickly became one of the top government contractors. Investors in the Carlyle Group include $2.5 million from a Saudi family by the name of binLaden.
Immediately after 9-11, many prominent Saudi businesspeople were flown out of the country on private government jets. Why isn't it possible to assume that Osama binLaden was smuggled into the U.S.A. on those same incoming jets, and has been living in luxury ever since at his family's huge gated compound outside of Orlando, Florida?
Why did George W. Bush quietly disband the ONLY government entity specifically charged with capturing binLaden in 2005 without so much as a whimper from the media?
Why has George W. Bush said he doesn't even consider binLaden a significant element in the AlQaeda movement any longer?
Because the 9-11 attacks were only used as an excuse to illegally and unconstitutionally invade Iraq, which in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the U.S.A. But, the Bush family had a personal vendetta to settle with Hussein, and Dick Cheney wanted all that OIL swimming underneath Iraq's sands. While the Clinton administration probably rightfully considered binLaden a minor threat in the AlQaeda movement, the Bush administration used binLaden and the 9-11 disasters to get its hands on Iraq.
There is no interest in bringing democracy to Iraq. If Bush really believes we'll be out of there by 2009, WHY is the U.S.A. now building the largest embassy in the world on a 104-acre site in downtown Baghdad, overlooking the modest headquarters of the 'new' Iraqi government, which is nothing more than a puppet regime being run by the United States? We will invade Iran for the very same reason before the spring of 2007: all those rich fields of easily-accessible OIL so that Dick Cheney and his Exxon-Mobil buddies can get richer and richer and richer as American motorists will continue to pay any price to keep their gas-guzzling SUVs on the road. -RKO-

Answer 3

No, I think he was lying.
When Bush senior kicked Iraq out of Kuwait, Bin Laden was pissed. Bin Laden and Hussein had a contract on Bush. I think Bush senior authorized the CiA and others to find him. That is the connection between Hussein and bin laden that people have forgotten about. Al Quaida and Hussein have been working together for longer than people care to believe. so, no, the standing orders were in place way before Clinton learned how to moisten a cigar. He is a liar.

Answer 4

Actually Sudan had Binny in Custody and offered Him to Clinton. Ya don't get any closer than that.
Maybe that was the problem, He was too busy authorizing findings when all He had to do was arange for a pick up.
"When the fingers wagg'n, the truth is lack'n."

Answer 5

Who cares???? The past is the past! We can only do something about the NOW. So let's get out of Iraq, help the people in the world who really need help, and start to regain an image as a "good" country.

Answer 6

I do, Clinton all the way. This administration is full of S**t, what a mess they got us into in the name of spreading democracy, all they did is to give the world more reasons to hates us.

Answer 7

I don't know, he was defending himself. I think history will or will not bear him out. There are probably other people that could substantiate this but they have not come foreword. I am a Clinton backer but I do know that he has lied. So the answer I have to give is I don't know.

Answer 8

Yes - I read Richard Clarke's book and he worked for Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton and then W. Clarke also was a Republican (I don't know if he still is after W.) Read his book - it is pretty amazing and very factual and detailed.

Answer 9

Yes I do. All I know is Bush and Company have given me no reasons to believe them at all and every reason to consider them lying corrupt hypocrites.

Answer 10

Does Bush lie?---------


Bush Calls Freedom from Torture "Inalienable Human Right"
President says U.S. committed to expanding democracy, freedom worldwide

In remarks commemorating United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26, President Bush says freedom from torture is "an inalienable human right."

In a statement released by the White House the same day, Bush said the United States "is committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the rule of law." He added that the United States is working to expand democracy worldwide and "will help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way."

The president acknowledged that many people throughout the world are "stand[ing] up for their right to freedom," but said that too many are "paying a terrible price for their brave acts of dissent" by being "detained, arrested, thrown in prison, and subjected to torture by regimes that fail to understand that their habits of control will not serve them well in the long-term."

Following is the text of the White House statement:

Answer 11

Probable. But it's hard to catch somebody who was armed, trained, financed by Reagan and Bush (after they armed Iran, Taliban, Saddam).