I don't have links to the rather common knowledge event that a tomahawk missile strike was initiated by Clinton against the a meeting of the Al Queda leadership in Afghan. It failed. A simultaneous strike in the Sudan took out what was believed to be a chemical weapons plant. I'm not saying the Clinton administration did a great job of curbing Al Queda. As I recall, he was battling impeachment for most of the last year and a half of his terms. He was battling impeachment and the FBI was being used to interview Monica's mother, among other stunningly stupid things because of one blow job. Seems like the Republican blood lust for Clinton's demise may have diverted quite a lot of our country's resources, money, and attention, at a citical time in this country's history. It sure was a good thing that Cheney and Dubya came in to straighten things out. Whether anyone wants to remember or not, 9/11 happen on Bush's watch, the Iraq war was initiated on Bush's watch, the Afghan war was ignored on Bush's watch, the debacle of Katrina relief happened on Bush's watch, and the economic collapse happened on Bush's watch. All I say is "heck of a job, Brownie!"
I wrote a long note about this last night, however my computer destroyed it. I was going to give you Donnie Kerrick's name, he being a 3 star Miliary Intelligence General and the background that he had for many years prior to Bush, Jr. His wife is one of my best friends sister. And I have known of this for many years. Prior to 9/11, when I was a Bush, Jr fan. This was the beginning of me questioning Jr and the people he chose to surround himself by. One being his little girlfriend who did not have the background for the job. Monica was nothing and not nearly as dangerous....I knew if this before it was published in the news media so I have no reason not to believe it.
I will not make anymore comments on the issue. Just go Googling and believe what you wish to believe.
The Bush Administration neglected warnings by outgoing Clinton staff during its transition into office. In his testimony before the independent commission investigating the September 11 terrorist attacks, Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted that the Bush Administration had been briefed by outgoing Clinton Administration officials: "the outgoing Administration provided me and others in the incoming Administration with transition papers as well as briefings that reinforced our awareness of the worldwide threat from terrorism." (3/23/04). Daniel Benjamin, author of The Age of Sacred Terror, reported that Brian Sheridan, an assistant secretary of Defense under President Clinton, stated "I offered to brief anyone, any time on any topic [related to terrorism]. Never took it up." (Los Angeles Times, 3/30/04) Mr. Benjamin also noted that Don Kerrick, a three-star general who served as President Clinton's deputy National Security Advisor and continued through the first four months of the Bush Administration, issued a memo to the new National Security Council leadership about al Qaeda, saying, "We are going to be struck again." He never heard back: "I don't think it was above the waterline. They were gambling nothing would happen."
Warnings about al Qaeda began to pour in. The Bush Administration was repeatedly warned by both the U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies that al Qaeda was planning an attack. In his testimony before the independent 9-11 commission, Richard Clarke asserted that both he and Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) George Tenet "tried very hard to create a sense of urgency by seeing to it that intelligence reports on the Al Qaida threat were frequently given to the president and other high-level officials." Clarke further stated that "President Bush was regularly told by the director of Central Intelligence that there was an urgent threat...He was told this dozens of times in the morning briefings that George Tenet gave him." The White House has confirmed that, on August 6, 2001, President Bush's Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) specifically focused on al Qaeda's intent to attack the United States, and specifically warned that airplane hijackings could be involved. According to press reports, the PDB included a fresh report from British intelligence warning that al Qaeda was planning multiple hijackings.
The National Security Council focused on Iraq, not terrorism. The Associated Press reported that "President Bush's national security leadership met formally nearly 100 times in the months prior to the Sept. 11 attacks yet terrorism was the topic during only two of those sessions, officials say...Bush's principals committee was focused on missile defense, Iraq, China, international economic policy, global warming and the U.S. stance toward Russia, a subject of particular interest to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, a Russian expert who has now worked for both Bush presidents." (6/29/02) One of the two meetings occurred just a week before the attacks.
These are my personal opinions.
