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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Sep 13 2004, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard,Sep 13 2004, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction,Sep 13 2004, 06:41 PM
Also, the terrorists would probably have been invited to the White House to see which state they would like to be given rather then having to have Clinton try and defend the US from any other attacks and risk the possibility of another war. They also would have been forgiven for their crimes and probably Clinton would have shown how it was Americas fault that 9/11 occured.
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Clinton showed when he took action in Bosnia and Kosovo, that we wasn't afraid to take an undiplomatic approach with hostile entities. I hardly think that he would have negotiated with terrorists.
Say what you want about the man, but even a lot of republicans would admit that the guy has a knack for diplomacy.
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No he wouldn't negociate with terrorists, but he sure as hell didn't do muhc in his 8 years in office to deal with the issue of global terrorism. What did he do when Al Quada attacked the American Embasies, or how about the USS Cole. His gifted diplomatic skills really took care of the problem then didn't they.
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Don't forget though that your pal Bush was on a pretty isolationist course before this happened. His plan on dealing with global terrorism was to withdraw.
As for 9/11, it's pretty much a universal belief that "nobody could have seen this coming". Not Clinton, not Bush.
Just to contradict myself though, there is some amount of debate as to whether the current administration had some warning but chose to ignore it.
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Good point Rouge. Bush was considered very weak, if not disinterested, on foreign matters, needing the appointment of Dick Cheney to his team to get over the hump.
If I'm not mistaken, prior to his being elected president, GW Bush had been outside the continental USA only twice in his lifetime, once to Mexico.
The accusation in the aftermath of 9/11 was that his team had been largely disinterested in al-Queda and other critical foreign matters . . . . but that only fit the pattern some had suggested before the election.
Cowperson