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Originally Posted by aklim
If he was so aware, why didn't he do something? Why just pass the buck? Isn't it his duty to do something till the last day he is in office? Would you have pardoned Bush if he did that? Yes, 911 was an issue that should have been dealt with immediately but lets face it, everybody didn't think it would come to that. Everybody was wrong. Let me ask this, if I had told you on 9/09 that we would have this problem from muslims, what would you have said?
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And what would you have had him do? Who shoud we have invaded at that time?
Passed the buck, I don't think so. Not untill 911 was there a valid reason and a specific country to invade. Afganistan and the Taliban.
How Iraq played into the picture of 911 is still under debate by some. The Iraq war as I see it , was "created" as a prelude to a much larger war to come. In that logic maybe it isn't a bad Idea to be prepositioned. But then again, would the current tensions with Iran exist if we hadn't invaded Iraq? Maybe to alot lesser degree than were at now. Why do you think Iran all of sudden needs a "peacefull nuclear program". Think they feel threatened?
I believe the big difference between Clinton and Bush is that Clinton wasn't in a hurry to be a war monger and choose to take small steps rather than enflame the whole middle east and America. Maybe if 911 had happened during Clinton's Presidency, things would have been different, but it didn't so he took the cautious road. Not a reckless policy in my mind.