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<br>U.S. officials say word of the two Clinton administration efforts to neutralize bin Laden is coming out because former senior {cLINTON} officials want to make it clear they too saw the danger he and his organization posed and made active efforts to stop it.
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<br>In 1998, after the bombings of the African embassies, former President Clinton ordered cruise missiles fired at suspected bin Laden terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. Bin Laden survived the attack.
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<br>On September 23, Clinton told reporters he had authorized a plan to arrest, and if necessary, kill bin Laden -- and had even contacted a group in Afghanistan to carry out the plan.
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<br>"We also trained commandos for a possible ground action, but we did not have the necessary intelligence to do it," he said.
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<br>Now, Clinton said, the United States has "support from people who would not have supported us then. And they give us more options than were available then."
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<br>-WHY are stories like this appearing NOW ,--so clinton and these people can pretend, --continue to live in their media fantasy land ? All you need to do is spin misdirect blame others, -manipulate and control public perception, this has been the method and means to the clintons rise to power and also their largest failure to really serve the best interests of the nation. ---Media manipulation, -easy to accomplish in an extreme politically human bias U S media has provided such people a dominant reign accepting or acknowledging no personal responcabilty in any aspect, -politically or personally, -as typified and as we are unfortunately forced to witness as in many previous episodes and now again in clintons pending disbarment hearings before the court.
<br>-Just lie, misdirect, blame others, spin, -use personal attack, -the clintons convinced of others political motivation because that is all that is understood and motivates them, and therein distortedly justifies their actions in their own minds.
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<br>WHY is the former Sec. of state giving interviews misdirecting cause and effect of past failed policy, and WHY are bias journalists in the same article pointing a finger at others, NOW at this time.
<br>--WE as a free people have the responcabilty of asking the difficult questions, -of seeking factual complete information. Without this basis of TRUTH we continue TO REPEAT THE SAME ERRORS AND LESSONS OF HISTORY. -Often with tragic result as we now again begin to understand.
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<br>-WHAT are the errors; military blunders failed attempts and mistakes, bolstering terrorist organizations, giving them propaganda victories, enabling them to recruit thousands more. -What have been the failures of the clinton administration over 8 years largely contributing to this, beyond Samolia ,-indiscriminately launching missile attacks on the wrong target to divert attention and delay a vote on his impeachment, and general inept inaction for political oriented purposes .What are the errors in values ,priorities ,and mindset that lead to these failures .
<br>-Lame excuses and attempts at misdirection and politically motivated spin as in the article above are extremely offensive to many at this time.
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<br>--Like most Americans I’m really pissed off, --the best quote of the evening watching the John Lennon special the other evening.
<br> He composed music and wrote about concepts and ideas, of how to make the world a better place, always spoke his mind exemplifying some of the best ideals of America, --free speech and freedom of expression.
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<br>-Some of us will react like Clinton, -with political motivation, and -carrying a self-righteous vague socialist agenda as priority. Thus motivated and armed with the power brought by willing media manipulation -typified by the articles now in the news by them, -void of any in depth questioning. They will continue down a path of misdirected denial, dogmatically, defensively using the same tactics of misinformation, -partial information, -resort to personal attack, -direct blame to others accepting no personal responsibility or arrogantly acknowledging any.--Where does this lead us as individuals or as a nation ?
<br> The worst aspect of this is there are numerous people who emulate and copy these beliefs and behavior as per example in the post above.
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<br> Some of us will react by giving our blood, -our money our time in volunteering, -will fight terrorist or help in any way possible.We will rebuild and fill our new buildings and lives with hope , the promise of a better future , and with love .
<br>-Believe this is the basis of Christian perspective on this tradgedy , in partially answering the original thread title .
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<br> We ,-all people of the U S with our varous nationalities and religious beliefs ,will ask the difficult questions, -seek complete information, -facts and truth to base our actions on, --and each ask our god for guidance in these actions.
<br> We will look at the lessons of history, past and recent, and accomplish what we must in dealing with terrorists .We will try to eliminate human bias, try to correct the errors and failures of the past by seeking truth and continuing to establish basic ideals of human freedom that allows all humanity the opportunity to grow learn thrive and prosper.
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