When President Clinton ordered missiles fired at Bin Laden's camps during the Lewinski ordeal...........?

Question

and the GOP accused him of deflecting attention away from the REAL IMPORTANT issue of his marital infidelity, were the Republicans 'unpatriotic' and 'aiding the enemy'?

Chuck D - Where is Bush mentioned here?

Answer 1

Well put. If we used the yardstick they use now, they are a bunch of "unpatriotic defeatists".
I remember the " No bombs for Monica", "Wag the Dog" and " he is too obsessed with Osama Bin Laden" crap some of them spewed. God forbid that he continued to do his job. I see you attracted a lemming who said he did not bomb Afghanistan it was Iraq, totally missing the point that he was retaliating against Saddam firing at our planes patrolling the no-fly zone. Pathetic sheeple.
1996, the Republican led Congress watered down the 1996 Clinton Anti Terrorism Bill
Also don't forget the crap they also spat out when they went after him about fighting in Bosnia.
Back in 1999, after then-President Bill Clinton had ordered U.S. forces to begin a massive bombing campaign and missile strikes against Yugoslavia, the House of Representatives considered a resolution supporting the mission. The leading opponent of the resolution was Tom DeLay (R-Tx), who dismissed the notion that opposing the war was in any way an affront to the troops.
In a visceral floor statement delivered in March of that year, DeLay declared, "Bombing a sovereign nation for ill-defined reasons with vague objectives undermines the American stature in the world.( isn't that ironic)
As the war progressed, DeLay condemned "(President Clinton's) war," and grumbled in April, 1999, that, "There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our overextended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today." ( now doesn't this sound familiar but Dems uttered it so they are unpatriotic)

Texas Governor George W. Bush told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on June 5, 1999: "I think it's also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long (U.S. troops) will be involved and when they will be withdrawn."( Huh!?! I guess we have the beginnings of selective amnesia here

Answer 2

Had he sent them into Bin Laden's camps, it might have been a good idea. What he in fact did was order nearly the entire cruise missile inventory fired into empty desert. Clinton's war on terror started the day Lewinski was deposed and ended the day of the Senate impeachment vote, but I'm sure that's purely a coincidence.

Answer 3

Clinton launched two attacks against Iraq. One was the day of Lewinsky's grand jury testtimony, and the other was the day of the scheduled impeachment vote in the House.

The House delayed the vote for a day due to the operation.

Rather than criticizing his doing something about terrorism, people questioned the timing. As it was, they were grateful that he had finally taken notice and had done something, for a change.

Clinton has no one but himself to blame for the criminal investigations.

Answer 4

He was deflecting attention away from his Lewinsky ordeal, by doing his job. Heaven forbid the GOP not have their witch hunt over something. Even if its not work related.

In all seriousness, they should be considered 'unpatriotic', not for saying that Clinton was deflecting attention from his BJ by bombing those dang ole terrorists, but for focusing on something so pointless, wasting time and money, and deflecting attention from real matters.

Answer 5

The missiles were not fired at Bin Laden's camps, they were fried into Baghdad at a civilian population center. And what a coincidence!!!!! Just had to be the day of the impeachment vote. Clinton killed innocent Iraqis to persuade the representatives not to impeach him as doing so at a time of war would be unpatriotic. He murdered Iraqis to save his own hide and the Republicans are murderers? WOW, some logic.

Answer 6

Clinton also could have had bin Laden several times, but was too busy getting willie waxed. Clinton also said Saddam had WMDs. Clinton also lied and said he balanced the budget, but really looted the Social Security fund. Clinton also is the only sitting president convicted of perjury. Clinton murdered anyone that opposed him. Clinton supported IslamoFascist Muslims in Bosnia , these same IslamoFascist Bosnians just tried to murder US soldiers. Think about that when you before you anoint your St William.

Answer 7

They reaction to that incident were more along the lines of "That's it? That's your maximum effort to take out that major terrorist leader?". The criticism came when Billy Boy took out the aspirin factory in the Sudan.

As it turned out, both reactions were dead on the money.

Answer 8

Oh no of course not. Republicans are honorable patriotic Americans. Everything they do is fine and everything Democrats do is bad. Remember?

Answer 9

Apparently. Especially if you apply their kind of logic. Thank you so much for mentioning this fact. I've been reported in the past for bringing this up...........and they say this is a Liberal/Democratic site!

Answer 10

Obviously they were. Its funny how they don't talk about all the times the Republican congress impeded Clinton's efforts to combat terrorism, and today claim he didn't do enough.