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Skriven 2006-09-11 21:26:00 av Robert E Starr JR (8597.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: ABC backs down on 9/1
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Carl wrote:
> The only issues that I know about (I tend to ignore such movies as complete
> nonsense anyway) are whether Clinton was preoccupied with Lewinsky or made
> decisions for political reasons rather than national interest, Ms. Albright
> (as opposed to a "High State Dept official") told the Pakistanis something
> early that allowed UBL to get away, or whether Sandy Burger slammed down a
> phone and denied authorization of an attempt on UBL for political reasons.
> Most of the stuff (like Clinton having several chances to get bin Laden)
> were known before.

I think you should read the 9/11 Commission Report. Either that or you
have interpreted it much differently than I have. Clinton wasn't as
preoccupied with Lewinsky as the Republican Congress was preoccupied
with finding dirt on him and Hilary. So much so that they refused to
grant him a legal declaration of war to go after the Taliban, al-Qaeda,
bin Laden, etc. following the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. As for
"several chances to get bin Laden," the situation doesn't appear to
have changed. bin Laden remains elusive with false sightings everywhere
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14724112/). U.S. intelligence may have had
a line on him before, but sharing of information was prohibited, as
pointed out in the 9/11 Report.

Related note. The 9/11 Report states that the Republican Congress was
more focused on real or perceived misconduct by President and Mrs.
Clinton than it was on the world outside the Oval Office. That focus
culminated in the Starr Report, which read like a bad soap opera IMO.
The Republicans *succeeded* with those personal attacks on the Clintons
and are now going nationwide with the same strategy of highlighting
events unrelated to their opponents' governmental duties
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14757598/).

I know that I probably sound like a Democrat most of the time, since I
make no secret of my extreme dislike of the current President or many
of his party members and party tactics. But I do vote independently.
Personally, I'm sick of the whole incestuous backbiting disaster that
American politics has devolved into. Since I live in the Philadelphia
area, I've begun to wonder more often, "What would Ben Franklin think?"

Bill
                                                                      
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