Perhaps if Bill Clinton had done his job way back when, the attacks of 9/11/2001 would've never happened. Because when he really truly had the chance to push the button that would've killed bin Laden, Clinton failed to act.
Let's revisit the cowardice that occurred on his watch: The disgrace in his own "mission accomplished" -- his refusal to okay heavy armor in Somalia that resulted in two of our Black Hawk helos down.
Let's recount the terrorist attacks that occurred on his watch: On the original "1 World Trade Center" (the North Tower); on the housing complex at Khobar Towers; on two of our embassies in Africa; and on the USS Cole (DDG-67). Clinton's fecklessness in response to all these terrorist acts only served to embolden Osama bin Laden (OBL), his fingerprints already on much of it. OBL declared war on us... and Clinton failed to act.
Let's get specific:
1. After receiving the "Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks" intel brief, Clinton failed to act.
2. The CIA's "OBL unit" informed him multiple times that they could take Osama bin Laden out, and Clinton failed to act.
3. Clinton knew that OBL was at Tarnak Farms -- he could have permanently "crop-dusted" it -- but Clinton failed to act.
The final dagger in Clinton's complicity: "NBC News has obtained, exclusively, extraordinary secret video, shot by the U.S. government. It illustrates an enormous opportunity the Clinton administration had to kill or capture bin Laden. In the fall of 2000, in Afghanistan, unmanned, unarmed spy planes called Predators flew over known al-Qaeda training camps..." and CLINTON FAILED TO ACT!
Osama bin Laden: Missed Opportunities -- "The CIA had pictures. Why wasn't the al-Qaida leader captured or killed?"
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4540958/ns/nbcnightlynews/t/osama-bin-laden-missed-opportunities/
Bin Laden Lived To Fight Another Day--Thanks To Bill Clinton
By Henry I. Miller
http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2011/05/05/bin-laden-lived-to-fight-another-day-thanks-to-bill-clinton/
Ex-Presidential Aide: Clinton Unleashed bin Laden
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/5/153637.shtml
Sandy Berger: What Did He Take and Why Did He Take It?
By Ronald A. Cass
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/01/sandy_berger_what_did_he_take.html
"Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How President Bill Clinton Compromised America's Long-Term National Security"
By Lt Col Robert “Buzz” Patterson, United States Air Force (Retired)
http://www.amazon.com/Dereliction-Duty-Eyewitness-President-Compromised/dp/0895261405/
http://www.buzzpatterson.com/
Related...
These links prove that WMDs did exist...
http://www.networkedblogs.com/OsDEP
and
https://www.facebook.com/notes/joe-kidd/these-links-prove-that-wmds-did-exist/761840163828541
Finally, all the above is also a Facebook Note:
Let's jump into the "wayback machine" -- hey, let's go there!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/joe-kidd/lets-jump-into-the-wayback-machine-hey-lets-go-there/797651746914049
[Note: This posting was initially a response to Richard Maddow's MSLSD "special" 'Hubris: Selling The Iraq War']