Did President Bush Inherit Any Problems From Clinton , Or Was Everything Just Perfect ?

Question

I'd say this is a fair question , seeing as how we see Liberals ask what the next president will have inherited from President Bush .

So, how was National Security ?
The CIA ? and all Intelligence services ?
The Military ? . . . hoo-hooo can't wait to see the answers on that one .

Answer 1

The Communist Administration gutted all Intelligence, and made it imposable to shear information. They tried to merge our Military into the UNPKF. They gave our Enemy, China secret Weapon Technology.

How's that ?

Be Blessed in Christ Jesus !
Minister..........(Outraged)

Answer 2

I think that the best answer to this question came directly
from what Bill Clinton said during his first campaign.

"What ever one President does is not evident until 6 to 8
years after he is elected"

Saying that, every President suffers or benefits from what
the previous administration has done, so all those that are
bashing Bush for 9/11 should heed well the words of their
HERO and you can not really judge Bush's full impact until
the next President is in office. If things are great with the
next President, Bush was good, if things Suck then so did
Bush.

Those that are complaining about the cost of gasoline are
unaware that Al Gore sold off a large portion of our petroleum
reserves to Occidental Petroleum, below market value, not
to say that anything was fishy (LOL) but Al Gore Sr. worked
for Occidental, damn I keep forgetting this war is ABOUT
OIL

What Military, Clinton destroyed the military, how many
bases were closed under the Clinton administration.
How many of the terrorists that attacked US interests
(USS Cole, embassies attacks on clubs where Marines
were known to be) that Bill Clinton PROMISED would
be hunted down and punished were ever hunted down
or punished. ZIP that's how many

No liberal wants to hear that in 1995 the CIA found evidence
that terrorists had planned to use aircraft to destroy the
CIA building, and in 1996 the CIA found evidence that
the terrorists had planned to destroy skyscrapers in NY,
all they hear is Bush received intelligence reports 2 weeks
before they executed their plan and gets the blame for
not doing anything. Bush gets 2 weeks, Bill gets 4 years
and does nothing.

Answer 3

I think it is fair to say that during the Clinton administration plans were being made to attack the United States and we all know that the CIA and the FBI were in some sort of power struggle.
In 1993 they tried to bring down the towers for the first time but failed it shows the plans were being made under the Clinton Administration but succeeded under Bush
1993 World trade center bombing killed 6 injured thousands Clinton Administration
1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia Killed 5 military personnel
Clinton Administration
1996 AL-khobar towers bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 military personnel and injured about 300 others.
Clinton Administration
1998 US Embassy bombing in Africa Killed 224 injured 5000 others
Clinton Administration
2000 USS Cole was killing 17 of our Sailors and injured 37
Seems like there were a lot of Terrorist attacks while Clinton was in office.
Unfortunatly I think there was too much attention focused on his lies and sexual escapades going on and not enough to terrorism

Answer 4

There were tons if issues inherited by the Bush Admin from the Clinton Admin just as there will be problems for the next President, Republican or Democrat. There will always be problems as we constantly have two political parties pushing opposing agendas. The question is... Did Gearge Bush inherit more problems that were hidden by smoke and mirrors than most Presidents. (ok... Reagan really had his work cut out for him after Carter nearly destroyed everything) The fact is, for the most part Clinton was a "paper" President. As in, everything looked fine on paper, until reality sets in. His so called balanced budget was off set at the price of our military and our intelligence capability. Which in turn made us appear weak. And then we have the economy held up by .com companies and mis-information reported by scam companies like enron.

As far as blaming 9/11 on Bush it is absured to do so. "Clinton gave Bush the information", oh please. I can sit here and say... hamas is bad and they will plan attacks on the US using automobiles carrying bombs... How is it you intend to stop it from happening? By gathering intel right. How are you going to do that when Billy cut funding and disassembled the intelligence community. Those things take time to build back up. The libs want to continue on this path by trying to get rid of the Patriot act... Can't have it both ways guys.

One guy e-mailed me suggesting that Bush should have shot the planes down before they made their target. Yeah.... lets see.. did the terrorists leave a note at the terminal with detailed plans of their attack. Once they took control of the aircraft did they radio in what their intentions were? Could you imagine if the President shot down an aircraft with 200+ US citizens on it over a possibility of the end result. Can you imagine what the left would have said then?

It's easy to play "Monday morning quarterback", it is difficult to lead and clean up the mess of an irresponsible President like Clinton... whom I might add had Bin Ladin offered to him twice. But hey, I guess you don't bust your peers right?

Answer 5

Every president inherits problems.

The biggest one was national security/fighting terrorism.

I didn't lose any loved ones on 9/11. So it's easy for me to say, but I think EVERYONE was asleep at the switch. I do find it amusing, in a sick sort of way, that many of the same people who say Bush should not have gone into Iraq also say Bush should have "connected the dots" before 9/11. Maybe he should have. But people didn't like Bush pre-empting a possible attack AFTER we knew what it felt like to get hit (Iraq, a pretty big "dot" to connect by all measure). Can you IMAGINE what people would have said about him launching an invasion of Afghanistan BEFORE 9/11? They would have said he was insane! THAT'S why he keeps mentioning 9/11, as he did even yesterday when he vetoed the bill. NOT because he says Iraq is behind 9/11, but because he is saying we ALL have to do better on "defense," which sometimes included pre-emptive "offense."

Again, I try hard not to fault Clinton people for 9/11. Everyone would have acted differently. What good does it do? Just find the problems and fix them.

I'm not sure how the souls of 9/11 can rest, being kicked around as political footballs as they are.

Thanks for letting me rant, cap letters and all!

Answer 6

Yes President Bush inherited many problems. National Security was in the toilet. The CIA well lets all read Tenets book because that whinny baby is a perfect example of leftovers going bad quickly. The Military and the Budget were GUTTED. But Billy boy wasn't worried he had Blind faith that the U.N. would take care of us.

Answer 7

Yes, we inherited Saddam Hussein and all his problems from Clinton who brushed it under the carpet.
It was left for a President to take care of him and his country the right way. Because of Clinton many people died under Saddam.

Bush is cleaning up the mess...

Answer 8

1. a stripped down,under equiped military with poor morale.
2.the after effects of the burst " DOTCOMM bubble".
3.Unanswered terrorist attacks on America,over 2000 dead and nothing done about.Mostly overseas.
4. The unresolved WMD question in Iraq.
5. A CIA run by an idiot appointed by Clinton.
6. An under funded and badly equiped FEMA.
7. Several million illegal alliens and a wide open border.
8. The voting machines that elected Clinton weren't good enough any more,after they elected Bush,and had to be replaced at taxpayer expense.
9.American business and industry leaving the country due to HIGH taxes.

Answer 9

the better question to ask is how much was the early Bush presidency hampered by the Clinton presidency's failure to brief him in the transition government, due to Gore's stupid legal manueverings.

Answer 10

Missing door knobs, the "W" off all the computer keyboards were taken and the phone system made so that it didn't work properly The C.I.A. and the F.B.I. were under the Torricelli Doctrine that made it against the law to exchange information and to not be able to deal with anyone that was of questionable character to gather information. No 9mm practice ammo for the military. Pilots left the Air Force in droves under Clinton.