when bill clinton passed on terrorism for the sake of his own polls does this make him a joke?

Question

Clinton had 8 years to deal with a problem that was right in front of his nose. He ignored every terrorist attack while promising to hunt them down. He was too concerned with doing anything that might hurt his popularity(which by the time he was done, was 34%) that he let down the country and set it up for the biggest attack ever on American soil.

And now another clinton wants to weaken the United States again in her greedy bloodthirsty pursuit of personal power?

Haven't they done enough damage?

Answer 1

Yes. And a reply to Hayley's comment: Bush offered Bin Ladin's head numerous times in 2000. Hayley, are you ignorant or just over diversified in the stupidity department? Do you know when President Bush was sworn in? Do you know when the twin towers were first hit?

Do you know which president had 7 years to do something about it? Do you remember the USS Cole? Do you remember Somalia? Do you remember the 280+ marines blown up while they slept in their barracks?

I seriously doubt that you have the cognitive ability to remember what you had for breakfast this morning. Merry Christmas Lib.

Answer 2

It is clear you want to blame all of our current problems on past leaders, a real classy move that you were taught by this administratio. All political affilliations aside, don't you have a mind of your own? Can't you read, or see, or anything. It doesn't take much intelligence to see the harm that this administration has caused, and the only people responsible are the ones who set this in motion, Bush and his entire administration, Republicans and Democrats alike. Enough with the Reps vs Dems, why don't we all just use our heads for a minute and vote for someone suited to do the job, not elect someone just because they are Rep. or Dem.

Answer 3

You are not correct and you know it! And he left Bush a plan, which Rice and Bush ignored!

Clinton left this country much better off than he found it after Bush and Iran/Contra, Reagan, who cut and run from the Beirut massacre of 242 US Marines by the terrorist group Hezbollah

The Bombers of the trades were caught and tried, the Leader of the attack on the USS Cole was assassinated!.

Greedy Bloodthirsty? Who was behind this sham of a war which has cost us almost 3/4 Trillion, made 500 new Millionaires, killed 150,000 Iraqis and the military has had 3,197 brought home in body bags! Given the rich 2 tax-cuts while he cuts widows benefits and Veterans Hospitals!

I think 9/11 happened on Bush's watch and the fool he is, he went after non-terrorist people who had nothing to do with 9/11!

Quit trying to rewrite history!

Answer 4

How do you figure Clinton ignored terrorism? He did more to fight terrorism than any other president before him. His administration thwarted the attacks that were planned against the UN Headquarters, the FBI building, the Israeli embassy in Washington, the LA and Boston airports, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the George Washington Bridge, a plot against the US embassy in Albania, killing the Pope, and to blow up 12 US jets simultaneously. He tripled the counterterrorism budget for the FBI and doubled the funding overall, rolled up al Qaeda cells in more than twenty countries, created a top-level national security post to coordinate all federal counterterrism activity. After the embassy bombings, Clinton issued a presidential directive authorizing the assassination of Osama. Then after the attack on the USS Cole, Clinton put Richard Clarke in charge of coming up with a comprehensive plan to destroy al Qaeda, which was completed a couple weeks before Bush’s inauguration, which Bush ignored. And by the way, the Republican run Congress fought him at every turn. They thought he was too obsessed with terrorism and Osama and they thought that he wanted to use too much money for the terrorism budget.

In early 2001, the Har-Rudman report warned that "mass-casualty terrorism directed against the US homeland was of serious and growing concern" and came to a unanimous conclusion that "the security of the American homeland from the threats of the new century should be the primary national security mission of the US government." So Cheney formed a task force for this to be their primary task. Guess what? This task force never met. July 10, 2001 Phoenix FBI agent Kenneth Williams sent a memo to headquarters regarding concerns over some Middle Eastern students at an Arizona flight school in which he suggested they may be Al Qaeda operative. It was ignored. CIA Director George Tenet and Clarke were going nuts. The Washington Post quoted a source who said Tenet worked himself "nearly frantic" with concern. In mid-July, "George briefed Condi that there was going to be a major attack."

What was Bush doing while this was going on? He was taking the longest presidential vacation in 32 years.

On August 6, Tenet delivered a report to Bush entitled, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US." FBI director Thomas J. Pickard met with Attorney General John Ashcroft to request $58 million from the Justice Department to hire hundreds of new field agents, translators, and intelligence analysts to improve the Bureau's capacity to detect foreign terror threats. He was turned down September 10, 2001.

Answer 5

The problem was cauesd by Republicans in power during the of Clinton adminstration passing on terrorism preventing him from acting.

Answer 6

You should be aware that Bush was offered Bin Ladin's head numerous ways by the Taliban in 2000 - they were eager to do a deal - and the Bushies declined

My Mistake Balsabulb Y - read 2001 and yes he was offered to Clinton before that. But what is so very interesting is that you imbue my silly mistake as an indicator of lack of intellect - and you general belittling tone as opposed any disputation of my facts is clearly modeled on your masters - they lead you follow both in style and substance. Its time you cut the strings from the perceptual puppet master who controls you. I can fully understand that the reality of Bush declining Bin Ladin would upset you, since it blows all the carefully devised propaganda regarding Bush but really to allow your emotions to drive you into a slandering commentary of me based on one little error - its laughable, so typical of the right when you are wrong you bluster belittle and accuse - duh!

Answer 7

This news article will inform you, if you care to read a different view.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/08/21/wemb21.html

This profile and book review tells more of the story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3559087.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3556191.stm

Poll numbers of Bush and Clinton compared at the same points in their presidencies.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/02/opinion/polls/main1005327.shtml

Answer 8

You should also know your republican leadership kept saying that Clinton was too focused on terrorists and was just doing the missle attacks to deflect from the Lewinsky scandel. Your blame game is completely wrong and you are the one who should wake up and realize politicians do just about everything based on polls

Answer 9

Is this why the guys who bombed the WTC in 1993 are rotting in prison?

Answer 10

Is Clinton a joke?
Depends on what your definition of "IS" is.