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Clinton speech from 9/10/2001 - I could have gotten OBL but didn't
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:23 pm
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Bill Clinton gave a speech the day before 9/11 in Australia telling an audience that he could have taken out Osama Bin Laden but didn't because it would have meant taking out a village of 300 people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
This audio was recorded at the time but never released until this week, when the former head of the Australian Labour Party remembered it and released his copy of it.
It's very interesting that this is just surfacing now, especially considering the huge legal battle that the Clintons put up against the makers of The Path To 9/11 TV movie, to the point where the film was only shown once on TV and never given a video release.
Bill Clinton gave a speech the day before 9/11 in Australia telling an audience that he could have taken out Osama Bin Laden but didn't because it would have meant taking out a village of 300 people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
This audio was recorded at the time but never released until this week, when the former head of the Australian Labour Party remembered it and released his copy of it.
It's very interesting that this is just surfacing now, especially considering the huge legal battle that the Clintons put up against the makers of The Path To 9/11 TV movie, to the point where the film was only shown once on TV and never given a video release.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:26 pm to teke184
Hindsight's always 20/20. At the time, I understand his reasoning for not sacrificing 300 people for Bin Laden.
I really don't have a ton to complain about when it comes to Bill as the President. and I loved Gdub.
I really don't have a ton to complain about when it comes to Bill as the President. and I loved Gdub.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:28 pm to teke184
quote:I agree with him.
“I nearly got him. And I could have killed him, but I would have to destroy a little town called Kandahar in Afghanistan and kill 300 innocent women and children, and then I would have been no better than him. And so I didn’t do it.”
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:31 pm to teke184
Surely he had other opportunities. Or was OBL always surrounded by 300 people in Kandahar?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:25 pm to teke184
He also didn't inhale
He also didn't have sex with that woman..........
He also didn't have sex with that woman..........
Posted on 7/31/14 at 5:19 pm to teke184
Bill Clinton has never told the truth in his life. Why would anyone believe him now?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 5:19 pm to teke184
Think about the context of the speech Clinton was delivering. Do you believe he was expressing regret, or self-congratulations for his restraint? All I can do is guess, but it is strange that almost 13 years have gone by and this is the first mention of the speech. How many times has he addressed this issue since?
In 2001 Bill Clinton claims he could have gotten bin Laden, but in 2008 FactCheck.org said he couldn't. LINK One of them is wrong. I wonder which?
In 2001 Bill Clinton claims he could have gotten bin Laden, but in 2008 FactCheck.org said he couldn't. LINK One of them is wrong. I wonder which?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 8:04 pm to teke184
am no fan of Bill Clinton, but I can't hold this against the man. I would have made the same choice if presented with the same intel.
Posted on 8/1/14 at 8:22 am to teke184
We could have possibly killed the man behind 9/11 years before, but it would have been a politically risky choice for Clinton. The convenient plan was to ignore the problem after our embassy bombings and wait for the next guy to deal with it.
IMO, his administration has contributed significantly to our vulnerability on 9/11 by making politically expedient decisions instead of leading.
IMO, his administration has contributed significantly to our vulnerability on 9/11 by making politically expedient decisions instead of leading.
This post was edited on 8/1/14 at 8:28 am
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