By going after Clinton in the 90's, didn't the Republicans unwittingly provide a distraction for al Qaeda?

Question

Remember "Wag the Dog"?

Maybe, if the Republicans hadn't hounded Clinton so relentlessly in the 90's, he might have been able to focus more on finding and killing Osama bin Laden.

I didn't vote for Clinton either time, but it sure would have been nice if he hadn't been harrassed to the point of being distracted from more important responsibilities like hunting down and killing Osama and company!

And please don't make the obviously trite but cheap and altogether unimaginative remark that he was being distracted by "other things" or "something else"

Answer 1

I think you're absolutely right on that point. Ken Starr and his trumped up charges and Newt Gingrich and the GOP congress more than likely aided and abetted al quaeda during the 90s as well as other homegrown terrorism plots.

Then when Clinton's administration tried to warn the Bush administration about terrorism threats, Bush , Rumsfeld, Cheney were sleeping and not paying attention to what could go on, they were already looking for an excuse to go to war in Iraq.

It's all very sad really. Bush's administration has ruined the reputations of so many good politicians and public service personnel, Powell, Tenet, Richard Clark, Tony Blair, for example and to what gain?

Excellent analysis.

Answer 2

Right, like Slick Willie wasn't distracted by other things, such as interns, and cigars, and his haridan of a wife, and his attempt to ensure his "legacy", and all the other things he brought upon himself.

Talk about spinmeistering -- Clinton didn't care about Osama bin Laden. He'd made his feelings clear when all he'd do in response to a terrorist attack was to launch a cruise missile inthe general direction of Afghanistan. Clinton was (and still is) a clueless buffoon from Hicksville.

Answer 3

Answer:No! Bill was never distracted...From his treasonous goals!
In a speech Bill admitted that he passed on taking Bin Laden because it might damage his legacy...Damned the citizens! Full speed ahead!
From his making terrorism a "civil" offense, to selling missile guidance tech to China, and with the assistance of Carter he offered, then reneged with the final components to give nuclear tech to North Korea.
Distracted! No! Made so many problems for those that followed for his own personal fear and inaction, worsened national issues Yes!...What short vision then as now... Bill's.
Hero of the working class!!!See NAFTA and most favored nation status to campaign contributor China...He did not just allow the export of jobs!!!He ran American jobs off!
He "signed" the Kyoto Intimidation yet did not have the guts to send it to congress so they could vote a resounding NO!
JFK's sequel..."Profiles in Cowardice".

Answer 4

Wow this is really reaching. President Bush just doesn't have enough going on either right now....but as you can see Pelosi and her cronies will not leave the man alone. I think they are being relentless. The Democrats are using our troops to get their way. My brother is in Iraq right now in the U.S. Army and I find what the Democrats are doing is an atrocity. Playing politics with brave soldiers lives is not a good idea and the American people did not vote for this kind of behavior when they voted these people in, in November.

Answer 5

World Trade center bombing was in 1993. What was Clinton doing between 1993 and the Lewinsky investigation in 98?

Answer 6

Another attempt to blame the Republicans for Clinton's failures

Answer 7

I wouldn't be at all surprised. Whenever the government makes a fuss about something of little actual importance, it's a certainty that there's something more important they want to keep away from.

Watch "The Power of Nightmares". Fascinating.

Answer 8

I think he was distracted by other things.
You're really reaching here.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Yes, but I'm not so sure that it was "unwittingly".