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Originally Posted by soonerliberal
1993: 6 American civilians killed
1998: 12 American civilians killed
This equals 18 non-combat Americans killed compared to 3000 in 2001 under President Bush. Don't go there buddy. We can bicker back and forth on who is responsible for 9/11, but that is irrelevant to the situation.
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The number of deaths is not the point. The point is that we have been at war with terrorists for years, but nobody (including Bush) realized it until 2001. I'm not saying Clinton was responsible for the attacks, only irresponsible for not doing something about it that possibly could have prevented 9/11. Also,
please tell me you don't subscribe to the crackpot conspiracy theories concerning 9/11.
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Originally Posted by soonerliberal
Please give some evidence proving Al Gore would have acted differently concerning Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. He has stated that he would have essentually done the same thing in regards to Afghanistan, except with more force. So the whole "weak on terror" argument seems to be pretty mute.
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Of course you know you ask the impossible. However, judging from his tenure during the Clinton years, I'd say it's a safe bet that we would've done nothing significant in response to 9/11. The Democrats are weak on defense.
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Who was one of the first nations to back us in 2001 when we went after Afghanistan? France.
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Moral support is great, but how many troops did they provide? Something around 200 for the fight (in support roles) I believe. Viva le France! I guess they needed the rest of their forces to maintain order against their "peaceful" Muslim riots.
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If our legitimacy as a nation has not been tarnished, how do you explain the rest of the world refusing to work with us on barely anything?
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Can you clarify that statement? I don't see the rest of the world refusing to work with us on "barely anything". What exactly are you referring to? Or is this just a regurgitated liberal mantra you've heard somewhere?
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Our political parties' bickering has nothing at all to do with emboldening our enemies. ...
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Well, we'll have to agree to disagree there. I'm not saying we should have a dictatorship, only present a unified stance against our enemies, rather than mixed messages.