Bush attacked on terrorism record

[Oceans11]

A former White House security expert has accused President Bush of doing a "terrible job" of tackling terrorism.
Richard Clarke said Mr Bush ignored warnings of the threat from al-Qaeda before the 11 September 2001 attacks.

He said the US president later tried to show links between al-Qaeda and Iraq, despite being told none existed.

Mr Clarke said it was "outrageous" Mr Bush was running for re-election on his record fighting terrorism, when in fact he had "ignored it" before 9/11.

I find it outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism - He ignored it

Richar Clarke on CBS' 60 Minutes

"He ignored terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to stop 9/11. Maybe. We'll never know."

He also told the US broadcaster CBS that the day after the 11 September attacks, Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld called for retaliatory strikes on Iraq, even though al-Qaeda was based in Afghanistan.

He said he was so taken aback by the comments, he initially thought Mr Rumsfeld was joking.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3556191.stm

 

[EverFresh]

Rummy playing fast and loose with the truth?
That's as hard to believe as thinking that shrub told the truth about the reasons for invading Iraq!

 

[TheGeneral+]

I watched this last night and was very agreeing it seemed with Dick.

 

[KMAN]

I guess that's one good thing about Kerry....He will never be attacked on his terrorism record, because he won't do anything about it.

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

Bush's terrorism record?

What is that a few yrs old?

What is europe's record over the last 200yrs vs terrorism? How's Asia fared combating it?

How about Africa how well they do protecting innocents from the maniacal cave men?

How's the IRA doing these days? WTF is going on in The Phillipnes lately? How about Sudan, didn't Bush run King towel head out of there?

Phucking idiots.

 

[BadBeat]

How many attacks have their been on US soil since 9/11?

How many attacks have there been on US embassies since 9/11?

How many attacks have there been on US targets that are not in a theatre of combat since 9/11?


The record is what the record is. Had Clinton responded properly after repeated provocations against US targets, its reasonable to presume 9/11 would never have happened at all.