I am not sure what Clinton should have done. Even today there is not a clear policy being used uniformly everywhere. We invade Iraq and not North Korea or Iran. Saudi Arabia remains our ally though they are the center of the terror universe.
I certainly don't find Clinton to blame for anything. Maybe we should have went after Osama more in 1998 but then we are after him right now and still don't have him and it's not clear if we ever will. After 9/11 we had to go after him and I would say the American public would not have settled for anything else. In Clinton's case, I think the American public was somewhat indifferent.
Nevertheless, Clinton bombed targets in Afghanistan and Sudan based on intelligence which - in the case of Sudan - seemed to have been wrong. These were acts of war.
Last edited by Colin at Jun 18 2004, 11:56 AM
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