It is obvious Clinton's policies caused 9/11 terrorist attacks. Why blame Bush?

Question

He was only in office for a few months before it happened. The attack took many years to plan. How is it Bush's fault?

Answer 1

It's neither Presidents fault nobody was prepared for a spectacular attack like that they caught everyone off gaurd.

Answer 2

I really don't see many folks blaming Bush for 9/11. I do see a whole lot blaming Clinton...but of course folks blame him for lots of our ills and give the credit for our economy in those years to Reagan.

Look Bush was only in office a few months and dealt with the kamikaze Chinese pilot that tried to take out our P3 Spy Plane, which the Chinese have probably successfully copied after all this time and then our prez spent considerable time on vacation -- which is well documented. You know most of us when we start a new job don't get any vacation for up to 12 months in some cases. But here's our prez, new to the most important job in the world and he is on vacation and spending too much time at his ranch in Crawford.

Bush cut funding for terrorism, failed to listen to his key advisors (as he does with all his advisors) and didn't bother to read the intelligence briefing. These things are his fault.

You are entirely correct that 9/11 had long been in preparation. And honestly, the blame for 9/11 rests with the FBI, CIA and other agencies who failed to monitor the high number of Saudis and Egyptians learning how to fly in the US.

What truly amazes me about 9/11 is that we knew the identities of these folks almost immediately after 9/11. Pretty amazing considering the available forensic evidence. That's why I think the blame must rest with the agencies tasked with protecting us. They dropped the ball plain and simple and blaming any president is really not accurate.

Answer 3

There is certainly enough blame to go around concerning 9/11. Our elected officials have been so busy with their own agenda and planning dirty tricks against their opponents, chasing down Clinton's sex life (which is no bodys business), trading weapons in the Central Americans war, invading Grenada and Panama, and being "self-important". No one paid any attention for 25 years to the gathering storm. No one paid any attention and there were no consequences for the bombing of our embassies overseas. So you cannot lay 9/11 on just one President - they are all guilty of neglecting the signs.

However, the carnage going on Iraq, the coming carnage in the middle east and the disruption of the whole area can be laid directly at the feet of Mr. Bush. The world will have more terror attacks due to Mr. Bush and his policy than anything experienced in previous decades. Mr. Bush has loosed the tiger and it will try to eat us.

Answer 4

Bin Laden and his terrorist group caused the 9/11 attacks to occur, not Presidents Clinton or Bush.

Answer 5

It wasn't finger pointing time till Clinton did not reply the subsequent 5 circumstances the U. S. or this is hobbies were attacked! It change into then that the american human beings realized they'd a shameless coward sitting interior the seat of the commander in chief. the large distinction between the first and intensely last incidents were this: George Herbert Walker Bush change into out of workplace even as the first commerce middle attack surpassed off. This us of a change into being examined by potential of Islamic terrorists, even as the first attack surpassed off, even as the second one WTC attack surpassed off, below GWB, the terrorists already believed the country does no longer reply because it had no longer, on the finest 5 incidents. The precedent had already been set by potential of Clinton, to no longer react to attack. the guy feared our own military complicated more effective than he did the enemy. this is actual, the military had little regard for the Clintons, in spite of the undeniable fact that it does no longer have allowed this is dislike for them to intervene with this is military duties. You reported that the Clinton administration began operating to maintain us secure from terrorism, this is as some distance fetched as a fact can likely be. There theory of protecting the american human beings from terrorism change into to unravel the count number in civilian courts. this is so some distance as Clinton ever went in struggling with the enemy of as we talk. it really is an same enemy as that of 1993. basically how deep interior the sand are you Clinton fans prepared to bury your heads, previously you'll finally admit the Clintons are more effective than basically losers? they're risky losers, because they trust they could produce a win, win difficulty for all, and that basically ain't so. between 1992 and 2000, we tried Clintons social try of being fantastic to all people. He grew to change into the different cheek, every time our us of a change into attacked. Why, he finally ran out of cheeks to exhibit, yet nevertheless did no longer something. So, do not you dare tell the american those that we choose the Clinton's again, do not you fu cking dare!

Answer 6

I've heard a few people blame Bush. But not really any one with intelligence or a clue. Most of the planning came on Clinton's watch and he did have a chance to take out Bin Laden and didn't do it. But I don't blame it completely on Clinton. The wheels were set in motion during George H. W. Bush's watch. I think attacks would happen no matter what. So there's plenty of blame to go around. But I agree, you can't put the blame on George W.

Answer 7

Who's blaming bush for 9/11?
No-one.
(But it was actrually bushes fathers policies of stationing troops in very religious areas of saudi arabi that brought on the terrorist attacks - to begin with - not clintons policies)

You should blame Bush Jnr for the war in Iraq though.

Answer 8

Unfortunately, it wasn't just Clinton's policies...it was every American president since 1948. This started with us backing Israel, even though it was the British that gave the land to the Jews and evicted the Palestinians....Clinton can be blamed for not pursuing terrorists when they were handed to him on a silver platter though.

Answer 9

We can go further back to Reagan and Daddy Bush on this one. Who was a friend of the bin Ladens? Was it Clinton? Nope, the Bushes. Who's biggest contributor, in terms of oil wealth, is the Saudi royal family (and other Saudi interests)? The Bushes again.

Answer 10

Sorry the blame for this lays squarely on the shoulder of Ronald Reagan. Yes the master himself is the one who initially funded Bin Ladens fighters and taught them how to destroy a super power.


Oh and how many days was Bush on vacation during those 9 months he was in office before the attacks happened?