Most of the mainstream media are using the Fox News talking points to describe President Clinton's reaction to Chris Wallace's questions regarding terrorism this past weekend. "Blowing a gasket?" "Temper-tantrum?" Some are even suggesting that Mr. Clinton's answers were false.
Give me a break!
Everything (EVERYTHING!) he said to Wallace was true. He tried to get bin Laden and many of his efforts were thwarted because of a Republican controlled Congress who were ready to impeach him at the drop of a hat and who said publicly that the administration was too obssessed with bin Laden. These are the same Republicans who today try to say if it weren't for the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton may have been able to get the al Quaeda leader. Never mind that those Republicans are the ones responsible for diverting America's attention to the Lewinsky matter, and never mind that at the height of that unnecessary drama, President Clinton ordered an attack on bin Laden's Afghan camps.
Yes, we missed. Yes, bin Laden escaped. But at least Bill Clinton tried.
Upon taking office in January, 2001, George W. Bush put bin Laden's team on the back burner, despite Clinton's warnings that the terrorist network would be the new President's number one priority.
Now, 5 years after 9/11, Mr. Bush has said publicly that bin Laden is not his priority while letting his "ally" in this fight (Pakistan) give haven to the bin Laden team.
Yes, Clinton failed to kill bin Laden, but again...at least HE TRIED. Bush never did, and by taking his eye off the ball (Iraq) has now let the architect of the biggest mass murder in American history go free. And like the little boy coward he is, George stands there, points his finger at President Clinton and says, "he did it."
Part 1 of the interview here. And part 2 here.
