Bush Says Rumsfeld Resigning, Gates to Replace Him

[BarTopDancer]

Is it laughable to hope that he just does what is best for the country?

Which is NOT having 1,000s of our troops being killed?

[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.

[JWBear]

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.

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[Moonliner]

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.

[wendybeth]

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.

I refuse to even get into this anymore with people who have not (obviously) read the 9/11 Commission Report. If you tell me you have, then I really have to question your motives in posting this. The Report was critical of the Congress that was so obsessed with Clinton's sex life that they refused to take seriously anything he had to say about bin Ladin or anything else.

Bush has had every opportunity to get him and he hasn't. Crap, we're on the ground all over the place and can't seem to find the asshole, and you fault Clinton? I seriously doubt Congress would have rubber stamped any efforts he made.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I refuse to even get into this anymore with people who have not (obviously) read the 9/11 Commission Report.

WB, we've talked about the 9/11 report and even you have expressed that yes, rather than a complete truth telling, this was also about a CYA for EVERYONE. I really don't buy a whole lot of it, and I think you had also said the same thing.

I have posted a quote from Clinton saying he passed on taking him. Clinton saying it in his own words. Take it for what you will, but Clinton admitting it vs. a political commission?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

WB, we've talked about the 9/11 report and even you have expressed that yes, rather than a complete truth telling, this was also about a CYA for EVERYONE. I really don't buy a whole lot of it, and I think you had also said the same thing.

I have posted a quote from Clinton saying he passed on taking him. Clinton saying it in his own words. Take it for what you will, but Clinton admitting it vs. a political commission?

I said politics were played with it, but I still think it's more informative than anything else out there and I suspect if it were more critical of Clinton you and every other con would be singing it's praises.

I'd like to see the quote from Clinton.

[JWBear]

And this.

[Scrooge McSam]

True that. Looks like we'll be wasting some more time and generating more division. It's sad.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

True that. Looks like we'll be wasting some more time and generating more division. It's sad.

Humm ya think?

Originally Posted by CNN

On the same day President Bush promised a new bipartisan era, he urged the outgoing Congress to approve two of his most controversial decisions before Democrats take the reins of power