McBain wrote:

Why? "terrorism" is a tactic. It is a kind of a crime. At the time,
there was no knowledge of an organization behind the attack. Why would
Clinton take any more action against that attack than was taken against
the Oklahoma City bombing?

Yes, and Clinton DID go after bin Laden because he DID see the
developing organization as a threat. He DID take immediate action when
faced with chatter about the millenium attack. He did it quietly and
successfully prevented it, without sounding colored alarms and scaring
people. Without hindsight, he did everything which was warranted at the
time, and in the last year of his presidency, recognized the threat from
al qaeda and developed a plan to fight it. He handed it over to bush,
who completely ignored it. Bush did nothing with it. Bush did nothing
when faced with the chatter about 9/11. How can you even compare the two?

The president is restrained by what the American people want... or he
*should* be. Public opinion was being swayed by the republicans.
Public opinion was not for going after bin Laden at the time. Maybe he
should have done it anyway. But the point is, it is very hypocritical
for *anyone*, including you, to criticize Clinton for not doing more to
get bin Laden when at the time, those same people, including you, I
suspect, were not calling for more to be done.

Did you actually call for Clinton to go after bin Laden militarily back
in 1998? I highly doubt it. How can you call for that now?

And while I like Clinton in

For one thing, 8 years of peace and prosperity. A good economy.

6 million new jobs created in the first 2 years.

In 1994, the economy had the lowest combination of unemployment and
inflation in 25 years.

As part of the 1993 Economic Plan, President Clinton cut taxes on 15
million low-income families and made tax cuts available to 90 percent of
small businesses, while raising taxes on just 1.2 percent of the
wealthiest taxpayers.

He balanced the budget after 12 years of raygunomics.

He signed into law the Brady Bill, which imposes a five-day waiting
period on handgun purchases so that background checks can be done to
help keep handguns away from criminals.

He put 100,000 new police officers on the street, put the 3 strikes law
in effect and banned 19 types of assault weapons. Violent crime went
down for the first time.

Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act. The law, which covers
over 42 million Americans, offers workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid,
job-guaranteed leave for child birth, adoption, or personal or family
illness.

Clinton expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit to cut the taxes of 15
million working families with incomes of $27,000 or less.

Clinton ordered the U.S. Justice Department to conduct the first-ever
crackdown on deadbeat parents who refuse to accept financial
responsibility for their own children.

Signed an Executive Order cracking down on federal employees who owe
child support.

Under the President's Direct Student Loan program, students can borrow
money directly from the government at a lower interest rate and with
many flexible repayment options, including the option to repay with a
percentage of their after-graduation salary. Taxpayers will save at
least $4.3 billion over five years.

In 1994, over 20,000 AmeriCorps members tutored students, immunized
children, reclaimed urban parks, and patrolled neighborhoods. In return,
they earned $4,725 per year of service towards college tuition or job
training.

President Clinton signed into law Goals 2000, a national standard of
excellence for our public schools. Already, 41 states and territories
have received federal grants to raise academic standards and improve
schools.

President Clinton's Safe and Drug Free Schools and Community Act and the
Safe Schools Act provide funding to schools to fight violence and drug
abuse. Schools can use up to 25 percent of their funds to purchase metal
detectors, develop safe zones, and hire school security personnel.

The President's School-to-Work program provides venture capital to spark
a nationwide system for moving America's young people from high school
to a job with a future. In 1994, all states received planning funds for
their school-to-work program.

Charter School legislation signed by President Clinton encourages states
and localities to set up public school choice.

Under President Clinton, the EPA launched its "Common Sense Initiative"
to make health protection cheaper and smarter by focusing on results
rather than one-size-fits-all regulations.

The President's Northwest Forest Plan is putting communities in the
Northwest back to work, while conserving ancient forests.

After decades of conflict, the Clinton Administration negotiated a
consensus plan to protect California's most valuable natural resource --
its water. The San Francisco and Delta estuary supplies dr inking water
to two-thirds of the state's people, provides irrigation for 45 percent
of the nation's fruits and vegetables, and sustains 300 aquatic species.

President Clinton hosted the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian
Declaration of Principles in September, 1993, and the signing of the
Israeli-Jordan Washington Principles in July, 1994 -- historic
agreements between the leaders of Israel and her Arab neighbors to
settle differences by peaceful means.

To enhance European security and stability, the Clinton Administration
proposed the Partnership for Peace program, offering former Soviet
republics and Central/East European states closer ties with NATO.
Already, 22 nations have signed on, since NATO's adoption of the program
in January, 1994.

As of May, 1994, nuclear missiles in Russia and the United States are no
longer targeted against any country. And, as a result of other Clinton
Administration efforts, the Ukraine is ahead of schedule in reaching the
goal of transferring 1,500 nuclear warheads to Russia for dismantlement.

President Clinton peacefully restored democracy to Haiti, curbing the
violence that threatened tens of thousands of Haitians, securing our
borders, and upholding our commitments and the commitments made to us in
the process.

Signed a comprehensive Child Immunization Plan.

Revoked the Reagan/Bush restrictions on abortion counseling ("the gag
rule"), abortions in military hospitals, "Mexico City" policy and RU-486
imports.

Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care over 100%%
in first 3 budgets.

Put the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) on a full-funding path.

Increased funding 65%% for breast cancer research.

As part of the balanced budget plan, introduced health care reform
initiative which strengthens Medicare and expands coverage.

Proposed a $1.3 billion increase in veterans' benefits -- of which $1
billion will be directed to the VA health system to provide treatment
for 43,000 more veterans.

Issued a new executive order to require polluters to disclose
information to the public and expanded the public's right-to-know about
toxic releases.

Launched "reinventing environmental regulation" to cut red tape and
better protect public health.

Issued a new standard to cut pollution from chemical plants 90%% by 1997.

Signed executive orders to increase recycling and cut pollution in
federal buildings.

Signed the California Desert Protection Act, October 31, 1994.

Issued a new standard to cut pollution from incinerators 95%%.

Introduced comprehensive Safe Drinking Water and Superfund reforms.

Developed a plan to restore Florida's Everglades.

Signed the National Voter Registration Act (Motor-Voter), May 20, 1993.

Eliminated the tax deduction for lobbying expenses.

Imposed strictest Administration ethics guidelines in history.

Barred top officials from becoming foreign lobbyists after leaving
government.

Signed the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 -- the first overhaul of
lobbying rules in 50 years.

Fought for passage of and signed into law the Congressional
Accountability Act, January 22, 1995.

Opened 15 different market sectors in Japan ranging from
telecommunications procurement to rice.

Reached historic agreement with Japan on opening its automotive market
to billions of dollars worth of American cars and parts.

Reached agreement with China to provide intellectual property rights
protection for billions of dollars worth of U.S. exports.

Helped Israel and Jordan achieve an historic peace treaty and Israel and
the Palestinians fulfill their historic accord.

Contributed to an historic cease-fire in Northern Ireland.

Agreed to framework with North Korea that freezes and leads to the
eventual elimination of North Korea s dangerous nuclear program. (By the
way, bush reneged on this agreement, leading to the renewal of this program)

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Oh, darn... I just realized that these accomplishments were all in
Clinton's FIRST term, as this website is for the re-election of
Clinton... Well, do you want me to find his accomplishments in his
second term?

One I can think of... He signed the Kyoto agreement, which bush also
reneged on.

Can you come up with a list of dubya's accomplishments? This ought to
be good...

There is more than one witness claiming that rummy said on the day or
day after that we should use this to attack Iraq. Bush himself told
Dick Clarke to "find Iraq's involvement" in the days following 9/11,
even after Clarke said he wasn't involved.

We do know that they ignored terrorist attack info. What we don't know
is why? But I can't think of any reason other than stupidity or wanting
it to happen, can you?

First of all, there is no proof that bin Laden was even involved. He
denied it. I have seen no proof other than that tape which was fake
(the man who was supposedly bin Laden was writing with his right hand
and bin Laden is left-handed). It is said that another al qaeda leader
planned 9/11, so capturing bin Laden would have made the same amount of
difference as capturing the number one guy in Iraq made... violence got
worse after that. There is no way it would have prevented 9/11.

You ignore that bush's policies have made al qaeda stronger and more of
a threat, and that under bush's watch and because of his botched
invasion of Iraq, 40,000 plus innocent people more have been killed...
far worse than 9/11.

No, he denied it. The government came up with a tape which was a fake,
wherein he supposedly claimed responsibility. Bin Laden again publicly
said he was glad it happened, but he didn't do it.

And yet you seem to think Clinton should have known this, even though
with the benefit of hindsight we don't know?

Laurie