On 04-21-08, ALAN HESS said to JEFF BINKLEY:


JB> I'll go by the facts and not the liberal myths of the left.  We
JB> haven't been attacked in over 6 years on our soil.  That is far
JB> better than The Clinton's record.  We must be doing something
JB> right.


AH>False - we weren't attacked on our soil for over seven years under
AH>Clinton.


Not exactly true:


Date:  September 9, 2006


Bill Clinton failed to prevent 9/11


George W. Bush learned from Clinton's mistakes. The
Bush-haters will never stop carping about the reasons
we're fighting in Iraq. The reality is this: Five
years after Osama bin Laden brought the war to our shores,
there have been no attacks on U.S. soil. Bush has
kept this country safe for 1,825 days. Thank you, Mr.
President.


In his insufferable 957-page autobiography, "My
Life," former President Bill Clinton devotes a total of four
paragraphs to the first World Trade Center bombing in
1993.


"I wrote this book to tell my story, and to tell the
story of America in the last half of the twentieth
century," Clinton brags early in the book.


Clinton must have been suffering selective amnesia
when he wrote the book. To sidestep the opening skirmish
of what could end up being the greatest struggle the
United States has faced `the war against Islamic fascists'
says a great deal about Clinton and his failure to
prevent the tragic events that led to Sept. 11, 2001.


The deaths of 3,000 Americans five years ago was the
culmination of an eight-year campaign of terror waged
against the U.S. by Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida
network. Attack after attack went unanswered by Bill
Clinton. His weakness emboldened our enemies. The
assaults escalated to the horrific events of 9/11.


The attacks on U.S. soil by Muslim fanatics came nine
months into the presidency of George W. Bush, but
they were planned, rehearsed and financed while Bill
Clinton was president.


The attacks of 9/11 were successful because our
enemies saw weakness in Bill Clinton (and by extension, the
American people). They were successful because
Clinton and his top advisers were negligent. Our enemies
succeeded because Bill Clinton defanged the CIA and
FBI during his tenure in the White House. They succeeded
because the U.S. military rusted under another
oblivious Democrat who put all his faith in the hands of the
United Nations.


The path to 9/11 was clearly delineated for anyone
willing to pay attention. It was Bill Clinton's job
to connect the dots and respond accordingly to protect
American lives. Clinton failed us.


On Feb. 26, 1993, during the second month of
Clinton's presidency, a powerful bomb exploded in a parking
garage under the World Trade Center, killing six people and
injuring 1,040 others. Clinton considered the plot to
bring down one of the nation's most recognizable
buildings as a "law enforcement" matter instead of
the opening salvo of a global war to wipe out the United
States and Western civilization.


It would be the first of many mistakes Clinton and
the left-wing cabal he installed in the State and Defense
departments would make.


On Oct. 3, 1993, 19 Americans died and 84 were
wounded in an ill-planned mission to Somalia to capture
warlord Mohammed Aidid. The bodies of American servicemen
were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by Aidid's
militia. The failed mission was the basis of the
best-selling book "Black Hawk Down," later made into
a movie.


Instead of sending adequate troops to hunt down Aidid
after the murder of U.S. servicemen, Clinton decided
to cut and run, the same policy that leading Democrats
are advocating today. Clinton's decision to abandon
Somalia sent a message to terrorists all over the world that
the United States doesn't have the stomach to fight.


Somalia remains a terrorist haven to this day.


On Nov. 13, 1995, five Americans were killed when a
bomb exploded at a U.S.-operated Saudi National Guard
training center in Riyadh. Osama bin Laden denied
involvement, but praised the attack.


In February 1996, the government of Sudan offered to
turn over Osama bin Laden and his top al-Qaida
lieutenants to the United States. Bill Clinton passed
up a chance to bring the terrorist mastermind to
justice, allowing bin Laden and his henchmen to escape to
Afghanistan, where they would continue to plan for
9/11.


In June 1996, 19 Air Force personnel were killed and
300 Americans and others were wounded when terrorists
drove a truck full of explosives into the Khobar Towers, a
military housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.


The Taliban came to power during the Clinton
administration, capturing Kabul, the capital of
Afghanistan, in September 1996. The Taliban would
offer sanctuary to bin Laden and his terrorist network.


Powerful bombs destroyed the U.S. embassies in
Tanzania and Kenya on Aug. 7, 1998, killing 257 people,
including 12 Americans, and injuring 4,500 others. Clinton knew
bin Laden was behind the bombings. Clinton knew bin
Laden vowed to bring the war home to America.
Clinton's response? He ordered cruise missile strikes against
empty terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and
blew up an aspirin factory in Sudan. Osama bin Laden would
live to fight another day.


On Oct. 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked in the
port of Aden in Yemen. Terrorists drove a speedboat full
of explosives into the side of the destroyer, killing 17
sailors and wounding 39 more. No response from
Clinton.


History has been far too kind to Bill Clinton. It's
understandable that Bill Clinton would gloss over his
sorry record of fighting terrorism. This is the same
man who lied to the American people about his Oval Office
dalliance with a female intern. It's the liberal
media that deserves much of the blame for covering up the
failure of the Clinton administration to protect this
nation.


The warning signs were there. Clinton chose to ignore
them. Because of Clinton's negligence, thousands of
Americans died.


George W. Bush learned from Clinton's mistakes. The
Bush-haters will never stop carping about the reasons
we're fighting in Iraq. The reality is this: Five
years after Osama bin Laden brought the war to our shores,
there have been no attacks on U.S. soil. Bush has
kept this country safe for 1,825 days. Thank you, Mr.
President.


We need to think long and hard about the future of
this country, especially now that Hillary Clinton is
promising to bring back the "Clinton years" as she
prepares to run for president in 2008. Are you
willing to put your life on the line under another Clinton
presidency?


Tony Phyrillas is a columnist for The Mercury in
Pottstown, Pa. E-mail him at tphyrillas{at}pottsmerc.com


AH>Does that mean Clinton did something right?  Capturing the swine
AH>who attacked the WTC the first time, perhaps?  *adh*







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