"And the Oscar for the best dirt bike goes to:"

 Well, It ain't Chinese.

Al Gore shoud should get one for the "Best Deception". They had to
call security when he got too close to the buffet table. He should
change his name to "Fat Albert".

 On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:56:49 -0500, Dean H. wrote:


- Nate >>

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"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds,
the pessimist fears this is true."

 
Maybe not so much.

Easy for me. I'm no Hillary fan.

 

If there was intelligence that could have stopped the attack, Bush had it
too. It happened on his watch.

I would make a connection between Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq and the attack, but
as we know there's really no connection between Iraq and the attack.

How we doing catching Bin Laden? Remember him?

 

   Well, I wasn't talking about specific intelligence concerning the
9/11 attack, but rather the building tendency for terrorist attacks
under Clinton's watch and his almost non-existent response. Actions
(or non-actions) that surely emboldened the terrorists.


   Bush Sr.'s mistake was caving to political pressure and allowing
Collin Powell and others to convince him that the war was over despite
leaving the same terrorist dicatator in charge over there. Even the
Clinton administration concluded that Saddam had to go (and admitted
that sanctions and arms inspections weren't working), but instead of
doing anything they turned the mess over to the next administration.
Iraq, under Saddam, did support terrorism and enage in terrorism
themselves, so even if there was no proveable link between Iraq and
the 9/11 attack, the fact remains that the U.S. is fighting terrorism
and Iraq certainly qualified in that regard.


   I remember him, yes. I remember that the Clinton Administration
could have had Bin Laden in 1996 when Sudan offered to turn him over.
And I remember in 1998 how Clinton signed an executive order
authorizing bin Laden's arrest or assassination. And I remember that
the same year Osama bin Laden was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury,
and the United States Department of State offered a US $5 million
reward for information leading to bin Laden's apprehension or
conviction. And I remember how, in 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton
convinced the United Nations to impose sanctions against Afghanistan
in an attempt to force the Taliban to extradite him. And yes, I
remember how Bin Laden was apparently present during the battle for
Tora Bora, and how the Bush administration was criticized for not
committing enough ground troops to apprehend him.

    But I also remember Atiyah Abd al-Rahman and his 2005 letter to Al
Zaqwari, where he indicates that bin Laden and al-Qaeda are "weak" and
"have many of their own problems."

   I guess it's hard to fight when you're hiding and running for your
life.


Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
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