Do you think Bill Clinton?

Question

Would have done a better job than Bush if he was president on 9/11

Answer 1

I don't think anyone could have prevented 9/11 or changed it really, it's foolish to think a Democrat would have been better in this respect, a terrorist attack of this nature on US soil was something no one had envisioned.

My objections to Bush really have to do with spending and the Iraq war, things he could and should have done better.

Answer 2

Bill Clinton had a lot to do with 911! During his time in office Bin Laden was hitting targets like the USS Cole to see Americas response .Clinton did NOTHING! Bin Laden took this as American weakness and Labeled America a Paper Tiger And that's when Bin started planning 911 thinking America would not respond .Opening the doors for devastating attacks on America.This was 2 years before Clinton was Impeached! Bin Thought America would be a easy target now .What Bin did not count on was a Republican President Who did not care about favorable polls Like Clinton and Bin paid a huge price for doing what he did, Liberal Democrats will spin this But you cant spin history . Bush did what had to be done to protect America and his success rate is !00% No terrorst hits in America ! If Clinton would have been incharge at the time we would have been in world war 3 and Clintons worring about polls and inturn Girls instead of doing his job we would be fighting in America instead of Iraq.....

Answer 3

George Bush did an excellent job on 9/11 and the response to it.
His excellent job ended with ill advised invasion of Iraq.

Answer 4

This started with Clinton or perhaps Sr Bush, so technically he didnt do any better than Bush jr. Down with the clintons and the bushes! Give America a chance! If Hillary wins we will have 32 years of this ****!

Answer 5

For two reasons, absolutely not !!!

For starters, when would he have had time? The press made defending himself against a litany of accusations and innuendo practically a full time job.

Second, he didn't have such a great track record defending against terrorism. Now, I don't take his record at face value. I saw that now infamous, very heated exchange he had with Chris Wallace (see link below). Clinton very valiently defended his actions. I realize Clinton did a lot of things that were not published. I think he wanted to do more as the following quote will establish:

"The country never had a comprehensive anti-terror operation until I came there. And if you want to criticize me for one thing, you can criticize me for this: After the Cole, I had battle plans drawn to go into Afghanistan, overthrow the Taliban and launch a full-scale attack to search for bin Laden. But we needed basing rights in Uzbekistan, which we got after 9/11. The CIA and the FBI refused to certify that bin Laden was responsible. While I was there, they refused to certify. So that meant I would have had to send a few hundred Special Forces in, in helicopters and refuel at night. Even the 9/11 commission didn't do that."

All that is very admirable, but as they say, "actions speak louder than words", and the fact is that nothing got done.

How about the Khobar Towers attack. Clinton said: ""We will pursue this. Those who did this must not go unpunished." Once again, nothing got done. We had embassy bombings in two African countries. Nothing....!

Ditto for the World Trade Center bombing in 1994? Nothing. What did he do after the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing?

This is the problem endemic with most Democrats: they don't have any sense of urgency, and they treat these matters as if they were something for the police to handle. They don't seem to grasp the enormity and the implications of these attacks. Each time we did not respond, the terrorists got braver.

Compare that with what Israel did after their Olympic athletes were butchered. Maybe we should take a cue from them. Haven't seen any more Israeli athletes get attacked, have you?

Answer 6

Under Clinton's administration:

The purported mastermind of the 1994 WTC bombing was captured and convicted, as were four others.

Four participants in the 1998 car bombing outside the US embassy in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam are captured and convicted.

Again in 1998, Clinton ordered missle strikes against targets in Afghanistan, attempting to hit Osama bin Laden, linked to the embassy bombings and the US Cole.

Unfortunately, many other efforts were hampered by Saudi Arabia, who refused the United States permission to question suspects.

Answer 7

Bill Clinton would have done worst. Why? Because he did nothing to fight terrorism. What did he do during the World Trade Center bombing in 1994? Nothing. What did he do during the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995? Very little. What did he do after the embassy bombings in Africa? Nothing. Bill Clinton was very weak at keeping America safe from Harm and Evil and that is one of the reasons why I consider him as the Worst President In American History.

Answer 8

Without question he would have done a better job. Without question he is smarter than Bush, is better at focusing on the real issues, is better at building a consensus and handling a budget, and he has a stronger sense of morality that George Bush. (Yes, I said that. He is more moral than King George.)

If Clinton were in charge we would have entered Afghanistan and concentrated on helping that country sustain itself. But King George doesn't care about Afghanistan because there is no oil there for him to steal.

Answer 9

BULLS-EYE!!!

gary f - gets a thumbs up, a high five & i'm starring the question!!

he has given one of the best responses i have seen in a long time. can i be your friend?? *lol*

**UPDATE**

"..Congress failed to agree on proposals to attach taggants to explosives that would have helped authorities in tracing their origin. It also refused to give the FBI broad new wiretap authority in legislation aimed at combating terrorism. "

^ the refusal to allow wiretapping to combat terrorism was by the 104th ((REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED)) congress

http://www.cnn.com/US/9610/04/congress.sidebar/index.html

Answer 10

No. Remember the barracks bombing in 1994 in Saudi Arabia Remember the U S Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Remember the USS Cole bombing in 2000.

Therefore, the answer is a big NO.