Why did the GOP Congress let bin Laden's al Qaida attack the US and then build him an army?

Question

Bill Clinton sent anti-terrorism bills to the GOP Congress that included reinforced locking doors on commercial passenger jet cock-pits and to have armed US Marshals on flights, but the GOP Congress, saying that Clinton and the Democrats were "irrationally obsessed with bin Laden and al Qaida" and referred to his anti-terrorism bills as "wagging the dog". But the GOP congress was far too obsessed with Monica and watered down the anti-terrorism bills that, had they passed them as Clinton sent it to them would have made 9/11 impossible.

Then when we had bin Laden trapped in Tora Bora, Bush and the GOP just let him go and set up a terrorist training ground in Iraq.

The longer we stay in Iraq, the more terrorists are created, and every intelligence report reaffirms this, and yet the GOP plans to stay longer and create ever more terrorists.

Answer 1

I remember the politicians ridiculing Clinton for his warnings of the potential danger of Bin Laden, and I remember the warning of the potential lack of safety for commercial airlines during the Clinton administration. However, both Clinton and Bush could have done more to get Bin Laden. They both had failures. We have no way of knowing if the failures were the result of bad intelligence, bad military tactics, or other reasons. We have seemingly stirred up a hornets nest in Iraq, but nobody, even other middle eastern countries, want us to leave Iraq in a state of Civil War as it now is. Hopefully, Bush will figure out he needs to make the Iraq Government responsible for the fighting, quit throwing money at them, make them pay for their own guns and training, and be more realistic about what it will take to stop the sectarian fighting.

Answer 2

Wow, this is the most twisted interpretation of the history of the last decade I have read in a while. I appreciate the fact that you are a democrat. I appreciate the fact that you are never going to do anything but blame Bush and the GOP for everything. I am just amazed that you can take Bill Clinton out of the mix conveniently and throw Bush in conveniently.

You my friend belong in an Insane Asylum...I mean major media network. Ask a question that is outlandish, back it up with twisted facts, distorted half truths, passing the buck when convenient, then making another bold assertion and then following it up with an opinion about a totally unrelated topic in order to make the point you really wanted to say...Well done my liberal disease ridden compadre...

Answer 3

Clinton could have killed Osama but chose not to because the recon photo showed a childrens swingset where he was hiding out. He didn't want the negative publicity.
I would doubt very much that the GOP would let Bin Laden go when that would be their feather in the cap.

Answer 4

Not sure where you came up with "irrationally obsessed with bin Laden and al Qaida", but yes he was accused of "wagging the dog". More so because of his timing, as well as his attempts and investigation into apprehending bin Laden in the past.
Clinton encouraged Pakistan to pressure the taliban to remove bin Laden. After numerous meetings wiht then pakistani PM Nawez Sharif, Sharif finally agreed to le the US train Pakistani special forces to fin bin Laden. And the Bush administration was dumb? pay for, and train an army/military, that was backer of the taliban, to fight and catch the taliban? nice......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Clinton_Administration#Counterterrorism_and_Osama_bin_Laden

Answer 5

our top guys are in bed with the bin laden family. saddam hussein was a way to pull the wool over the fact. he was a bad guy, but after putting him on his pedastal we decided that he needed to be a scapegoat for our purposes and instead of going after the guy we intended we changed courses to keep $$ pouring in. the iraqi people should be the ones to tear down and restructure their own govt in their own time. otherwise we're left with an extremely corrupt govt... well like what they have since we got there. george orwells animal farm anyone?

Answer 6

Even as a die hard liberal Democrat, I think your information is incorrect. It has been mistakes, not conspiracy that have put us at risk.

But you are dead right about the obsession the GOP had with Clinton and his sexual life. Sortid, true. And his lies were about a personal sexual encounter and should never have led to his impeachment. They really did take their eye off the ball and concentrated on BJs and not OBL.

Answer 7

I don't know about your sources though-I've never heard of what you are talking about. However this is such a horrible situation we are in right now and I really have no clue of what's going to be the final outcome...I think it's not going to be very positive though--the people there at least 70% do not want us occupying their country any longer.

Answer 8

they have been set lower back by his assassination, however the textile chanced on in his bunker mattress room indicated an attack on the U. S. rail equipment and super cities for a 10th anniversary present to us. i'm beneficial there are different plans in existence.

Answer 9

Unless you can prove, or give a source, you too are "wagging the dog".

Answer 10

its all a show, the script was written long ago