Rice challenges Clinton on terror record

[kurth]

NEW YORK --Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice challenged former President Clinton's claim that he did more than many of his conservative critics to pursue Osama bin Laden, and she accused President Bush's predecessor of leaving no comprehensive plan to fight al-Qaida.

"What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton administration did in the preceding years," Rice said Monday during a meeting with editors and reporters at the New York Post.

The newspaper published her comments Tuesday, after Clinton appeared on "Fox News Sunday" in a combative interview in which he defended his handling of the threat posed by bin Laden and said he "worked hard" to have the al-Qaida leader killed.

"That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said in the interview. "They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try, they did not try."...

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/26/rice_challenges_clinton_911_comments/

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Let's check:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/clarke.rice/index.html

Clarke vs. Rice: Excerpts from testimony
Thursday, April 8, 2004

Why didn't Bush respond to the USS Cole bombing?

CLARKE: I suggested, beginning in January of 2001, that ... there was an open issue which should be decided about whether or not the Bush administration should retaliate for the Cole attack .

Unfortunately, there was no interest, no acceptance of that proposition. And I was told on a couple of occasions, "Well, you know, that happened on the Clinton administration's watch."

I didn't think it made any difference. I thought the Bush administration, now that it had the CIA saying it was al Qaeda, should have responded.

RICE: I do not believe to this day that it would have been a good thing to respond to the Cole, given the kinds of options that we were going to have. ... We really thought that the Cole incident was passed, that you didn't want to respond tit-for-tat. ...

[AndyA]

1. Condi Rice is a LIAR. A big LIAR.

There are so many documents out there that dispute what she says, I'm surprised she even tries to get away with it. The Bush Administration is defined by the pathological liars occupying its offices. From the very top, all the way to the bottom.

They all need mental care.

And America needs a separation from them.

[Horse with no Name]

7. Yes indeed the documents do exist

However, remember when Bush re-classified a bunch of Clinton's stuff?
What do you suppose was re-classified?
This is all planned. Clinton won't be able to respond because he can't have access to his stuff.

[Supersedeas]

2. another lil factoid that ABC docuhackjob failed to cover -- Dr. Rice has

friends in Disney apparently--maybe it is her piano playing...who knows?

[Avalux]

3. Challenges? LOL!

Only a fool would challenge the truth with lies. All lies, as documented in Clarke's book and the 9/11 Commission report. SHUT UP Condi.

[Ediacara]

4. This is nothing new

It's been well known for several years that the Clinton anti-terrorism team tried to give detailed meetings to incoming members of the Bush administration concerning terrorism, and that Rice and many others just blew them off. Rice has been playing this, "nuh-uh" game for a long long time. It's her only defense.

[Jacobin]

5. Madame SuperTanker is an enormous lying pustule

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Rice doesn't like Clinton bad mouthing her man.

She is on the attack!

[LSK]

8. LOL shes such a comedian!!!!

:rofl:

[BurtWorm]

9. There's a smoking gun if I ever saw one.

Looks like the bullet is in Condi's foot.

[Lex]

10. If I recall, she didn't even know who/what "Al Queda" was when

9/11 happened. Does anyone remember that story at the time?

[tabasco]

11. Good luck with that one, Condi.

Feel secure that there are still 38% who are stupid enough to believe your lies.

[Dinger]

12. Oh, That's Rich (nt)

[Aviation Pro]

13. Hey Condomlezza....

...yah little tramp, you might want to remove whatever you have in your mouth long enough to look at some facts (such as, um, the August 6th NIE that screamed: Osama Bin Laden determined to attack the U.S.).

Just a little matter of inconvenience, huh, CandiCondi? By the by, how's Pickles doing since you're swapping stuff with her? I'm sure you're real close.