What do you all think about this Quote?

[M1A2U2]

What do you all think about this Quote?:
"If President Clinton had been aggresive with al Qaeda in 1993 when it first attacked the World Trade Center, those thousands of people killed on 9/11 might still be with their families today."
~Deliver us from Evil

[California Joe]

It's speculative and draws conclusions that can not be proven. Hindsight is 20/20. Christ, you can say that about any historical event. So you may agree with the statement but it's inflammatory bull****.

"If we had listened to Billy Mitchell all of the sailors on the Arizona would have grand kids by now"

"If Custer had listened to his Crow scouts he' would have still had hair after Little Bighorn"

"If Hitler hadn't have been mental the Nazis wouldn't have lost Stalingrad"

"If my Aunt had balls she'd be my Uncle"

[Yard Ape]

What do you all think about this Quote?:
"If President Clinton had been aggresive with al Qaeda in 1993 when it first attacked the World Trade Center, those thousands of people killed on 9/11 might still be with their families today."
~Deliver us from EvilIt is possible. But it is also possible that a diffrent thousands of civilians would be dead. If you are going to play the "what if" game, why not ask where we would be today if the first Gulf War had been seen through to a proper conclusion (regiem change)?

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

Woulda Coulda Shoulda but didnt.
Too many people say "they would've done things differently" but what the hell were they when this actually happened?

[hank]

Yeah, what Joe said.

hank

[TALOS]

"What if" is a dangerous game to play, at the same time, for the crimes he had committed prior to 911 he should have been apprehended.

[Hullebullen]

If I only could have foreseen the development on the stock-market I could tell my boss: "you can quit your bitchin' cuz I'm outta here, biatch"...
:(

[n.ignomo]

Did Bin Laden revendicate these attacks ?

[SFontaine]

One thing that I think contributed to 9/11 was Clintons pulling out of Somalia. When 18 Americans died the fanatics thought "Look America is afraid of casualities, and run when their men die!" and that I believe contributed to 9/11.

[George W. Bush]

Idiots!!!

When they attacked the Cole, what did Clinton do? JACK ****

Stop defending this savage!

[Ratamacue]

I'm sorry guys, but are you really so desperate to find one figure that allowed 9/11 to happen that you have to find every single possible thing to blame on Clinton? I don't like Clinton, I don't think he was a great President, and he most definitely wasn't an honorable man, but get a f*cking grip. He didn't cause every single misfortune in the world from 1993 to 2000.

[California Joe]

No one is defending Clinton. Simmah don nah W. Simply pointing out that that quote could be applied to any historical military operation with the benefit of hindsight. It may very well be true. But it's easy to say that looking back without having to be the one making perfect calls for every situation.

[exoninja]

What do you all think about this Quote?:
"If President Clinton had been aggresive with al Qaeda in 1993 when it first attacked the World Trade Center, those thousands of people killed on 9/11 might still be with their families today."
~Deliver us from Evil

If the guy who said this, is one who is against the Iraq War, then he is contradicting himself.

If Clinton did, what Bush did to Afghan today, in 1993, he might be cursed and swore at by people.

If this statement is true, then Bush has every reason to invade Iraq. Cos you don't know what will happen in the future if you don't.

[NcDeuce]

Maybe if Operation Rip bin Laden's beard off was started in the 90s...it would have been nice.

[Tane Angle]

I think my esteemed colleage, California Joe, here made a great point. In my humble opinion, a more important question that is still not being heeded is how can we learn from our mistakes to prevent the next September 11th? Cut the support base, particularly in terms of recruitment. It's PR 101: polish our image, and avoid 1920s Germany/1970s Iran situations where people are desperate, have no hope, and will listen to the first person to come along promising them hope and a shred of dignity. It's easy to blame the past leaders, but let's make sure that our current leaders have learned from the past ones' mistakes, no?

By the way, I think everyone on this thread so far knows that I am no big fan of Clinton, but that I'm disenchanted equally with both the DNC and RNC, both Clinton and Bush. However, the current Democrat candidates are not Clinton, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

SFontaine, good point. I think our-and particularly Reagan's-lack of action/wrong actions in regards to Lebanon had very much the same affect that you brought up. It sent the message that we would stand by and be attacked and not say a word.

Have a good one all, and just some thoughts...

[hank]

Idiots!!!

When they attacked the Cole, what did Clinton do? JACK ****

Stop defending this savage!

dude - clinton is a total hoser - literally - voted against that nimrod and WILL NOT defend him - I only wish the senate could have gottent the votes to oust that prick - blame is for god and small children, just ask Dustin Hoffman's character in Papillon.

hank

[Bulkowski]

What do you all think about this Quote?:
"If President Clinton had been aggresive with al Qaeda in 1993 when it first attacked the World Trade Center, those thousands of people killed on 9/11 might still be with their families today."
~Deliver us from Evil
What if we didn't support Afghanistan against the Soviets?

[M1A2U2]

Then the soviets would have lost several years later. I think your forgetting that their support was mostly chinese. Just everyone likes to point out that we gave them a few stinger missles. If we didnt it wouldnt have meant ****. By the way this isnt a what if question, it is a statement critizising someone for somehting they should have done at the time. Clinton had an easy oppurtunity to take care of terrorism but he didnt want to. Thats it...thats all it is