I saw this on the CBS News earlier.
Bill Clinton did an interview with some snivelling GOP snake from Fox News, broadcast yesterday, centring on the so-called "War on Terror" and his governments attempts to get at Bin Laden.
Remarkable stuff - Clinton loses the rag and at times looks like he was going to punch the guy, or grab him in a headlock
Some clips of it here
"The IRA Army Council have a history of telling the truth. If they say they didn't do it, then I believe them" - Bertie Ahern, speaking after the murder of Det. Garda Jerry McCabe
Go Bill! Just saw the full piece here on YouTube. Good to see some Democrat has a pair.
I read this yesterday via tom tomorrow's blog
( http://www.thismodernworld.com/ scroll down to "All Clinton’s fault" )
Transcript of the bin laden section here.
There was a moment there when I thought he'd go 'Ah feck it one good haymaker' as if it'd make up for all that hypocritical shyte thrown at him down through the years. Of course the right would've then castigated him for his 'undiluted liberal rage'.....
Speaking of bin laden and how Republicans were accusing Clinton of doing too much, and yet now in hindsight, he really did too little...a quote by one Robert Oakley, 'the master of counter terrorism in the Reagan State Department'.
Greg Palast answers the question, "Was the Iraq War a Bush Cartel Effort to Divert Attention from Saudi Arabia, the Home and Chief Financier of bin Laden?"
...The Bush family advisors expressed great discomfort with Bill Clinton’s intense effort to get Osama bin Laden -– you know, firing cruise missiles at his camp. As I mentioned, first Clinton hesitated, but after the embassy bombings, he decided that this bin Laden guy had to go. Here’s a good quote for you: Robert Oakley, who was the master of counter terrorism in the Reagan State Department, said, and I paraphrase, "The only major criticism I have in regard to Bill Clinton is his obsession with Osama."....
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The Clinton administration saw terrorist attacks on American troops by Muslim fundamentalists in Somalia and Yemen and the first attack on the WTC but failed miserably to respond.
The Bush administration may have made many mistakes such as having no forward planning of what to do once they overthrew Saddam, but at least the did something.
My dogma was run over by my karma. Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03
Keith M if you still believe the Bush response to terrorism is sound and actually achieving something should read the book by Thomas E Ricks - FIASCO- the title sums it up - its based on close to 100 plus interviews with senior US military figures and suggests that the war in Iraq has been an unmitigated disaster....This is not schadenfreude- I deplore the Al Qaeda murdering bastards as much as anyone - but invading Iraq was a big error -it effectively left Osama off the hook- I mean Osama hasnt even come clsoe to being captured or killed despite all the US military might-and diverting all the attention to Iraq was probably the main reason why he has escaped justice-If Al Qaeda had written a script about the best possible outcome arising from the twin towers atrocity- I dont suppose they could have dreamed that the current scenario could be any better.
Originally Posted by KeithM
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What did they do?
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A FIGHT, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT SITE = P.ie - Brings out the worst in people!
That's just typical reality based community thinking. It's just one truth. Clinton was only going to invade Afghanistan - but Bush really upped the strategic response to 9/11 by invading a major secular power in the Middle East with non-existent links to Al-Qaeda and turning it into a hotbed of terrorism - sorry, democracy.
Never let the best be the enemy of the good.
Keith what planet are you living on?
"The IRA Army Council have a history of telling the truth. If they say they didn't do it, then I believe them" - Bertie Ahern, speaking after the murder of Det. Garda Jerry McCabe
Please don't make stuff up.. Mohammed Farrah Aidid a muslim funamentalist?
The one thing I know is I can't know anything else...
Not in the version I saw on YouTube.
What I saw was a WingNut Liar and Hypocrite being ripped a new a$$hole live on Fox News.
Well done Bill!
(and could you please edit the thread title to something more accurate, there's a good chap! :wink: )
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