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The own U.S. gov't didnt believe in the terrorist threat until 9/11. 9/11 was as much a wakeup call for the regular citizen as the government. The fact the FBI and CIA and other intelligence organizations along with teh gov't not being able to get along to percieve the threat was already a big enough problem.
Had 9/11 not happened Bush probably woudln't give a shit about terrorists nor would most people here. Its that simple.
And if you want to be really technical, before Clinton the other presidents didn't care about the issue all that much as well.
The wave of terrorism started catching on late 60's to 70's and they became ever more rampant late 70's into 80's. Hell the U.S. said it would never deal with terrorists and we ended up dealing with Iran, Iraq, and other Middle East states that many wish to label as 'terrorist states.'
How many here honestly gave a rat's ass about the embassy bombings in Africa. Most people said "oh shit that sucks, ugh too bad people died" and what not - and a few weeks later they don't even care about it.
Had the 1st WTC event occured during the time of Bush Sr. i doubt much more would've been done other than what Clinton did - getting the direct culprits.
Honestly, how many before 9/11 and the Cole ever heard of Al-qaeda?
All of a sudden after 9/11 everyone knwos of al-qaeda and all of a sudden every bombing is linked to them.
Mass hysteria people - 9/11 was as much a wakeup call for the gov't as the country - you can't blame terrorists on Clinton who himself can blame it on Bush Sr. or Reagan who then can blame it on Carter then Ford / Nixon and what not.
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