Who could have prevented it?

[funkyflathead]

BUSH!

Quit blaming Clinton you repuke hate mongers

[Blade]

1. Amen to that!

[Killarney]

2. Definitely

Clinton did more for anti-terrorism than Bush did pre-9/11. Clinton had Clarke make up the Afghanistan plan and Clinton would have run with it if he had another year to go. But Bush came into office and ignored the plan. Then, after 9/11... Bush uses this brilliant plan... which was actually done under Clinton's administration. I really wish Clinton would get more attention for all that he did during his administration. He stockpiled the vaccinnes. He wanted more anti-terrorism funding. The response? You are spending too much time on Osama. No, you cannot have more funding.

Argh.

[funkyflathead]

3. Source for Clinton's Afghan plan?

Thnx

[Killarney]

5. Most of the details

are in the Franken book if you have that.

You could Google for: Richard Clarke, Clinton, Afghanistan

I think Clarke presented the plan to Clinton on Dec 20th and Bush took over in January. Clinton asked Clarke to create the plan months before.

HTH. :)

[funkyflathead]

7. Thanks n/t

[Killarney]

9. Here's a good article for you

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,769398,00.html

Talks about how Bush ignored Clinton's plan.

[funkyflathead]

10. But why didn't Clarke present this earlier??

Clinton would have gotten Osama and prevented US deaths!!

[ThomC]

12. Is there an official copy of the plan?

On a us.gov site or us.mil site? Where did Franken get a copy of the plan?

[TNOE]

4. See these threads and weep

they just don't get it - and IGNORANCE of the facts or their blind hatred of Clinton is just no excuse.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1042683/posts

http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=24247

[Corgigal]

6. Bush getting off his ass

and stop reading a book about a goat would have been a start. Hell pick up a phone and get our real national security going. Don't even say we only found two pilots in the northeastern portion of north america good to go. Only morans think you have to actual be on top of the passenger airline to take it out. People who understand what F15's/F-16's can do, don't.

Try to blame Clinton and please call him to answer any damn question you want but Bush must do the same.

I wonder what the Vegas odds would be that day.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. Well, he certainly was given an opportunity to do so.

and he blew it with flying colors.

[adriennel]

11. nevermind

I'm especially impressed with how Bush pushed aside fears of his own safety on 9/11/2001 and walked the streets of New York City to witness the tragedy and recovery himself.

oh wait...that was Guliani!

nevermind :-)

[ET Awful]

13. Hehehe, it was also the made for TV movie of Bush :)