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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa
all happened on Clinton's watch, absolutely. And Clinton totally failed in taking out Bin Laden. So it makes you wonder why Bush didn't take charge and get the job done as one of the first things on the checklist when he took office. After all, there was a guy running around blowing up American interests. Don't you think Bush should have succeeded where Clinton failed? Or at least tried?
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This is a, all is well and good criticism of Bush from the perspective of hindsight. However the reality on the ground in the administration doesn't jive with the criticism. Administrations have to get organized and up and running. It takes time to work out the bugs in the system before it operates with some kind of functionality. There were other things that were priority things that sucked up time and energy, for instance getting your appointees approved for their jobs. Unfortunately the issue of Bin Laden was way down the list, only in hindsight, Bush shulda known better.