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   From: pinkfloppybitsdatstank@hotmail.com   
      
   Edw wrote:   
   > "Eltoropoo"  wrote in message   
   > news:dgXXb.5539$tL3.563@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   >>   
   >> ".impervious"  wrote in message   
   >> news:SuVXb.14786$5W3.8248@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...   
   >>> In news:RJUXb.27935$1S1.4193@nwrddc01.gnilink.net,   
   >>> CH attempted to impart some wisdom, instead sputtering:   
   >>>   
   >>>> .impervious wrote:   
   >>>>> In news:6fSXb.14629$5W3.4187@nwrddc02.gnilink.net,   
   >>>>> CH attempted to impart some wisdom, instead sputtering:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> You   
   >>>>>>> don't. In fact, Clinton prevented an attack.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And just which attack was this? Can you elaborate?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> i, for one, would be glad to.  Clinton prevented attacks on the UN   
   >>>>> Headquarters in New York, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the FBI   
   >>>>> Building, the Israeli Embassy in D.C., the LA and Boston airports,   
   >>>>> the George Washington Bridge, and the US Embassy in Tirana,   
   >>>>> Albania (which is considered American soil).  also, there was the   
   >>>>> much-hyped Millenium Bomber...  Clinton took out al-Qaeda cells   
   >>>>> in more than 20 countries, and CREATED a national security post   
   >>>>> to oversee and coordinate all federal counterterrorism activity.   
   >>>>> his first and second crime bills were practically entirely   
   >>>>> comprised of anti-terrorism legislation, and he created a   
   >>>>> national stockpile of drugs and vaccines in case of biological or   
   >>>>> chemical attacks.  after the Embassy bombings, Clinton issued a   
   >>>>> Presidential Directive authorizing the assassination of Osama bin   
   >>>>> Laden.  by any measure, he was the first President to   
   >>>>> aggressively tackle the problem of terrorism.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Looks like he kinda missed the boat on al queda though and that is   
   >>>> my point. al queda should have been taken out during Clintoon's   
   >>>> term not covered up with a bunch of federal funding. When you only   
   >>>> take defensive measures when you are being attacked...it looks   
   >>>> like he kinda missed the boat.   
   >>>   
   >>> did he miss the boat kind of like, say, Bush?  i mean, what do you   
   >>> want? the capture of Osama?  Bush hasn't done that, either.  a   
   >>> complete end to terrorism worldwide?  nope for Bush, either.  would   
   >>> you settle for a reduced risk of terrorists attacking us?  well, i   
   >>> guess Bush nearly has him beat, there...  he did, after all,   
   >>> capitulate to Osama's number one demand and remove our troops from   
   >>> Saudi Arabia.   
   >>>   
   >>> Clinton aggressively pursued terrorists.  period.  not just   
   >>> defensively, but offensively.  he took decisive measures to prevent   
   >>> and punish terrorist attacks both here and abroad.  to claim   
   >>> otherwise is to attempt to re-write history.   
   >>   
   >> Clinton had a chance to get Osama and chose not to act...   
   >   
   > ..and so did Bush.   
      
   What is the difference? Clintoon wasted his chance......GWB didn't.   
      
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