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maximusveritas · 10-31-2003, 11:45 AM

Both Clinton and Bush could have certainly done more to prevent the 9-11 attacks.
Clinton first had chances to get Bin Laden in 1996, but at the time, we had no real evidence to tie him to any dead Americans. Still, more could have probably been done. After the Cole attack, Clinton finally got serious, but then chickened out because of the impending election. If not for that, we would have probably began a campaign against Al Qaeda in late 2000.
Instead, Clinton just passed the problem onto Bush who was more concerned with knocking down all of Clinton's proposals than actually getting on the job. Even if you question the sincerity of the Taliban's offer or the practicality of Clinton's plan to attack Al Qaeda, Bush should have done something.
I think if you're going to blame one, you have to blame the other as well.

10-31-2003, 11:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
maximusveritas Winner	Both Clinton and Bush could have certainly done more to prevent the 9-11 attacks. Clinton first had chances to get Bin Laden in 1996, but at the time, we had no real evidence to tie him to any dead Americans. Still, more could have probably been done. After the Cole attack, Clinton finally got serious, but then chickened out because of the impending election. If not for that, we would have probably began a campaign against Al Qaeda in late 2000. Instead, Clinton just passed the problem onto Bush who was more concerned with knocking down all of Clinton's proposals than actually getting on the job. Even if you question the sincerity of the Taliban's offer or the practicality of Clinton's plan to attack Al Qaeda, Bush should have done something. I think if you're going to blame one, you have to blame the other as well.