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Originally Posted by Nephythys
That's rich.
Clinton had years to get rid of Bin Laden and did NOT- Bush was in office for less than a year and you expect he was just supposed to get it done huh?
Like the Clinton administration left a freaking note "here- deal with this, we did not get it done". Then when we don't go out and "get him" right away that means they ignored it. |
Personally I don't blame Bush for 9/11. As you say he was relatively new to the office and there were a lot of issues to deal with that I'm sure at the time seemed more pressing. What I do blame Bush for was the response.
Directly after 9/11 the United States had the support of pretty much the entire globe. The RUSSIANS let us stage troops in their territory. China turned a blind eye as we attack afghanistan. We had international NATO forces volunteering in droves for patrols over US territory. Bush took all that good will / international support and pissed it away to pursue a personal vendetta against Saddam. With the botched job he and his administration made of Iraq we now have a larger and more organized terrorist organization than we have ever faced and I'm not just talking Iraq. He's sullied the name of the United States the world over and won droves of converts to the radical Islam cause.