Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:08:30 PM
This is about Giuliani from opinionjournal
the part in bold is my idea. Shows them
he knows they want to come back and kill us
the "cut and run" crowd should take note
"Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defended Bill Clinton on Wednesday
over the former president's counterterrorism efforts, saying recent
criticism on preventing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is wrong," reports
the Associated Press:
*** QUOTE ***
"The idea of trying to cast blame on President Clinton is just wrong
for many, many reasons, not the least of which is I don't think he
deserves it," Giuliani said in response to a question after an appearance
with fellow Republican Charlie Crist, who is running for governor. "I
don't think President Bush deserves it. The people who deserve blame for
Sept. 11, I think we should remind ourselves, are the terrorists--the
Islamic fanatics--who came here and killed us and want to come here again
and do it." . . .
Giuliani said he believed Clinton, like his successor, did everything
he could with the information he was provided.
"Every American president I've known would have given his life to
prevent an attack like that. That includes President Clinton, President
Bush," the former mayor said. "They did the best they could with the
information they had at the time."
*** END QUOTE ***
This seems right to us (not to mention politically smart, allowing the
mayor to look like a statesman). But of course it doesn't address the
reason the issue puts Clinton on the defensive: His legacy will still be
one of doing little about a gathering crisis--even if little is all one
could reasonably have expected one to do.