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leftofthedial

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Fri Apr-09-04 10:16 AM
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18. In October 2000

Members of the Clinton Administration have clearly explained that they investigated the Cole bombing, learned in December that it was al Qaeda, and made military plans to respond to the Cole. They felt it was inappropriate to start a "crisis" in the last days of their term and handed the issue off to the incoming bushgang.

Right wingers have long criticized Clinton for not responding to the Cole, but it is the bushgang that decided specifically to do nothing.

Had the bombing taken place in the summer, Clinton would have responded.

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