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As it would seem, the Bombing of the U.S.S. Cole is the turning point for serious worry about Bin Laden, and is used as a primary focus by republican pundits to point out inaction by Clinton, I have an observation to make.
The talking point "Clinton had 8 Years, Bush only had 8 months", is rather disengenuous. The Cole was Bombed on Oct, 12th 2000 and Bush was inaugurated on January 20, 2001.....seems to me Bush had twice as long as Clinton to get Busy.
Its also pointless to " Blame" either one of these people for 9/11....terrorism is to blame, or Bin Laden if you prefer. It is Clear Mr. Clinton took the threat seriously, and attempted to react to it, it is also clear he did not prevent 9/11. What is not clear is the continuation of this " Serious Attention" by the Bush Administration after taking office, not that they would have prevented this disaster either, But they might have had they been paying attention.
Quite simply Put....Clinton was no longer President on 9/11/2001, there was absolutely nothing he could have done. Bush was President on 9/11/2001.
From my reasearch, and Data available to anyone interested in looking it is obvious The Clinton Administration was already at War with Terrorism, though quite limited in scope for many reasons. The War seems to have taken a break until 9/11.
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