I looked back at a book that I read 4 years ago, and stand corrected...
Paul was right..the date Bin Laden left Sudan was May 18, 1996....
however, Clinton had many reasons to want to detain Bin Laden, the CIA gave him forty thick files of intelligence, and the threat that he posed, but Billy declined
For fucks sake... Why cant people get over that shit... It is irrelevant... A non story.. It was a non story then and it still is today... He screwed around with someone he should nat have... so fucking what
I dont care about that...if he wants a piece of ass because his wife is a closet dyke not giving him any actiion...then by all means do so !! I just commented that the finger waving lies were the same
An offer that even if it did happen was useless... As for america to enforce this extradition at that time (a time when he was not linked or confirmed to have been involved in any act against the US) would have broken nigh on every international law and convention... The only place he could have legally been extradited to was Saudi Arabia.. Who refused... If he had been extradited to Saudi Arabia that would have opened the door for the US, But they didnt... I dont see you blaming this on the Saudi Government
I blame the Saudi government for many things...this, along with sending Bin Laden tons of money to Afghanistan to keep him out of the kingdom. They were basically helping fund terrorism
Not to mention that in 1996 Bin Laden was not seen by anyone as the key threat... In 1996 Ayman al-Zawahiri was seen as the key threat to the US... Indeed it wasnt until the formal amalgamation of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al-qaeda in 1998 that Bin Laden was recognised as the primary enemy.
the CIA has had files on Bin Laden since 1994...he has been making threats against the USA since about that time (or even sooner)
I also dont see you attacking or laying any blame at the hands of Bush senior for his innaction or innability to deal with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed... Principal architect of the 93 bombing, Oplan Bojinka and eventually 9/11 itself... and of course being behind the attempt to destroy AA Flight 63... The FBI had knowledge of the forthcoming attack on the world trade center in 1992, yet what did Bush senior do? Oh yes ... NOTHING
I've never heard that, nor read it anywhere...Bush Sr. isnt Clinton...if he had clear info, he would have acted
Whose government was it that allowed a known terrorist and nephew of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef To cross your border and carry out the 1993 WTC attack ? Whose government was it that allowed Yousef to leave the US ?... Oh yes Bush Senior
I didnt know Bush Sr. was working border patrol that night
I guess we could blame Clinton for letting the 9-11 attackers into the country as well
Whose government captured Yousef... No, not Bush Snr... It was of course the worthless Mr Clinton
give the hapless FBI some credit...they did all the work
You blame Clinton but how far should we go back... Why didnt Reagan deal with Ayman al-Zawahiri? Why didnt Bush Snr deal with Ayman al-Zawahiri?
They both had the opportunity...
Oh yes, thats right, he was off helping Americas cause against the Soviets at that time....
We can also look as to why Carter or Reagan did nothing about Abdullah Yusuf Azzam... A man who had it not been for we may never have seen the rise of Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri or indeed Al Qaeda being that it was indeed Azzam who laid the seeds for al qaeda... It was essentially his idea
you answered your own question...
when Reagan was prez, our biggest threat wasnt al-Zawahiri...it was the Soviets !! C'mon Paul, your older than me...you remember how the communist machine was, and that they invaded Afghanistan. As the old saying goes "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Interesting how you use the 9/11 report to refute what clinton says on this issue but then ignore the 9/11 reports statements regarding your key argument against clinton (the supposed offer of extradition of bin laden)... An allegation the 9/11 report clearly states is complete and utter fallacy
I dont believe the story was made up...Clinton has said many times the biggest mistake of his presidency was not getting Bin Laden
Why are people 'fooled'... as they dont agree with you?
Bill doesnt fool me at all... He's to coin a phrase "exactly what it says on the tin" allways has been.
I think the same of the man now as i did 20 years ago
so you agree that he's full of shit ??