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Outrage
Posted by Will Collier · 26 June 2006
Ten years ago, I was working at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Many of the airmen killed at Khobar Towers were deployed out of Eglin; their memorial was eventually built on the base grounds. I doubt many of their survivors were comforted when they read this startling memoir by Louis Freeh in the WSJ: It soon became clear that Mr. Clinton and his national security adviser, Sandy Berger, had no interest in confronting the fact that Iran had blown up the towers. This is astounding, considering that the Saudi Security Service had arrested six of the bombers after the attack. As FBI agents sifted through the remains of Building 131 in 115-degree heat, the bombers admitted they had been trained by the Iranian external security service (IRGC) in Lebanon's Beka Valley and received their passports at the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, along with $250,000 cash for the operation from IRGC Gen. Ahmad Sharifi. That's the meat, but read the whole thing. And try and tell me again why Berger and his infamous pants shouldn't be locked up. Comments
Sweet mother of god... Posted by: Mikey NTH at June 26, 2006 01:40 PMWhat Mikey said. Posted by: Julie (Synova) at June 26, 2006 01:48 PMI believe Hewitt's apt quote about Clinton is rather fitting: Perhaps not the worst President we've ever had, but certainly the worst man ever to be President. Posted by: Mr. Lion at June 26, 2006 02:28 PMWhen in the military, serving your country, you're the most vunerable to your leaders. This is one of the reasons why Bush is so popular among the troops and Clinton wasn't. Oh my god. I can't believe how no matter how little my opinion of Clinton and Berger is, they manage to completely blow it out of the water and sink lower and lower and lower. I hate to say it, but this doesn't surprise me at all. In fact, my guess is had W lost to Gore in 2000, we would have found some tidy way of making a few bombing runs in Afghanistan and then "moving on" afer 9/11 too. Posted by: Pursuit at June 26, 2006 06:14 PMThat's not what scares me about the thought of Gore winning in 2000. It's that the "few bombing runs" in Afghanistan really and truely would have been motivated by vengence rather than considered necessity. When something is seen as a last resort only, or something to be avoided at all costs, it will still be used but when "war never *solves* anything" it is going to be used with that mindset and expectation. Without the anticipation of a good result can a good result even be possible? Posted by: Julie (Synova) at June 26, 2006 06:40 PMIf this was such a problem, why didn't the current president fix it. Posted by: matt at June 26, 2006 07:38 PMHe's kinda busy with their neighbor, Matt. Posted by: Declan at June 26, 2006 08:33 PMSomeone explain to Matt the difference between moving the goalposts and lowering the bar. He seems confused. And screw Berger. Why isn't Clinton in jail? Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 26, 2006 09:13 PMKeep in mind, guys, Hillary had to be in the loop on this... Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 26, 2006 09:14 PMHe's kinda busy with their neighbor, Matt. Neighbors. Plural. Between Afghanistan, Iraq, and shutting down the Pakistani proliferation bazzar, I'd say Mr Clinton's successor has had his hands full. IMO, one of the more important reasons to vote against the Democrat in 2008 is because the Democratic administratio's national security/foreign policy staff is going to be drawn from people who served during the Clinton administration. Posted by: rosignol at June 27, 2006 12:18 AMThis serves as a healthy reminder that not all fools and traitors work at the New York Times. Posted by: Axel Kassel at June 27, 2006 05:21 AMMatt, "The Khobar bombing case eventually led to indictments in 2001, thanks to the personal leadership of President George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice. But justice has been a long time coming. Only so much can be done, after all, with arrest warrants and judicial process. Bin Laden and his two separate pre-9/11 arrest warrants are a case in point." I say, no more discussion in regards to Iran... Let the bombs fall where they may! Posted by: mad bikini blogger at June 27, 2006 05:48 AMYa know, I can forgive mistakes, misperceptions, and even failure. It's not even trying that really drives me nuts. Posted by: RPD at June 27, 2006 07:08 AMPretty soon, not necessarily within the next decade, but soon enough, former President Clinton is going to look into the mirror as an old man. I, for one, think that he is going to detest the man looking back at him. With the kind of clarity that can only be experienced when dealing with one's mortality, the level of disgust he is going to feel will be crushing. I know that the comment could be made that with someone as narcissistic and neurotic as Clinton, it won't happen. That he'll look in that mirror and think he's still the man, that he'll keep fooling himself. Perhaps. But in those quiet moments alone, in the dark and silence, he won't escape. He can't. I pity him, but I wouldn't want it any other way. Posted by: surf at June 27, 2006 08:26 AMEvery time I blame Clinton for 9/11, people think I'm crazy. https://www.darklock.com/blog/?p=5 But you look at his track record, and you just have to ask: why *isn't* this a perfectly reasonable accusation to lay at his feet? The Left only accept that a Republican can be a bad person. It's fundamental to their world view. "Liberals are people who want to do nice things and help everyone else. Therefor, when I accept the Leadership of the Liberals, I too become a good person. Anything a good person does must be a good thing, so Liberals can sometimes make mistakes, but they're always good people that MEAN well." Conversely, "If you're not a Liberal, then you must be a BAD person, because only a BAD person would not recognize how good Liberals are. If you oppose the ideas of Liberals, this means you are a BAD person, and any action by a BAD person is a BAD thing." See? It's all so reasonable. So Clinton could never have done anything BAD... Posted by: Mad Fiddler at June 27, 2006 09:59 PMThe Clinton Administration proved for 2 entire terms that they have no grasp of foreign policy, which derives from their leftist world view. Anyone who believes that the Democrats are capable of handling things as they stand today is fooling himself. Posted by: trentk269 at June 29, 2006 07:28 PMThe beauty of all of this - the SC decision handed down, and Pelosi's reaction, and the left's complete misread on Iraq - what I once thought as a down year for the GOP is looking more and more like a breakeven - or dare I say - even a winner in November. Just keep doing stupid stuff Dems. Why do you think Hillary is trying so hard to stay on the right of all the dingbats on the looney left? Posted by: JEM at June 29, 2006 09:21 PMWhy do you think Hillary is trying so hard to stay on the right of all the dingbats on the looney left?
So Hillary tries to stay to the right of the loonies, but not too far to the right. Posted by: rosignol at June 29, 2006 11:19 PM |
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