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Doesn't this treasonest administration know that the liberals have hobbled the CIA for years?
Them checking to see what's wrong is like putting a band-aid on skin cancer!
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The republicans would do the same thing.They are all the same.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The CIA is the lefts target #1 or 2 and the mere fact that Obama is leaning on them so much to fight his war is a little bit of irony , God bless em ,they are walking a tight rope of haters and the real possibly of being charged with war crimes by the nuts working for Obama and necessary work to further US interests.
- Mr. 1911A1Lv 41 decade ago
Yes, obama is well aware that he is castrating the CIA.
This started with "Peanut Boy" Carter back in the 1970s.
ONE TERM.
To Don B, the disinformationist: Your buddy CLINTON FAILED TO KILL BIN LADEN on THREE OCCASIONS WHEN THE CIA LOCATED HIM.
The blood of those killed on 9/11 is on CLINTON'S HANDS.
The blood of those 250,00 killed in the former Yugoslavia is on his hands as well because he did NOTHING.
The blood of ONE MILLION Rwandan's is on Clinton's hands as well.
FACE THE TRUTH FOR ONCE!.
- Don BLv 61 decade ago
answer: NO and YOU don't either
your empty rhetoric without any substantiation is typical of fear mongering republican hogwash.
LET US NOT FORGET
it was CONSERVATIVES that hobbled the CIA and exposed an agent
ALL because her husband didn't like Bush's WAR>
(without even giving a crap about every person in the Middle East, that was working with our side, thats lives were put at stake because Valerie Plume was one of their contacts)
Let's look at facts...
Clinton Administration developed the nation's first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed first national coordinator of anti-terrorist efforts.
Clinton Administration stopped the Al Qaeda millennium hijacking and bombing plots.
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to kill the Pope
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up 12 U.S. jetliners simultaneously
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up UN Headquarters
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up FBI Headquarters
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Washington
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up Boston airport
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up Lincoln and Holland Tunnels in NY
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up the George Washington Bridge
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up the US Embassy in Albania
-- Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P.).
-- Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA killings to justice.
-- Did not blame Bush I administration for first World Trade Center bombing even though it occurred 38 days after Bush left office. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively -- and successfully -- to stop future terrorist attacks.
--Named the Hart-Rudman commission to report on nature of terrorist threats and major steps to be taken to combat terrorism.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to TIGHTEN AIRPORT SECURITY. (Remember, this is before 911) The legislation was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the airlines.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF TERRORIST FUNDING. It was defeated by Republicans in the Senate because of opposition from banking interests.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to add tagents to explosives, to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF EXPLOSIVES USED BY TERRORISTS. It was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the NRA.
-Clinton Administration increased the military budget by an average of 14 per cent, reversing the trend under Bush I.
-Clinton Administration tripled the budget of the FBI for counterterrorism and doubled overall funding for counterterrorism
-Clinton Administration detected and destroyed cells of Al Qaeda in over 20 countries
-Clinton Administration created national stockpile of drugs and vaccines including 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.
-Of Clinton Administration's efforts says Robert Oakley, Reagan Ambassador for Counterterrorism: "Overall, I give them very high marks" and "The only major criticism I have is the obsession with Osama"
-Paul Bremer, current Civilian Administrator of Iraq disagrees slightly with Robert Oakley as he believed the Clinton Administration had "correctly focused on bin Laden.
-Barton Gellman in the Washington Post put it best, "By any measure available, Clinton Administration left office having given greater priority to terrorism than any president before him" and was the "first administration to undertake a systematic anti-terrorist effort"