Seems to me that Clinton DID go after OBL. And that Bush was president.

Given that Bush was president, and Rice was National Security Advisor, privy to all intelligence reports before WTC since January 20, 2001, please explain how Clinton was responsible.

Rice said that the warnings received didn't "rise to the level" of concern. Please advise as to what had risen to the level of concern, what she was tracking, what was more important than the cumulative information which she was ignoring. It's also well-known that Ashcroft submitted a budget for less money for counter-terrorism than had Clinton. Did that reflect the Bush Administration's priorities?

Also seems to me that the political will to, say, attack Afghanistan wasn't there until WTC. Maybe you could explain how the country could have been mobilized to support a preemptive attack without a dramatic incident such as 9-11.

And, explain how attacking Iraq and minimizing efforts against OBL have helped in the "war on terrorism", given Iraq had nothing to do with terrorist attacks on the US.

Arf