thelolmyster

"You, senator, I know, were the only person that I know of who suggested declaring war. In retrospect, you were probably right." Those were the exact words of former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, during the 9/11 commission hearings, after being questioned by commissioner and former Sen. Bob Kerrey about the Clinton administration's lackadaisical response to the terrorism against the U.S. that occurred from 1993 to 2000. You see, back then if I remember correctly, Albright was talking tough like she was actually going to handle business and take on terrorism head on. So was her heroic boss, Clinton. However, if I remember right, it actually took Clinton some time to master the tough guy approach to terrorism. In the beginning, he was pretty soft, well...very soft. And, of course, he never really dealt with the problem. For example, after the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 Clinton urged us not to overreact, and, in an interview on MTV, described the bombing as the work of someone who "did something really stupid." That's not exactly tough talk. Terrorism continued. Then he got bold. After the attack on the Khobar Towers barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, he said "The cowards who committed this murderous act must not go unpunished." Terrorism continued. He then got his rhetoric right (no pun intended) the time of the embassy attacks. "We will use all the means at our disposal to bring those responsible to justice, no matter what or how long it takes," he said. "We are determined to get answers and justice." Terrorism continued. By October 2000, when al Qaeda bombed the USS Cole, Clinton had the routine down perfectly. "We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable," he said. Terrorism continued. The fact of the matter is that Clinton is responsible for doing too little about terrorism during his eight years in office, in which there were several attacks against the U.S. Here is a quick recap of the terrorist attacks during his reign:
-1993 World Trade Center bombing - killed six and injured 1,000.
-1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia - killed five soldiers.
-1996 al-Khobar towers bombing in Saudi Arabia - killed 19 and injured 200 soldiers.
-1998 bombing of US embassies in Africa - killed 257 and injured 5,000.
-2000 bombing of the USS Cole - killed 17 and injured 3 sailors.
And the Bush Administration...
-2001 World Trade Center bombing (all planned during the Clinton Administration) - killed 3,000 + innocent people.
And, what did Bush do? He is dealing with terrorism despite being scrutinized by the main stream media; and if that means occupying Iraq than so be it. While I am no Bush apologist and am very critical of some of his policies (immigration, border security), I can truly say with confidence that we are safer today than we were with Clinton. And I still don't understand why uninformed liberals actually believe that Bush caused 9/11 to happen; that his foreign policy while in office for 8 months caused this cowardly act.

Lolly Says:
THIS is absolutely beautiful. THANK YOU for stating the TRUTH in such an unavoidably, clear way. Unfortunately the liberals have NO COMMON SENSE so they will never understand or accept what you've written. It doesn't matter how true your words are, they will spin it however they can to make Bush look bad. The bottom line is: WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE SINGLE ATTACK ON AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 9/11. Why do you think that IS people??? It is because Bush is STEADFAST and UNWAVERING. He flat out told us after 9/11 (when almost everyone supported him) that this was NOT going to be a quick process, and he KNEW that the majority would support him in the beginning, but after time he would have less and less support. But he KNEW what needed to be done to protect our country and HE'S BEEN DOING IT... regardless of how many ignorant and easily swayed supporters have turned on him or how low his approval ratings go. THAT is a strong President. To hold steady and not be swayed by those who become soft and whose vision becomes clouded. I can guarantee you that had he been pursuaded and backed out of Iraq prematurely because of the pressure, we most definitely would have experienced another attack of some sort, if not multiple attacks! And THEN what!? Then it would be "That freakin' Bush, he backed out to soon! NOW look what's happened!" He's damned if he does and he's damned if he doesn't. But even with all the disrespectful comments he receives about his supposed lack of intelligence, in my opinion he's smarter and stronger than the vast majority. He made a vow to stick to the mission for as long as it would take, and he's sticking to his word. The problem is that we were all supposed to "NEVER FORGET", but sadly, it's clear that all has been forgotten for most Americans. When the going gets tough, most Americans want to tuck their tails and run which is pretty sad.