Education please!

[serryjw]

Need talking points about why Bill didn't respond to Al Queda attacks on the Embassy and USS cole in the 90's.

[Monkeyman]

1. He did respond

He fire missiles and tried to get bin-Laden BUT MISSED! plus if your fight a replug Bill blow up the WMD 's in Iraq and the Republicans made staements like Wag the Dog when he did so

[cry baby]

12. That is exactly how I remember it, too.

Wag the Dog!! How stupid can those repubs be?

[Vincardog]

2. HE did he sent the CIA in to take out Osama Been Forgotten

The CIA refused to take out their own.

[buddhamama]

3. He did respond

not very effectively (publicly anyway).

http://www.cnn.com/US/9808/20/us.strikes.01/

[baldguy]

4. He did.

He sent several dozen cruise missiles into Afghanistan and bombed a chemical weapons factory in the Sudan.

At the time, the GOP said it was a distraction from something more important - Monica.

[Wilber_Stool]

5. The Cole was bombed on Oct. 12, 2000

You might remember that the next month was a little thing call a Pesidential election. A better question would be"Why didn't bush do anything?".

[salin]

6. The Clinton team tried to get the point across to the bush transition team

about the serious threat posed by Al Qeada - and though the Cole attack had just happened a couple of months earlier, the bush team pretty much blew the Clinton team off.

Cheney was appointed the WH person in charge of Terrorism efforts (as in prevent) - and he didn't even hold a single meeting before 911. However he held many, many 'energy policy' meetings with corporate executives. Priorites and all...

[buddhamama]

7. squandered the hard work and diplomacy

the Clinton Admin had done prior to, and following the Cole bombing- a good example would be with the UAE.

[salin]

8. WooHoo

Buddhamama wonderful to see you! :hi: :loveya:

[buddhamama]

9. it amazes me

how much goes down the collective memory hole.

back atcha, salin :loveya:

[serryjw]

10. Thanks..I had forgotten that

n/t

[blm]

11. Also - the Cole's refueling was the responsibility of KBR - Halliburton

is their US company. A company headed by Cheney at the time - and the press did NOTHING to note that connection.

Cheney set up the process for alot of the military's logistics to be handled by private firms like Halliburton before he left DoD in 93.

[serryjw]

13. I missed something

Explain, what does re-fueling have to do with the USS Cole being attached?