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Dick Morris Points Fingers on 9/11 Terror
By: Mike Hersh - 12/28/01
NON-WAR ON TERROR
by Dick Morris
December 26, 2001
The weekly strategy meetings at the White House throughout 1995 and 1996 featured an
escalating drumbeat of advice to President Clinton to take decisive steps to crack
down on terrorism.
Morris then lists questionable policies which he claims President Clinton rejected
despite their popularity. After years of whining that the President was poll driven
and lacked resolve, suddenly the right wing claims Clinton was too headstrong to
follow the focus group "wisdom" of Dick Morris. If you see this in your local paper,
write a letter to the editor correcting Morris' nonsense.
How convenient, hollow and absurd. The Washington Post and others covered Clinton's
extensive efforts to seize or kill bin Laden. These efforts far outstrip anything
Bush One or Bush Two would allow (pre 9/11), so Morris' finger pointing is misdirected
at best. He should be talking about Daddy and Sonny Bush's APOLOGY FOR TERROR.
A friend writes:
This feels like a calculated hit piece, designed to deflect attention away from Bush's
ulterior -- and now out-in-the-open -- plans to invade Afghanistan prior to 9/11's
happening.
Great point. Also, Dick Morris doesn't know and couldn't know. He's not a credible
source. We know the facts: Clinton and the Democrats were the most antiterrorist
Administration in US history. Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to shore up air
safety and fight terrorism.
The Bush Republicans have a HUGE problem with Saudi terror. Bush did worse than turn
a blind eye toward it. He blocked FBI and other efforts to catch known terrorists.
Why? George Walker Bush and George Herbert Walker Bush are in the Saudi pocket.
AWOL Bush and his father and friends are still STILL making $millions with the Saudis
including bin Laden's family. The Bush people didn't want to upset Saudis and
probably underestimated the threat. Now 1000s of Americans are dead.
Getting a shameless gossip like Dick Morris to blame Clinton helps the Bush propaganda
team blunt the impact of Bush's blame for 9/11.
This is part of what Clinton / Gore wanted to do, that Republicans blocked:
"The federal government should consider aviation security as a national security
issue, and provide substantial funding for capital improvements. The Commission
believes that terrorist attacks on civilian aviation are directed towards the United
States, and that there should be an ongoing federal commitment to reducing the threats
that they pose." -- Gore Commission final report, February 12, 1997
Also, the Democrats were ahead of the curve on bin Laden specifically, calling for
proactive efforts to protect Americans from this terrorist.
>From the 2000 Democratic Platform:
http://www.democrats.org/issues/platform/platform.html
"Battling Terrorism. Whether terrorism is sponsored by a foreign nation or inspired by
a single fanatic individual, such as Osama Bin Laden, Forward Engagement requires
trying to disrupt terrorist networks, even before they are ready to attack.
"We must improve coordination internationally and domestically to share intelligence
and develop operational plans. We must continue the comprehensive approach that has
resulted in the development of a national counter-terrorism strategy involving all
arms and levels of our government.
"We must continue to target terrorist finances, break up support cells, and disrupt
training. And we must close avenues of cyber-attack by improving the security of the
Internet and the computers upon which our digital economy exists.
"As President, Al Gore will tolerate no attack against American interests at home or
abroad: terrorists must know that if they attack America, we will never forget. We
will scour the world to hunt them down and bring them to justice."
Michael Hersh is a contributing writer for Liberal Slant
2001-2000-1999-1998
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