Clinton's Failures as a President

Clinton's Failures

A decade of terrorism, a decade of denial

"One of our greatest presidents!" - Al Gore

"I say Bill Clinton fought the real terrorists among us - the wealthy! He fought them with higher taxes, halleluiah!" - Unnamed.

New York City - February 26, 1993

al-Qaeda plans and executes the first attack on New York's twin towers. Led by the criminally insane spiritual leader, Omar Abdel Rahman, they unleash a truck bomb at the base in an attempt to collapse the structure. Six are killed and over a 1,000 are injured. President Clinton promises to hunt those and punish those responsible. With the help of Janet Reno, the administration considers the incident only a criminal act, convicts six and judges the case closed.

Somalia - October 3, 1993

An impatient administration presses U.S. military based in Somalia to engage and capture Somali warlord Mohammed Adid while refusing to equip them with air gunships or heavy armor out of U.N. sensitivities. Al-Qaeda lieutenants train the local insurgency to ambush and counter-attack U.S. Rangers during a daring daylight raid. In a 15-hour firefight 19 American soldiers were killed while inflicting over 1,000 Somalis. An American soldier was dragged naked through the streets in celebration, and President Clinton promises to hunt those and punish those responsible. Days later Clinton announces an abrupt pullout of Somalia and the considers the case closed.

	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - November 13, 1995
	Militants strike U.S. military headquarters with a bomb inside a van. Five are killed. The administration sends FBI agents and President Clinton promises to hunt those and punish those responsible. After Saudi Arabia refusing to cooperate after beheading four chosen for blame of the terrorist attack, the administration considers the case closed.

	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia - June 25, 1996
	Militants strike U.S. military barracks with a bomb inside a truck. Nineteen are killed. President Clinton promises to hunt those and punish those responsible. But absolutely nothing was done until a new G. W. Bush administration took office when a federal grand jury indicted 13 Saudis and a Lebanese. The Clinton administration considered the case closed.

East Africa - August 7, 1998

al-Qaeda conducts orchestrated attacks against U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Two truck bombs kill 224, including 12 Americans while injuring over 5,000. President Clinton promises to hunt and punish those responsible. Two weeks later he chooses an aspirin factory in Sudan to launch cruise missiles against. Thinking this meek show of force was enough to repel Islamic extremists from attacking the United States, the Clinton administration considered the case closed.

Aden, Yemen - October 12, 2000

al-Qaeda strikes a naval target, the destroyer U.S.S. Cole. With a small boat bomb they murder 17 sailors. The Yemenis quietly arrest eight and jails none. Though President Clinton promises to hunt those and punish those responsible, he does nothing to distract his vice-president, Al Gore, from continuing his presidential campaign. Choosing the election over justice, the Clinton administration considered the case closed.

New York City - September 11, 2001

al-Qaeda returns to New York planning and executing their second attack on the city's twin towers. Two airliners are hijacked and rammed into each sky scraper. The heat and damage done to the structures brought each tower to earth. al-Qaeda hijacks two other airliners that same morning. One crashes into the Pentagon in D.C. while the other crashes into a field in Ohio after passengers resisted foiled a plan believed to fly into D.C. President G. W. Bush promises to hunt those and punish those responsible and declares War Against Terror. He did not consider the case closed.

In August, 2002, NewsMax.com releases secret audio of then President Clinton admitting for the first time anywhere that he had the chance to take Osama bin Laden into custody, but he nixed the idea because he couldn't come up with a legal justification for the 9-11 mastermind's extradition The tape was recorded at a February 2002 business luncheon on New York's Long Island:

"Mr. bin Laden used to live in Sudan. He was expelled from Saudi Arabia in 1991, then he went to Sudan. And we'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start meeting with them again - they released him. At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America. So I pleaded with the Saudis to take him, 'cause they could have. But they thought it was a hot potato and they didn't and that's how he wound up in Afghanistan." (End of excerpt)

While many Americans felt great pride in Bill Clinton's approach to terrorism, the Islamic world celebrated on September 11th, 2001.

Starving for attention, Clinton is interviewed by Fox News correspondent Chris Wallace. Clinton turns suddenly angry when confronted with his record on terrorism during his presidency "melts down" in a defensive rage and cowers behind the trousers of Richard Clarke. Grasping at what's left of his legacy he attempts to intimidate Wallace, "And you've got that little smirk on your face and you think you're so clever. But I had responsibility for trying to protect this country. I tried and I failed to get bin Laden. I regret it." - Bill Clinton - aired September 24, 2006