Reply #10: It was not meant as the "time to go to war"

[kentuck]

Forget war just a second. It was a reminder to be on guard. These are dangerous and unpredictable people. Perhaps Clinton should have hit back when the USSCole was bombed but by the time it was discovered who the responsible party was, they said it was too near the time to change power and they did not want to leave that mess for Dubya, the way Somalia was left for him. Then perhaps Bush should have not just forgotten about the USSCole once he took office. Just because Clinton was no longer in the WH did not mean there were no problems for the incoming Administration. Nobody leaves a clean plate when they leave the WH. I hope the Bush people did not think that. I hope they heeded the warning that al Qaeda and bin Laden were a serious threat. That did not mean you go to war - only that you be on guard- not flying off to a bunny hole in Nebraska with a phone that didn't work and no one could get you to give the order to shoot down the planes so finally your VP Cheney had to give the order but, by then, it was too late...Is that what you mean?