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Originally Posted by dmek25
i don't think that ignore is the right term. more then once, Clinton could have had Bin Laden taken out, but at that time, no one knew( the public) of the threat he possessed. after 9-11, instead of focusing on Iraq, and Hussein, Bush could have made an historical imprint by taking him out, or by demanding Afghanistan hand him over. i don't think he ignored the threat. he just choose something, he thought, would be the easier of the 2. i guess he mis calculated
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When Clinton did not take Sudan up on their offer for Bin Laden he had allready declaired a terror war on the US. Latter we had first tower attack, the Cole attack, and two US embassies attacked and nothing was done so yeas that is ignored him. Then 9/11 and we went after Bin Laden and the Taliban for a year prior to the Iraq war. You cannot say that we ignored him as we broke them up and they are no longer freely running around in Afghanisatn. Yes the Iraq war has taken some of the focuse off Afghanistan but our accomplishments there were still big. The one biggest thing is Bin is still alive but I still think that Bush has a hugh desire to get him before leaving office.