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Bill Clinton refused to retaliate after the USS Cole because Al Gore was running?
Do you actually even KNOW anything about the USS Cole? What type of retaliation would YOU have had him do? Do you think maybe he refused to "retaliate", to your level of apocalyptic satisfaction, because ALL of the relevant military authorities including THEN incoming CENTCOM chief Tommy Franks, as he detailed in the book HE wrote, advised against it?
You might want to pick up Franks' book. It comes with pictures and everything.
Also as I seem to recall Clinton DID retaliate and right-wingers simultaenously whined about him both "wagging-the-dog" by launching an unnecessary attack and not doing enough by merely "bombing aspirin factories."
You know sort of like they want to argue now that Bush both inherited a recession from Bill Clinton and that same recession was magically caused by 9/11 nine months later.
Or how Bush was both wrong and right about Iraq.
Here's the deal: If you Repuklicans ever want anyone to take you seriously again pick one tact and stick with it. Then a few dumb people might at least buy your bullshit again. Otherwise you're likely to be out of power for a very LOOOONG time to come.
