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Clearly a Rhetorical Question 1

Steve Benen asks a question:

I am curious about something, though. Terrorists first attacked the World Trade Center in 1993, early on in President Clinton’s first year in office. Six people were killed, hundreds more were injured. The Clinton administration caught those responsible, subjected them to the U.S. criminal justice system, and foreign terrorists did not strike again on U.S. soil during Clinton’s terms in office.

So, at any point in 2001, did the Bush White House turn to Bill Clinton and Al Gore and ask, “How did you do it? What were the keys to keeping this country safe over that period of time?” I think we can probably guess the answer.

Where is Osama bin Laden again?

Via Atrios.

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  1. Bill

    September 1, 2009 at 5:27 am

    “The Clinton administration caught those responsible, subjected them to the U.S. criminal justice system, and foreign terrorists did not strike again on U.S. soil during Clinton’s terms in office.”

    The Clinton administration caught those responsible for carrying out that particular attack.  They did not catch those responsible for planning and orchestrating the attack.

    It is true that there were no additional attacks on US soil during the remainder of the Clinton administration.  That statement, however, omits the fact that there were additional, deadly attacks against US interests during Clinton’s watch.  The Clinton administration was unsuccessful in protecting US interest abroad from terrorists.  Their lack of success in handling the terrorist threat against US interest as a whole hardly earned them any bragging rights when it came to dealing with the terrorist threat.