A LONG-Way From Pre-9/11 Days....

[Mr. Shaman]

....when....​

"(Richard) Clarke says that dealing with al-Qaeda "was in the top tier of issues reviewed by the Bush Administration." But other topics got far more attention. The whole Bush national-security team was obsessed with setting up a national system of missile defense."

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"Not only did al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban operate from safe havens within Pakistan, but - as U.S. intelligence officials had repeatedly warned Obama - terrorist groups were recruiting Westerners whose passports would allow them to move freely in Europe and North America.

Safe havens would no longer be tolerated, Obama had decided. "We need to make clear to people that the cancer is in Pakistan," he declared during an Oval Office meeting on Nov. 25, 2009, near the end of the strategy review. The reason to create a secure, self-governing Afghanistan, he said, was "so the cancer doesn't spread there."

Jones and Panetta had gone to Pakistan to tell Zardari that Obama wanted four things to help prevent a terrorist attack on U.S. soil: full intelligence sharing, more reliable cooperation on counterterrorism, faster approval of visas for U.S. personnel traveling to Pakistan and, despite past refusals, access to airline passenger data."

 

[CrusaderFrank]

This again?

Richard Clarke presented a slide show on Security to the Rice and her team and Al Qaeda was slide #16 and the strategy was "Roll back"

Clinton passed up at least 6 chances to capture or kill bin Laden

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This again?

Richard Clarke presented a slide show on Security to the Rice and her team and Al Qaeda was slide #16 and the strategy was "Roll back"

Clinton passed up at least 6 chances to capture or kill bin Laden

Whatta great excuse to blow major-buck$ on Star Wars.

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[CrusaderFrank]

This again?

Richard Clarke presented a slide show on Security to the Rice and her team and Al Qaeda was slide #16 and the strategy was "Roll back"

Clinton passed up at least 6 chances to capture or kill bin Laden

Whatta great excuse to blow major-buck$ on Star Wars.

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Guess what?

It Worked!​

Airborne laser shoots down missile in test, Pentagon says - Los Angeles Times


The successful trial near Point Mugu could save the endangered defense system and benefit Southland companies that helped develop the weapon.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This again?

Richard Clarke presented a slide show on Security to the Rice and her team and Al Qaeda was slide #16 and the strategy was "Roll back"

Clinton passed up at least 6 chances to capture or kill bin Laden

Whatta great excuse to blow major-buck$ on Star Wars.

​

Guess what?

It Worked!​

Yeah....obviously......



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIiYWqqgdKY&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - 1,000 Dead Americans in Afghanistan[/ame]

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How could we have (possibly) doubted his genius.

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmtPBTybQ9k[/ame]​