The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Whether Clinton did or did not do the right thing is irrelevant in response to that inane billboard.

Hey, all I was doing was responding to JW saying that the Clinton admin warned the Bush admin about bin Laden. If Clinton had taken bin Laden there would have been no need for the warning. I'm not addressing the billboard.

But while we're at it, if it is logical to say Bush is responsible for 9/11 because the warning wasn't heeded, then it is also logical to say that Bush is reponsible for no attacks on American soil now. I'm not saying either is logical, I'm saying that I don't understand why the first is logical, as JW seems to think based on his posting.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

...If Clinton had taken bin Laden there would have been no need for the warning....

And I was just pointing out that Clinton did not have the evidence to "take" bin Laden. Bush did.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

And I was just pointing out that Clinton did not have the evidence to "take" bin Laden. Bush did.

Hmm....

Cause to take bin Laden

And that was not the end of it. In July 2000--three months before the deadly attack on the destroyer Cole in Yemen--I brought the White House another plausible offer to deal with Bin Laden, by then known to be involved in the embassy bombings.

The offer, which would have brought Bin Laden to the Arab country as the first step of an extradition process that would eventually deliver him to the U.S., required only that Clinton make a state visit there to personally request Bin Laden's extradition.

This article, along with Clintons own voice, might suggest he did.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

This article, along with Clintons own voice, might suggest he did.

Any ideas on why the 9/11 Commission rejected that assertion?

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Any ideas on why the 9/11 Commission rejected that assertion?

I have my thoughts on the 9/11 commission, but don't have the time to go into them now.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I have my thoughts on the 9/11 commission, but don't have the time to go into them now.

Understood

Perhaps you could come back to that on a slow Obama news day.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Understood

Perhaps you could come back to that on a slow Obama news day.

In summary, I think the 9/11 commission was government pulling a CYA for itself for all involved - previous admins and the current admin. The degree to which I think what was a CYA and for whom isn't important, I suppose.

I have a tendency to be somewhat conspiratorial, though I am not one who subscribes to the "9/11 was an iside job" idea, but I do believe that covering up ineptitude of great magnitude was a primary goal of the 9/11 commission.