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| angrychink |
dude
just kill yourself |
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| Hater |
so what? i don't get it...
blame clinton blame clinton blame clinton...that's your answer for everything...
last time i checked clinton might have been concerned about Iraq but not concerned enough to invade based on lies and then stand staunchly by a failed policy while 3,000 american troops die...
big difference...how about instead of always trying to assess blame and make excuses the Republicans actually clean up their own mess for once? |
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| angrychink |
republicans fuck everything up
then stand back and say
'ya know, somebody should fix that....' |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Hater
so what? i don't get it...
blame clinton blame clinton blame clinton...that's your answer for everything...
last time i checked clinton might have been concerned about Iraq but not concerned enough to invade based on lies and then stand staunchly by a failed policy while 3,000 american troops die...
big difference...how about instead of always trying to assess blame and make excuses the Republicans actually clean up their own mess for once? |
ya damb skippy..what docs was it that sandy berger stole
what was he hiding |
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| Hater |
Dude this shit is so old you should be embarassed...get over yourself you ignroant fuck...
fine let's say that everyone thought their were WMDS....let's pretend the invasion of Iraq was a necessary move...now,
how do you defend the consistent failures that have plagued the war under this adminstration? How do you defend the government supported contractor corruption? How do explain the white house attacks on Gen. Shineski for saying would need way more than 150,000 troops to invade and secure Iraq and now all of teh sudden three years later Bush et al. agree?
Explain. |
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| BaBaBoston |
| anything u post will never sway peoples opinions. Republicans have failed. The majority of the country is against the president....nothing you say will try and make democrats look bad republicans are corrupt and for a party who uses the bible over the constitution they still wont get it....U LOSE |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by BaBaBoston
anything u post will never sway peoples opinions. Republicans have failed. The majority of the country is against the president....nothing you say will try and make democrats look bad republicans are corrupt and for a party who uses the bible over the constitution they still wont get it....U LOSE |
yea like your swaying opinions..all you do is join in on the bashing of bush and our troops |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by Hater
so what? i don't get it...
how about instead of always trying to assess blame and make excuses the Republicans actually clean up their own mess for once? |
They can't. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault with them.
Douche, ever find where you thought Pelosi would be up for reelection in 4 years? Have you figured out how intellectually bankrupt you are , yet? |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
yea like your swaying opinions..all you do is join in on the bashing of bush and our troops |
and all you do is bash dems, while offering NO alternative to this fiasco.
No one here bashes the troops, DOUCHE-HERE. |
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| ChaseDC |
Nice bullshit video. :rolleyes: |
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| BaBaBoston |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
yea like your swaying opinions..all you do is join in on the bashing of bush and our troops |
well of course im joining in the bush bashing, i can i not hes so hated by everyone its all over the fuckin place., and when it comes to the troops im not bashing i feel sorry for them having to go to a bull shit war so cheney and bush and line their pockets with oil money, and so bush can get back at IRAQ because sadamn threatened his daddy so he goes to war for a personal vendetta......give it up man, ull never get anyone to agree with you....except for the 3 other shit head neo cons on here who also drank the kool aid. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
| in a way i do wish the soldiers would come home..that way the entire world can watch these muslim animals kill each other..that may be fun |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by ChaseDC
They can't. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault with them.
Douche, ever find where you thought Pelosi would be up for reelection in 4 years? Have you figured out how intellectually bankrupt you are , yet? |
again ..i was using a number that meant nothing
6 mill a year for pelosi's plane
she is worth like 50 mill...tell her to fly herself |
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| SaintJimmy |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
in a way i do wish the soldiers would come home..that way the entire world can watch these muslim animals kill each other..that may be fun |
Besides being unbelievably stupid, you're also a huge asshole.
Just so you know..... |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by ChaseDC
and all you do is bash dems, while offering NO alternative to this fiasco.
No one here bashes the troops, DOUCHE-HERE. |
my alternative is to put about 1 million troops in there..oh thats right ..we don't have that many ..after bill clinton we were left with 10 of 18 divisions... |
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| SaintJimmy |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
my alternative is to put about 1 million troops in there..oh thats right ..we don't have that many ..after bill clinton we were left with 10 of 18 divisions... |
Wow, you just keep being stupid.
And an asshole. |
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| Ass Boil |
Hey DUKE-HERE, I am still waiting for you to find a quote that advocated an invasion and occupation of Iraq, or a quote like this dated AFTER the last round of inspections....
I asked you for this months ago, you keep ignoring it, dumbfuck. |
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| SaintJimmy |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Hey DUKE-HERE, I am still waiting for you to find a quote that advocated an invasion and occupation of Iraq, or a quote like this dated AFTER the last round of inspections....
I asked you for this months ago, you keep ignoring it, dumbfuck. |
That's because he's a stupid asshole. |
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| angrychink |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
yea like your swaying opinions..all you do is join in on the bashing of bush and our troops |
there in lies the basic problem of the chickenhawk pussy repukes
they can't understand why anybody would 'bash' bush
and they think that by 'bashing bush' you are bashing the troops
but then again
look who posted that |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
my alternative is to put about 1 million troops in there..oh thats right ..we don't have that many ..after bill clinton we were left with 10 of 18 divisions... |
Here ya go, dickhead:
| Quote: Ever since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. military has been shrinking as the threat posed by the Soviet military faded and the need for the United States to maintain a large, standing, combat-ready force lessened. It was a part of the so-called "peace dividend." |
| Quote: President George Bush began the cuts, pushing Congress to authorize a 25 percent cut in the military and those cuts have continued through the Clinton administration. |
| Quote: Bush blames any readiness issues on the Clinton administration, which he says has neglected the military and overextended its capabilities through its willingness to commit American troops overseas. |
| Quote: But Bush does not mention what Democrats like to point out: Defense cuts began under his father's administration and when his running mate, Dick Cheney, was secretary of defense. |
Keep believing the BULLSHIT, DOUCHE-HERE.
You fucking moron |
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| Halcyon |
| Party of Fiscal Responsibility |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Hey DUKE-HERE, I am still waiting for you to find a quote that advocated an invasion and occupation of Iraq, or a quote like this dated AFTER the last round of inspections....
I asked you for this months ago, you keep ignoring it, dumbfuck. |
Did he ever find where the american people authorized the Iraq invasion? :rofl: |
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| angrychink |
come on
you're bashing the soldiers
with talk like that
according to dumbfuck retards like dude |
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| SaintJimmy |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
again ..i was using a number that meant nothing
6 mill a year for pelosi's plane
she is worth like 50 mill...tell her to fly herself |
STUPID ASSHOLE |
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| raking12345 |
| Quit playing the blame game. We are all responsible in the end. We as a nation are looked at as the police men of the world. We as a people placed ourselves on that podium. We as a people need to understand that. We need to be one as a people; not as a political party. :bte: :help: |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by raking12345
Quit playing the blame game. We are all responsible in the end. We as a nation are looked at as the police men of the world. We as a people placed ourselves on that podium. We as a people need to understand that. We need to be one as a people; not as a political party. :bte: :help: |
The only way "we" are responsible is the fact that "they" reelected this douchebag.
Spare me the united as one crap. The republican party is the single reason for the great divide in the country. they don't reach across the aisle, they just want you to conform to be like them.
Fuck that. |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
in a way i do wish the soldiers would come home..that way the entire world can watch these muslim animals kill each other..that may be fun |
Yeah, because our presence there has really done a lot to stop the violence, huh?
Next time pick up the history book instead of the crack pipe, shit-for-brains. |
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| angrychink |
i did not vote for the dumbfuck bush
and i place large part of the blame for bush's agenda on those who voted for him |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Hey DUKE-HERE, I am still waiting for you to find a quote that advocated an invasion and occupation of Iraq, or a quote like this dated AFTER the last round of inspections....
I asked you for this months ago, you keep ignoring it, dumbfuck. |
heres an inspector incharged 1999 on charlie rose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTv90zchWvs
asswipe |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Yeah, because our presence there has really done a lot to stop the violence, huh?
Next time pick up the history book instead of the crack pipe, shit-for-brains. |
well it is people like yourself that actually prolong the war...people in this country who dissent makes news in the middle east which is what the enemy watches...they also watch cnn and when they see our pussy asses calling it a failure 4 months after it began gave a clear signal to the enemy that we were weak and would leave |
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| angrychink |
prolong the war?
if we got out, wouldn't the war be over
you fuck? |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
well it is people like yourself that actually prolong the war...people in this country who dissent makes news in the middle east which is what the enemy watches...they also watch cnn and when they see our pussy asses calling it a failure 4 months after it began gave a clear signal to the enemy that we were weak and would leave |
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! where did you hear that? Fox News? You are a complete bushbot.
They watch cnn..... :rofl:
The only part you got right is the pussy asses comment, which applies to you and the other sheeple.
There is no help for you. Jim Jones awaits you in hell.
Btw, here you go, since you like YouTube so much:
Zinni: "No Solid Proof" that Saddam had WMD
and then there is THIS gem:
Powell and Rice assure everyone Iraq is NO THREAT pre-9/11
Now go watch Faux News, you cunt. |
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| Ass Boil |
From 1999!!!??
Are you a fucking inbred? How the fuck can you possibly be this dumb?
You do realize that more inspections occured after that and NOTHING was found?
Who except Bush was talking invasion after the last inspections, you fucktard? |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
well it is people like yourself that actually prolong the war...people in this country who dissent makes news in the middle east which is what the enemy watches...they also watch cnn and when they see our pussy asses calling it a failure 4 months after it began gave a clear signal to the enemy that we were weak and would leave |
How many Iraqis attacked us on 9/11, numbnuts?
Have you forgotten that we DON'T FUCKING BELONG THERE? You are actually trying to make this argument as if there really were WMD in Iraq, aren't you?
EARTH TO DUKE-HERE: Iraq posed no threat to the US!!
You are without question one of the dumbest pieces of shit walking the planet right now. |
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| harley-davidson |
| Quote: Next time pick up the history book instead of the crack pipe, shit-for-brains. |
Why do you want to waste a perfectly good book...that dumb fuck would use the pages to roll a joint |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by angrychink
prolong the war?
if we got out, wouldn't the war be over
you fuck? |
no...just postponed |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by harley-davidson
Why do you want to waste a perfectly good book...that dumb fuck would use the pages to roll a joint |
hemingway died in 1961. nothing he went through means much today no matter what he says of war. HE WASN'T ALIVE FOR SUICIDE BOMBINGS, WHEN HE WAS ALIVE THE MIDDLE EAST WAS A VERY NICE PLACE NOT ITS A TOTAL SHITHOLE WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE DEATH. HE COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
From 1999!!!??
Are you a fucking inbred? How the fuck can you possibly be this dumb?
You do realize that more inspections occured after that and NOTHING was found?
Who except Bush was talking invasion after the last inspections, you fucktard? |
THATS 1999 |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
How many Iraqis attacked us on 9/11, numbnuts?
Have you forgotten that we DON'T FUCKING BELONG THERE? You are actually trying to make this argument as if there really were WMD in Iraq, aren't you?
EARTH TO DUKE-HERE: Iraq posed no threat to the US!!
You are without question one of the dumbest pieces of shit walking the planet right now. |
AND YOU CAN SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS THEY WERE NOT A THREAT BUT MANY DEMS AND REPUBS AND MANY DIFF INTEL AGENCYS ALL OVER THE WORLD STATED THEY WERE. THATS EVEN BEFORE BUSH EVEN ANNOUNCED HIS RUN FOR PRESIDENT |
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| angrychink |
that's correct you lame fuck
and why do you use shit from 1999 as an example
when there is plenty of other information after that that would shoot down your 1999 example?
oh, that's why
damn you are fucking stupid |
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| angrychink |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
AND YOU CAN SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS THEY WERE NOT A THREAT BUT MANY DEMS AND REPUBS AND MANY DIFF INTEL AGENCYS ALL OVER THE WORLD STATED THEY WERE. THATS EVEN BEFORE BUSH EVEN ANNOUNCED HIS RUN FOR PRESIDENT |
again, you lame fuck
you seem to have trouble with time in general
after bush WAS president, you fuck there was other information (that bush kept from congress)
damn you're fucking stupid |
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| angrychink |
dude
even the repukes (the ones who comprehend time logic) are probably saying you should stop posting
damn you're fucking stpuid |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
hemingway died in 1961. nothing he went through means much today no matter what he says of war. HE WASN'T ALIVE FOR SUICIDE BOMBINGS, WHEN HE WAS ALIVE THE MIDDLE EAST WAS A VERY NICE PLACE NOT ITS A TOTAL SHITHOLE WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE DEATH. HE COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT. |
How many suicide bombings occured in Iraq before our occupation, stupid?
The next time you get the urge to start a thread, have someone chop off your hands to save yourself the embarrasment, ok? |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
hemingway died in 1961. nothing he went through means much today no matter what he says of war. HE WASN'T ALIVE FOR SUICIDE BOMBINGS, WHEN HE WAS ALIVE THE MIDDLE EAST WAS A VERY NICE PLACE NOT ITS A TOTAL SHITHOLE WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE DEATH. HE COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT. |
:rofl:
First: What the FUCK does hemmingway have to do with anything? Did I miss something?
Second: Sorry, I can't stop laughing from that second 'point" you tried to make. Put down the bong, yo. :freak: |
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| zimmie |
Clinton's presidency was marred by a long succession of scandals, including sexual harassment allegations, lawsuits, an accusation of rape, and, most famously, revelations that he had carried on a sexual affair with 21-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On December 19, 1998, after having perjured himself repeatedly before a grand jury, Clinton - on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice - became only the second President (after Andrew Johnson in 1868) in American history to be impeached, though he was not removed from office. In October 2001 he was disbarred from practicing law before the United States Supreme Court. He had previously had his Arkansas law license suspended for five years as a result of a disbarment lawsuit brought by a committee of the Arkansas State Supreme Court.
While the aforementioned scandals made bold headlines, Clinton's most significant failings as President concerned less publicized but far more ominous matters of national security. Clinton's loathing of the American military led to his failure in his primary responsibility: the protection of the American people. His actions with regard to military preparedness speak for themselves. In less than three years, deployments increased while manpower decreased from 2.1 million to 1.6 million. That decrease was the foundation upon which stood Al Gore's purported "reinvention" of government. Of the 305,000 employees removed from the federal payroll, 286,000 (or 90%) were military cuts.
The statistics for America's defense during the Clinton years reveal the deep-seated animosity of the administration toward those who served in the military.
The Army was cut from 18 divisions to 12.
The Navy was reduced from 546 ships to 380.
Air Force flight squadrons were cut from 76 to 50.
While the U.S. military was used as a 'meals on wheels' service by the Clinton administration in its nation building adventures, the military had its own humanitarian crises at home on its own bases. The pay freeze instituted by Clinton was imposed on a military in which 80 percent of all troops earned $30,000 per year or less. Food stamp applications soared and re-enlistment rates dropped |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
Clinton's presidency was marred by a long succession of scandals, including sexual harassment allegations, lawsuits, an accusation of rape, and, most famously, revelations that he had carried on a sexual affair with 21-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On December 19, 1998, after having perjured himself repeatedly before a grand jury, Clinton - on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice - became only the second President (after Andrew Johnson in 1868) in American history to be impeached, though he was not removed from office. In October 2001 he was disbarred from practicing law before the United States Supreme Court. He had previously had his Arkansas law license suspended for five years as a result of a disbarment lawsuit brought by a committee of the Arkansas State Supreme Court.
While the aforementioned scandals made bold headlines, Clinton's most significant failings as President concerned less publicized but far more ominous matters of national security. Clinton's loathing of the American military led to his failure in his primary responsibility: the protection of the American people. His actions with regard to military preparedness speak for themselves. In less than three years, deployments increased while manpower decreased from 2.1 million to 1.6 million. That decrease was the foundation upon which stood Al Gore's purported "reinvention" of government. Of the 305,000 employees removed from the federal payroll, 286,000 (or 90%) were military cuts.
The statistics for America's defense during the Clinton years reveal the deep-seated animosity of the administration toward those who served in the military. The Army was cut from 18 divisions to 12. The Navy was reduced from 546 ships to 380. Air Force flight squadrons were cut from 76 to 50.
While the U.S. military was used as a 'meals on wheels' service by the Clinton administration in its nation building adventures, the military had its own humanitarian crises at home on its own bases. The pay freeze instituted by Clinton was imposed on a military in which 80 percent of all troops earned $30,000 per year or less. Food stamp applications soared and re-enlistment rates dropped |
Why should I listen to a pedophile like you zimmie?
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| zimmie |
| your a coward and a cunt.....junior |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
your a coward and a cunt.....junior |
:rolleyes: Whatever child fucker :rolleyes: |
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| zimmie |
Whatever, you loser....
1998 Memo Cited Suspected Hijack Plot by Bin Laden
By Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 18, 2004; Page A17
A secret intelligence document prepared for President Bill Clinton in December 1998 reported on a suspected plot by Osama bin Laden to hijack a U.S. airliner in an effort to force the United States to release imprisoned conspirators in the 1993 World Trade Center attacks.
The one-page declassified version of the President's Daily Brief dated Dec. 4, 1998, contains chilling information -- gleaned by the CIA from several sources -- indicating that al Qaeda was working with U.S.-based operatives of its deadly ally, the Egyptian group Gama at al-Islamiyya, in the purported hijacking plot.
The PDB shows that the intelligence community and the White House had been aware of al Qaeda's interest in hijacking U.S. airliners long before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. On the day the PDB was prepared, then-CIA Director George J. Tenet said in a memo to the intelligence community that "we are at war" and that no resources should be spared to defeat the terrorists.
When it is released this week, a report by the presidential commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will include the newly declassified document and a previously declassified PDB dated Aug. 6, 2001. It will also contain details of what Philip D. Zelikow, the commission's executive director, described yesterday as an "energetic response" to the hijack threat information by the Clinton administration, including its efforts to determine whether the plot reports were true.
The 1998 document is "the most important PDB about hijacking published before 9/11," Zelikow said. The Aug. 6, 2001, PDB prepared for President Bush mentioned 1998 intelligence concerning a plot by bin Laden "to hijack a U.S. aircraft to gain the release of 'Blind Sheik' Omar Abdel Rahman and other U.S.-held extremists."
The 2001 PDB said intelligence officials "have not been able to corroborate" the plot reports from 1998.
The 1998 PDB is titled: "Bin Laden preparing to hijack U.S. aircraft and other attacks." It was declassified, with redactions, by the White House last Monday at the Sept. 11 panel's request. The text of the 1998 PDB was read to a reporter by an administration official who had access to the declassified document.
It said intelligence reports "suggest Bin Laden and his allies are preparing for attacks in the U.S., including an aircraft hijacking to obtain the release of Shaykh Umar Abd al-Rahman, Ramzi Yousef and Muhammad Sadiq Awda. One source quoted a senior member of Gama at al-Islamiyya (I.G.) saying that as of late October the group had completed planning for an operation in the United States on behalf of bin Laden but that the operation was on hold. A senior bin Laden operative from Saudi Arabia was to visit I.G. counterparts in the United States soon thereafter to discuss options -- perhaps including an aircraft hijacking."
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- WTC 1993
- Khobar Towers
- Saudi Air base bombing
- Saudi National Guard base bombing
- Numerous kidnappings in Colombia
- Assassinations in Pakistan
- Kidnappings in the Philippines
- Japan subway sarin gas attack
- Bali bombing
- USS Cole
- Somalia
- Oklahoma City
- Kenya embassy bombing
- Tanzania embassy bombing
- Moscow embassy rocket attack
Clinton passed up THREE opportunities to get bin Laden because he "didn't have a legal case against him." Clinton ADMITTED this was the worst mistake of his presidency.
Clinton CUT THE MILITARY EVERY YEAR he was in office. He CUT our intelligence services. He ended the HUMINT program. He PROHIBITED assassinations of terrorist leaders. He put up barriers of communication between the CIA and FBI.
The reconnaissance, planning, training, and preparations for 9/11 took place UNDER CLINTON.
Exactly how many clues did Bill Clinton need that a big attack was coming to our shores? |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
Whatever, you loser.... |
CHILD FUCKER!
HAHAHAHA |
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| zimmie |
Nice come back junior!!!!!
Your all over this discussion aren't you!!!!.................lol |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
Nice come back junior!!!!!
Your all over this discussion aren't you!!!!.................lol |
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| usuckers |
Obviously not. :fu: |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
your a coward and a cunt.....junior |
childfucker |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
Exactly how many clues did Bill Clinton need that a big attack was coming to our shores? |
Evidently Bush needed one, and he ignored it......
You fucking childfucker |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
Clinton's presidency was marred by a long succession of scandals, including sexual harassment allegations, lawsuits, an accusation of rape, and, most famously, revelations that he had carried on a sexual affair with 21-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On December 19, 1998, after having perjured himself repeatedly before a grand jury, Clinton - on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice - became only the second President (after Andrew Johnson in 1868) in American history to be impeached, though he was not removed from office. In October 2001 he was disbarred from practicing law before the United States Supreme Court. He had previously had his Arkansas law license suspended for five years as a result of a disbarment lawsuit brought by a committee of the Arkansas State Supreme Court.
While the aforementioned scandals made bold headlines, Clinton's most significant failings as President concerned less publicized but far more ominous matters of national security. Clinton's loathing of the American military led to his failure in his primary responsibility: the protection of the American people. His actions with regard to military preparedness speak for themselves. In less than three years, deployments increased while manpower decreased from 2.1 million to 1.6 million. That decrease was the foundation upon which stood Al Gore's purported "reinvention" of government. Of the 305,000 employees removed from the federal payroll, 286,000 (or 90%) were military cuts.
The statistics for America's defense during the Clinton years reveal the deep-seated animosity of the administration toward those who served in the military.
The Army was cut from 18 divisions to 12.
The Navy was reduced from 546 ships to 380.
Air Force flight squadrons were cut from 76 to 50.
While the U.S. military was used as a 'meals on wheels' service by the Clinton administration in its nation building adventures, the military had its own humanitarian crises at home on its own bases. The pay freeze instituted by Clinton was imposed on a military in which 80 percent of all troops earned $30,000 per year or less. Food stamp applications soared and re-enlistment rates dropped |
hey faggot. Do you IGNORE that the military cuts STARTED with George cuntboy dumbya Bush's daddy, when CHENEY was sec of defense? What is the excuse for that. Shitlicker? |
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| ChaseDC |
| where's your sources for all that crap, pedophile? |
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| harley-davidson |
He doesn't like my sig......
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| harley-davidson |
| Quote: First: What the FUCK does hemmingway have to do with anything? Did I miss something? |
He doesn't like my sig...........not that I really give two fucks.....(ooops I got 2 somehow) |
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| harley-davidson |
| Quote: where's your sources for all that crap, pedophile? |
He can bark up CLINTON'S tree all he wants......BUSH had 56 SPECIFIC warnings of a major attack in the united states,starting with CLINTON'S information in Jan of 01...all of which his hero ignored and did absolutely nothing...well I lied he did do one thing......he took the longest vacation in presidential history right before the attacks.... |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Halcyon
Why should I listen to a pedophile like you zimmie?
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yea why listen to facts of the road to failure |
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| Billyfromsphily |
Quote: Originally posted by harley-davidson
He can bark up CLINTON'S tree all he wants......BUSH had 56 SPECIFIC warnings of a major attack in the united states,starting with CLINTON'S information in Jan of 01...all of which his hero ignored and did absolutely nothing...well I lied he did do one thing......he took the longest vacation in presidential history right before the attacks.... |
Yeah he couldn't be perceived as weak by accepting Clinton's intelligence. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by harley-davidson
He can bark up CLINTON'S tree all he wants......BUSH had 56 SPECIFIC warnings of a major attack in the united states,starting with CLINTON'S information in Jan of 01...all of which his hero ignored and did absolutely nothing...well I lied he did do one thing......he took the longest vacation in presidential history right before the attacks.... |
56 SPECIFIC WARNINGS..WHERE THE FUCK YOU GET THAT NUMBER PLEASE SHOW ME THAT LINK
ONLY WARNING I EVER HEARD OF WAS " BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO HIT INSIDE UNITED STATES " |
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| SaintJimmy |
Quote: Originally posted by ChaseDC
hey faggot. Do you IGNORE that the military cuts STARTED with George cuntboy dumbya Bush's daddy, when CHENEY was sec of defense? What is the excuse for that. Shitlicker? |
They like to ignore that.
George HW Bush started the cuts, and rightfully so. The cold war was over, and it was a huge waste of money.
For that stupid fucker to continue to harp on this only illuminates his idiocy.
Zimmie - kill yourself, please. |
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| Billyfromsphily |
| I love how they reduce bases to cut costs and then went on this spending spree in IRAQ. |
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| Can't we all just get along? |
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| FatesWebb |
Good job, dude.... |
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| harley-davidson |
Quote: 56 SPECIFIC WARNINGS..WHERE THE FUCK YOU GET THAT NUMBER PLEASE SHOW ME THAT LINK
ONLY WARNING I EVER HEARD OF WAS " BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO HIT INSIDE UNITED STATES " |
Thats because you have selective hearing ...like any other stupid fucking republican .....I think you and SCOTT DA PACE are fucking brothers...........>Quote: Since 911, Americans have learned about numerous warnings that were received by the Bush Administration before 911.
These numerous warnings were ignored, with fatal consequences for nearly 3,000 people.
If these warnings had not been ignored, the Bush Administration could have protected America by taking decisive action in the days leading up to 911, and on 911 itself.
Moreover, the Bush Administration concealed these crucial facts from Congress and the American people, and then lied about them when they were revealed, in a deliberate effort to cover up its failure to protect America.
We, the American people, call upon the Bush-Cheney administration to take responsibility for failing to protect America, and to resign. If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney refuse to resign, we demand their impeachment by Congress.
The following list contains the most serious warnings that were ignored by the Bush administration.
Individually, each of these failures justifies punishment of those directly responsible.
Collectively, these failures justify the resignation - or impeachment - of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who are ultimately responsible for the failure of their Administration to protect the American people.
The Bush administration ignored the issue of terrorism from the moment it assumed office:
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They ignored the final report of the Hart-Rudman commission, the Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change, that was issued on January 31, 2001
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They blocked Senate hearings on the Hart-Rudman commission's report, scheduled for the week of May 7, 2001, by announcing a brand new commission led by Vice President Dick Cheney - which never met before 911
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They ignored repeated requests from the Hart-Rudman commission from January 2001 to September 6, 2001, when National Security adviser Condoleezza Rice said she would "pass on" their concerns
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They ignored repeated requests from Senator Dianne Feinstein to restructure US counter-terrorism and homeland defense programs, starting in July 2001 and continuing through September 10, 2001, when Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff told Feinstein to wait 6 months
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They ignored the report of the Gore Commission on Aviation Safety and Security
The Bush administration changed Bill Clinton's policy towards Afghanistant to appease Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their Saudi backers to promote the interests of oil companies, putting profits for campaign contributors ahead of fighting terrorism:
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They prevented FBI terrorism experts from investigating Saudi Arabian ties to Al Qaeda before 911, leading to the resignation of FBI Deputy Director John O'Neill only two weeks before 911
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They ordered the Naval Strike Force - which President Clinton deployed near Afghanistan on 24-hour alert in order to strike Osama Bin Laden - to "stand down" before 911
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They gave $43 million to the Taliban in April 2001
When appeasement failed, the Bush administration then prepared for war against Afghanistan:
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They issued an ultimatum to the Taliban in July 2001, telling them to turn over Osama Bin Laden and permit Unocal to build a pipeline across Afghanistan in return for a "carpet of gold" - or face a "carpet of bombs"
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They prepared a National Security Presidential Directive on September 9, 2001, a detailed "game plan to remove al-Qaida from the face of the Earth"
The Bush administration ignored numerous warnings from US and foreign agencies:
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They ignored warnings as early as June from the National Security Agency's Echelon electronic spy network that Middle Eastern terrorists were planning to hijack commercial aircraft to use as weapons to attack important symbols of American and Israeli culture
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They ignored warnings from an FBI agent in Phoenix on July 10, 2001 about suspicious Arab pilots with ties to Al Qaeda who were training in a local flight school, urging a nationwide investigation of Arab students in flight schools
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Bush personally ignored warnings from the CIA on August 6, 2001 that Al Qaeda planned to hijack US planes
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They ignored warnings from Jordanian intelligence in the summer that a major attack was planned inside the US using airplanes
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They ignored warnings from Israeli intelligence in August that large-scale terrorist attacks on highly visible targets on the American mainland were imminent, organized by a cell of as many of 200 terrorists said to be preparing a big operation
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They ignored warnings from Russian intelligence in August that at least 25 terrorist were trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack US targets, with future plans to attack financial, nuclear, and space facilities
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They ignored warnings from Moroccan intelligence in August that Bin Laden was "very disappointed" by the failure of the 1993 WTC bombing, and planned "large-scale operations in New York in the summer or autumn of 2001"
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They rejected a search warrant requests by FBI agents in Minneapolis for Moussaoui's computer disk
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They ignored warnings from Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on August 31 of an impending attack on the US
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They ignored phone calls from Abu Zubaida, bin Laden's chief of operations, to the United States that were intercepted by the National Security Agency shortly before 911
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They ignored an extroardinary number of "puts" on the stocks which were hardest hit by the 911 attacks, including American and United airlines, in the days leading up to 911
The Bush administration failed to take meaningful precautions against a terrorist attack when so many warnings were being issued:
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Bush went on vacation for the month of August, after only six months on the job
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They allowed counterterrorism agencies to "stand down" from the highest level of alert before August 6, 2001, despite repeated warnings from CIA director George Tenet
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The FAA knew about concerns that Moussaiou would hijack a 747 in August 2001, but failed to warn the airlines
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They failed to assign more sky marshalls or to make cockpit doors more secure
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They changed FAA policy to prohibit pilots from carrying guns
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They failed to increase the readiness levels of our Air Defense
On 911, Bush failed to take decisive action:
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George W. Bush said on two occasions that he saw the first plane hit the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. on 911, and was told by Andrew Card about the second plane hitting the World Trade Center at 9:05 a.m. - yet Bush did nothing but listen to a children's story until 9:30 a.m. instead of ordering fighter jets to intercept all hijacked planes immediately
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George W. Bush and Dick Cheney ordered the Pentagon to shoot down Flight 93 over Pennsylvania at 9:55 a.m., but could have shot down the other three flights if they had not waited so long to act
Following 911, Bush used the tragedy to promote the agenda of his wealthy and powerful supporters:
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Bush pushed through the USA Patriot Act, which rewarded right-wing opponents of freedom and civil liberties
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Bush demanded additional tax cuts for the wealthy using the pretense of "stimulating" the economy
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Bush massively increased defense spending, to the direct personal benefit of his father and his cronies in the Carlyle Group
To cover up his failures, the Bush administration resorted to stonewalling, fingerpointing, and lies about 911:
They have continually lied about the extent of the warnings about the 911 attack
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Shortly after 911, Ari Fleischer declared flatly that there were "no warnings"
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When it was revealed in May 2002 that the CIA briefed Bush personally on August 6, 2001, they claimed that the briefing did not address terrorist attacks in the US; then they claimed it was a "low-level" briefing based on only one warning
Condoleezza Rice said, "I don't think anyone could have predicted that these people... would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile." (5/16/02)
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The Pentagon commissioned a study in 1993 called "Terrorism 2000", which predicted multiple simultaneous attacks, the use of airplanes as weapons, targeting of large landmarks and financial centers, etc.
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A Fedex employee tried to crash a DC-10 into FedEx HQ in Memphis in 1994, but was apprehended
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An Islamic fundamentalist group hijacked an Air France flight and loaded it with 27 tons of fuel to destroy the Eiffel Tower, but special forces stormed the plane on the ground
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Abdul Hakim Murad and Ramsey Yousef conceived of 'Project Bojinka' in 1995, a plan to blow up 11 US airline flights over the Pacific in 1995, and to crash airplanes into the Pentagon and the CIA, which definitely caught the attention of counter-terrorism experts in the US
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The Library of Congress Report on The Sociology And Psychology Of Terrorism warned in 1999 about suicide hijackers
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The Pentagon conducted a drill in December 2000 to respond to an airline crashing into the Pentagon
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U.S. and Italian officials were warned in July 2001 that Islamic terrorists might attempt to kill President Bush and other leaders by crashing an airliner into the Genoa summit of industrialized nations
They did everything possible to block an independent commission investigation
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Bush and Cheney personally called Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle urging him not to conduct an investigation
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When pressure for an independent commission became too strong, they suddenly announced warnings of another attack - although they did not raise the official alert level above yellow, leading to widespread speculation of a deliberately false alarm to stop the momentum
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When the Independent Commission finally began its work, Bush used Nixon's dictatorial doctrine of "Executive Privilege" to deny commissioners access to crucial documents
George W. Bush himself has repeatedly JOKED about the 911 attack
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"Lucky me. I hit the trifecta," George W. Bush, shortly after 9/11 - quoted by Bush Budget Director Mitch Daniels, 11/28/01 |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
yea why listen to facts of the road to failure |
Listen to facts?
you're telling me to listen to facts?
WHOA, now I've heard everything.
Listen everyone, DUDE-HERE thinks I should listen to facts! Something he has NEVER done in his entire life! And I should take his word about something he knows absolutely nothing about!
Isn't the hypocritical life of a Bush apologist just so funny? The only real pathetic part is that they think they know what they are talking about.
And how nice it was for DUDE-HERE to stick up for his child fucker friend zimmie. Should I assume that DUDE-HERE is sympathetic towards child fuckers?
Are you an aspiring child fucker too DH? |
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| harley-davidson |
| HAL...quite frankly I like the BUSH loving, pro war , apologist here, watching these ass wipes get owned and forced to eat their own shit is more fun then an amusement park....the best part of the whole scenario ...it gets easier everyday....it's almost getting too easy...LOL |
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Quote: Originally posted by harley-davidson
HAL...quite frankly I like the BUSH loving, pro war , apologist here, watching these ass wipes get owned and forced to eat their own shit is more fun then an amusement park....the best part of the whole scenario ...it gets easier everyday....it's almost getting too easy...LOL |
You'll notice they stear clear of Bush threads now.... content to spew their garbage in Global Warming threads, or threads about Clinton, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi.....
They have lost the "let's defend Bush at any cost" war on this board.... there is nothing to defend Bush about anymore.... His world-wide acceptance of being the biggest failure in American History is so tough to defend, that even the Bush apologists run from Bush threads....
I think that's awesome....
And Bush is so scared that he is the worst president in History, that I heard in another thread he's building a library with all of his lies in print... so that later when we forget how bad he is 10 presidencies down the line, we will have a library of lies to look back on, and then maybe people will say "he wasn't such a bad guy".....
HAHAH That's how sad Bush's life is....he needs to write history books in some 'presidential library' that will chronicle all the lies he has spread so that hopefully people will think it's true later.
He's a total douche...
Keep running Bush apologists.... you keep grasping at the anti-democrat straw.... it's ALL you have left. |
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Quote: Originally posted by FatesWebb
Good job, dude.... |
is that sarcasm ? ( sirius question ) |
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Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
Whatever, you loser....
1998 Memo Cited Suspected Hijack Plot by Bin Laden
By Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 18, 2004; Page A17
A secret intelligence document prepared for President Bill Clinton in December 1998 reported on a suspected plot by Osama bin Laden to hijack a U.S. airliner in an effort to force the United States to release imprisoned conspirators in the 1993 World Trade Center attacks.
The one-page declassified version of the President's Daily Brief dated Dec. 4, 1998, contains chilling information -- gleaned by the CIA from several sources -- indicating that al Qaeda was working with U.S.-based operatives of its deadly ally, the Egyptian group Gama at al-Islamiyya, in the purported hijacking plot.
The PDB shows that the intelligence community and the White House had been aware of al Qaeda's interest in hijacking U.S. airliners long before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. On the day the PDB was prepared, then-CIA Director George J. Tenet said in a memo to the intelligence community that "we are at war" and that no resources should be spared to defeat the terrorists.
When it is released this week, a report by the presidential commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will include the newly declassified document and a previously declassified PDB dated Aug. 6, 2001. It will also contain details of what Philip D. Zelikow, the commission's executive director, described yesterday as an "energetic response" to the hijack threat information by the Clinton administration, including its efforts to determine whether the plot reports were true.
The 1998 document is "the most important PDB about hijacking published before 9/11," Zelikow said. The Aug. 6, 2001, PDB prepared for President Bush mentioned 1998 intelligence concerning a plot by bin Laden "to hijack a U.S. aircraft to gain the release of 'Blind Sheik' Omar Abdel Rahman and other U.S.-held extremists."
The 2001 PDB said intelligence officials "have not been able to corroborate" the plot reports from 1998.
The 1998 PDB is titled: "Bin Laden preparing to hijack U.S. aircraft and other attacks." It was declassified, with redactions, by the White House last Monday at the Sept. 11 panel's request. The text of the 1998 PDB was read to a reporter by an administration official who had access to the declassified document.
It said intelligence reports "suggest Bin Laden and his allies are preparing for attacks in the U.S., including an aircraft hijacking to obtain the release of Shaykh Umar Abd al-Rahman, Ramzi Yousef and Muhammad Sadiq Awda. One source quoted a senior member of Gama at al-Islamiyya (I.G.) saying that as of late October the group had completed planning for an operation in the United States on behalf of bin Laden but that the operation was on hold. A senior bin Laden operative from Saudi Arabia was to visit I.G. counterparts in the United States soon thereafter to discuss options -- perhaps including an aircraft hijacking."
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- WTC 1993
- Khobar Towers
- Saudi Air base bombing
- Saudi National Guard base bombing
- Numerous kidnappings in Colombia
- Assassinations in Pakistan
- Kidnappings in the Philippines
- Japan subway sarin gas attack
- Bali bombing
- USS Cole
- Somalia
- Oklahoma City
- Kenya embassy bombing
- Tanzania embassy bombing
- Moscow embassy rocket attack
Clinton passed up THREE opportunities to get bin Laden because he "didn't have a legal case against him." Clinton ADMITTED this was the worst mistake of his presidency.
Clinton CUT THE MILITARY EVERY YEAR he was in office. He CUT our intelligence services. He ended the HUMINT program. He PROHIBITED assassinations of terrorist leaders. He put up barriers of communication between the CIA and FBI.
The reconnaissance, planning, training, and preparations for 9/11 took place UNDER CLINTON.
Exactly how many clues did Bill Clinton need that a big attack was coming to our shores? |
So if the threat from bin laden was well known, which you seem to be trying to establish, then WHY didn't Herr Bush act immediatley to kill or capture him upon coming into office instead of ignoring MORE warnings and taking the longest vacation in Presidential history? What did Bush do his first 9 months in office?
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--On 26 February 1993, a car loaded with 1,200 pounds of explosives blew up in a parking garage under the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring about a thousand others. The blast did not, as its planners intended, bring down the towers — that was finally accomplished by flying two hijacked airliners into the twin towers on the morning of 11 September 2001.
Four followers of the Egyptian cleric Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman were captured, convicted of the World Trade Center bombing in March 1994, and sentenced to 240 years in prison each. The purported mastermind of the plot, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, was captured in 1995, convicted of the bombing in November 1997, and also sentenced to 240 years in prison. One additional suspect fled the U.S. and is believed to be living in Baghdad.
--On 13 November 1995, a bomb was set off in a van parked in front of an American-run military training center in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians.
Saudi Arabian authorities arrested four Saudi nationals whom they claim confessed to the bombings, but U.S. officials were denied permission to see or question the suspects before they were convicted and beheaded in May 1996.
--On 25 June 1996, a booby-trapped truck loaded with 5,000 pounds of explosives was exploded outside the Khobar Towers apartment complex which housed United States military personnel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing nineteen Americans and wounding about three hundred others. Once again, the U.S. investigation was hampered by the refusal of Saudi officials to allow the FBI to question suspects.
On 21 June 2001, just before the American statute of limitations would have expired, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicted thirteen Saudis and an unidentified Lebanese chemist for the Khobar Towers bombing. The suspects remain in Saudi custody, beyond the reach of the American justice system. (Saudi Arabia has no extradition treaty with the U.S.)
---On 7 August 1998, powerful car bombs exploded minutes apart outside the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people and wounding about 5,000 others.
Four participants with ties to Osama bin Laden were captured, convicted in U.S. federal court, and sentenced to life in prison without parole in October 2001. Fourteen other suspects indicted in the case remain at large, and three more are fighting extradition in London.
---On 12 October 2000, two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden skiff next to the USS Cole while it was refueling in Aden, Yemen, blasting a hole in the ship that killed 17 sailors and injured 37 others. No suspects have yet been arrested or indicted. The investigation has been hampered by the refusal of Yemini officials to allow FBI agents access to Yemeni nationals and other suspects in custody in Yemen.
(The USS Cole bombing occurred one month before the 2000 presidential election, so even under the best of circumstances it was unlikely that the investigation could have been completed before the end of President Clinton's term of office three months later.)
In August 1998, President Clinton ordered missile strikes against targets in Afghanistan in an effort to hit Osama bin Laden, who had been linked to the embassy bombings in Africa (and was later connected to the attack on the USS Cole). The missiles reportedly missed bin Laden by a few hours, and Clinton was widely criticized by many who claimed he had ordered the strikes primarily to draw attention away from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
As John F. Harris wrote in The Washington Post:
In August 1998, when [Clinton] ordered missile strikes in an effort to kill Osama bin Laden, there was widespread speculation — from such people as Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) — that he was acting precipitously to draw attention away from the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, then at full boil. Some said he was mistaken for personalizing the terrorism struggle so much around bin Laden. And when he ordered the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House after domestic terrorism in Oklahoma City, some Republicans accused him of hysteria.
. . . the federal budget on anti-terror activities tripled during Clinton's watch, to about $6.7 billion. After the effort to kill bin Laden with missiles in August 1998 failed — he had apparently left a training camp in Afghanistan a few hours earlier — recent news reports have detailed numerous other instances, as late as December 2000, when Clinton was on the verge of unleashing the military again. In each case, the White House chose not to act because of uncertainty that intelligence was good enough to find bin Laden, and concern that a failed attack would only enhance his stature in the Arab world.
. . . people maintain Clinton should have adapted Bush's policy promising that regimes that harbor terrorism will be treated as severely as terrorists themselves, and threatening to evict the Taliban from power in Afghanistan unless leaders meet his demands to produce bin Laden and associates. But Clinton aides said such a policy — potentially involving a full-scale war in central Asia — was not plausible before politics the world over became transformed by one of history's most lethal acts of terrorism.
Clinton's former national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger . . . said there [was] little prospect . . . that Pakistan would have helped the United States wage war against bin Laden or the Taliban in 1998, even after such outrages as the bombing of U.S. embassies overseas.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/clinton.htm |
And just an FYI, CHENEY was cutting the military under Bush's dad, you tool.
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Budgetary practices
The Department of Defense budget faced Cheney with his most immediate and pressing problem when he came to the Pentagon. President Bush had already said publicly that the proposed FY 1990 Defense budget of more than $300 billion had to be cut immediately by $6.3 billion, and soon after Cheney began work the president increased the amount to $10 billion.[citation needed] Cheney recognized the necessity of cutting the budget and downsizing the military establishment, but he favored a cautious approach. In making decisions on the FY 1990 budget, the secretary had to confront the wish list of each of the services. The Air Force wanted to buy 312 B-2 stealth bombers at over $500 million each; the Marine Corps wanted 12 V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor helicopters, $136 million each; the Army wanted some $240 million in FY 1990 to move toward production of the LHX, a new reconnaissance and attack helicopter, to cost $33 billion eventually; and the Navy wanted 5 Aegis guided-missile destroyers, at a cost of $3.6 billion. A policy on ballistic missiles also posed a difficult choice. One option was to build 50 more MX missiles to join the 50 already on hand, at a cost of about $10 billion. A decision had to be made on how to base the MX—whether on railroad cars or in some other mode. Another option was to build 500 single-warhead Midgetman missiles, still in the development stage, at an estimated cost of $24 billion.[citation needed]
In April, Cheney recommended to Bush that the United States move ahead to deploy the 50 MXs and discontinue the Midgetman project. While not unalterably opposed to the Midgetman, Cheney questioned how to pay for it in a time of shrinking defense budgets. Cheney's plan encountered opposition both inside the administration and in Congress. Bush decided not to take Cheney's advice; he said he would seek funding to put the MXs on railroad cars by the mid-1990s and to develop the Midgetman, with a goal of 250 to 500.[citation needed]
When Cheney's FY 1990 budget came before Congress in the summer of 1989, the Senate Armed Services Committee made only minor amendments, but the House Armed Services Committee cut the strategic accounts and favored the V-22, F-14D, and other projects not high on Cheney's list. The House and Senate in November 1989 finally settled on a budget somewhere between the preferences of the administration and the House committee. Congress avoided a final decision on the MX/Midgetman issue by authorizing a $1 billion missile modernization account to be apportioned as the president saw fit. Funding for the F-14D was to continue for another year, providing 18 more aircraft in the program. Congress authorized only research funds for the V-22 and cut the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") funding more than $1 billion, much to the displeasure of President Bush.[citation needed]
In subsequent years under Cheney the budgets proposed and the final outcomes followed patterns similar to the FY 1990 budget experience. Early in 1991 the secretary unveiled a plan to reduce military strength by the mid-1990s to 1.6 million, compared to 2.2 million when he entered office. In his budget proposal for FY 1993, his last one, Cheney asked for termination of the B-2 program at 20 aircraft, cancellation of the Midgetman, and limitations on advanced cruise missile purchases to those already authorized. When introducing this budget, Cheney complained that Congress had directed Defense to buy weapons it did not want, including the V-22, M-1 tanks, and F-14 and F-16 aircraft, and required it to maintain some unneeded reserve forces. His plan outlined about $50 billion less in budget authority over the next 5 years than the Bush administration had proposed in 1991. Sen. Sam Nunn of the Senate Armed Services Committee said that the 5-year cuts ought to be $85 billion, and Rep. Les Aspin of the House Armed Services Committee put the figure at $91 billion.[citation needed]
Over Cheney's four years as secretary of defense, encompassing budgets for fiscal years 1990-93, the Department of Defense's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291.3 billion to $269.9 billion. Except for FY 1991, when the TOA budget increased by 1.7 percent, the Cheney budgets showed negative real growth: -2.9 percent in 1990, -9.8 percent in 1992, and -8.1 percent in 1993. During this same period total military personnel declined by 19.4 percent, from 2.202 million in FY 1989 to 1.776 million in FY 1993. The Army took the largest cut, from 770,000 to 572,000-25.8 percent of its strength. The Air Force declined by 22.3 percent, the Navy by 14 percent, and the Marines by 9.7 percent.[citation needed] |
Oh, and we are STILL waiting for you to answer the question, scumbag. Were you lying about your age like an internet predator, or pretending to have served in the military?
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Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Oh, and we are STILL waiting for you to answer the question, scumbag. Were you lying about your age like an internet predator, or pretending to have served in the military?
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| Quote: What did Bush do his first 9 months in office? |
REPOST................>Quote: Quote: Since 911, Americans have learned about numerous warnings that were received by the Bush Administration before 911.
These numerous warnings were ignored, with fatal consequences for nearly 3,000 people.
If these warnings had not been ignored, the Bush Administration could have protected America by taking decisive action in the days leading up to 911, and on 911 itself.
Moreover, the Bush Administration concealed these crucial facts from Congress and the American people, and then lied about them when they were revealed, in a deliberate effort to cover up its failure to protect America.
We, the American people, call upon the Bush-Cheney administration to take responsibility for failing to protect America, and to resign. If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney refuse to resign, we demand their impeachment by Congress.
The following list contains the most serious warnings that were ignored by the Bush administration.
Individually, each of these failures justifies punishment of those directly responsible.
Collectively, these failures justify the resignation - or impeachment - of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who are ultimately responsible for the failure of their Administration to protect the American people.
The Bush administration ignored the issue of terrorism from the moment it assumed office:
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They ignored the final report of the Hart-Rudman commission, the Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change, that was issued on January 31, 2001
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They blocked Senate hearings on the Hart-Rudman commission's report, scheduled for the week of May 7, 2001, by announcing a brand new commission led by Vice President Dick Cheney - which never met before 911
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They ignored repeated requests from the Hart-Rudman commission from January 2001 to September 6, 2001, when National Security ad |
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