Bill Clinton Tried?

Bill Clinton's anger (real or contrived) has been unleashed over criticisms he didn't do enough to take out Osama bin Laden before 9/11.

Oh, but he tried, doggone it all. He tried?

"But at least I tried. That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said when asked whether he had failed to fully anticipate bin Laden's danger. "They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed."

"Mr.
Clinton‘s administration had far more chances to kill Osama bin Laden than Mr.
Bush has until this day… [W]e had at least eight to 10 chances to capture or
kill Osama bin Laden in 1998 and 1999. And the government on all occasions
decided that the information was not good enough to act…"

Clinton launched a unilateral war in Serbia without Congressional approval, but couldn't kill bin Laden.

Not even in the one lame attempt to distract from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

"The man let bin Ladin go. The man let bin Ladin plot and scheme and
recruit and ultimately murder 3000 innocent civilians. And he blames his
negligence and malfeasance on the Republicans?"

Amidst the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment, national security took a back seat to Bill Clinton's political career and approval ratings.

"Fact: Clinton didn't take any action against bin Ladin -- and I include
that jackassed cruise missile strike, delayed to make sure all people were out
of the target at the time of detonation, so as to make sure no innocent lives
(or any lives, for that matter) where taken -- because he knew that such action
could cause unrest in the Middle East, which could drive up the price of oil,
which would dampen the US economy, which would, finally, lower his approval
rating, the only thing the selfish ______ ever gave a good g*dd*mn
about.

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