cicerone imposter wrote:tico, It is NOT revisionist history. That Clinton told Bush about OBL is outweighed by more current intelligence info. Bush failed to follow through on OBL, and instead started his unwarranted war in Iraq that posed no threats to America or Americans. With Bush's misguided war, over 17,000 of our men and women in uniform have been injured or killed, and by best estimates some 100,000 innocent Iraqis have been killed by our coalition forces. All this for what? More of the same; "stay the course." The true consequences are still unknown.
c.i.: Are you sure you want to rise to the defense of Harper/Chrissee/Nikki? He/She said: "
I might also point out that Clinton told Bush OSL should be his number one priority. Bush disagreed, saying that Iraq would be his number one priorty."
Firstly, I take Chrissee literally when she attributes words to Bush. She said he said "Iraq would be his number one priority." Now did he or did he not say that?
Following 9/11, Bush did not go after Saddam initially. He went after bin Laden in Afghanistan. After bin Laden scurried off to hide in a cave somewhere, focus was turned to Saddam.
But when you use words like "unwarranted," and "misguided," it's clear you don't properly appreciate the need to go into Iraq, and therefore you are not thinking clearly about this issue.