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Originally Posted by MTI
Uh, Mike . . . there was a criminal investigation, led by the FBI . . . and guess what . . . they caught the perps.  |
I think Mike meant that there should have been more than just an isolated criminal investigation. It should have been treated as part of a concerted effort to destabilise or destroy this country - which is what it was.
While it's convenient to think that there was just a criminal investigation because Bill was knee deep in interns, so to speak, that's probably unfair. There is more to an administration than the President. Clinton's administration was woefully inadaquate in foreign policy and frankly were more interested in domestic policy. Clinton was content to do whatever, as long as his poll numbers remained high. The mistake was a failure to identify a very real movement that intended harm to this country and act accordingly. This was a mistake for the entire administration and resulted from a warped world view. Indeed, the Bush administration continued that mistake for almost a year. There was no conceivable way to ignore it once 9/11 occured.
Yes, some of the folks who tried to bomb WTC in the 90's are in jail. Some were captured under Clinton's reign and some were captured under Bush's presidency. I applaud all captures of peoples who wish us harm from whomever wishes to capture them. Unlike some I am not upset when a number 2 or number 3 person is apprehended - it's all a step to destroying the capabilities of the organization.