FOX NEWS, BUSH, AND CLINTON
Fox news, the network where O’Reilly made the exaggerated, grandiose claim that the FBI informed him that he was on al Qaeda’s hit list, which the FBI vehemently denies, confronted Clinton on his lethargic attitude toward Bin Laden.
Let’s look at the facts. As President, Clinton did sign an executive order placing bin Laden on the Treasury Department's list of terrorists, clearing the way for officials to seize any of bin Laden's financial assets in the America.
Clinton on 8/20/98 ordered a missile strike on Afghanistan and Sudan (in retaliation for two bombings at US embassies in Africa). This attack was criticized by republican pundits in Congress and on the airways. Then Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said he worried the attack was "made because it was necessary to save the president's (Clinton’s) job and distract attention away" from Sexgate. Republican Sen. Specter joined Coats in his questioning of Clinton’s motives.
Numerous conservatives raised doubts about the attacks, claiming the attacks were timed to distract public awareness from the grand jury's questioning of Lewinsky and comparing it to a movie at the time, Wag The Dog.
For the record, Clinton regularly discussed the Al Qaeda problem and repeatedly pressed the U.S. military for decisions against bin Laden. Conversely, G.W. Bush paid little interest to bin Laden before 9/11, as documented by the 9/11 Commission.
On Jan. 26, 2001—six days after Bush’s inauguration—an FBI report conclusively tied the USS Cole bombing in Yemen to Al Qaeda. Then later, CIA Director Tenet told Bush that bin Laden's global terror network was "the most immediate and serious threat" to U.S. national security. Bush, however, did nothing.
Clinton’s missile attack delayed al Qaeda’s acts, while Bush’s inaction prior to 9/11 left the door wide open to bin Laden.
Christian Gatsby
Let’s look at the facts. As President, Clinton did sign an executive order placing bin Laden on the Treasury Department's list of terrorists, clearing the way for officials to seize any of bin Laden's financial assets in the America.
Clinton on 8/20/98 ordered a missile strike on Afghanistan and Sudan (in retaliation for two bombings at US embassies in Africa). This attack was criticized by republican pundits in Congress and on the airways. Then Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said he worried the attack was "made because it was necessary to save the president's (Clinton’s) job and distract attention away" from Sexgate. Republican Sen. Specter joined Coats in his questioning of Clinton’s motives.
Numerous conservatives raised doubts about the attacks, claiming the attacks were timed to distract public awareness from the grand jury's questioning of Lewinsky and comparing it to a movie at the time, Wag The Dog.
For the record, Clinton regularly discussed the Al Qaeda problem and repeatedly pressed the U.S. military for decisions against bin Laden. Conversely, G.W. Bush paid little interest to bin Laden before 9/11, as documented by the 9/11 Commission.
On Jan. 26, 2001—six days after Bush’s inauguration—an FBI report conclusively tied the USS Cole bombing in Yemen to Al Qaeda. Then later, CIA Director Tenet told Bush that bin Laden's global terror network was "the most immediate and serious threat" to U.S. national security. Bush, however, did nothing.
Clinton’s missile attack delayed al Qaeda’s acts, while Bush’s inaction prior to 9/11 left the door wide open to bin Laden.
Christian Gatsby
