The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Condi Sets the Record Straight
Secretary of State Rice does not often make political statements; indeed she often goes out of the way to appear as impartial as possible. But when she saw the cheap shots and lies that Bill Clinton--in mid temper-tantrum of his controversial interview with Chris Wallace--were throwing at the Bush Administration, she was unable to hold her tongue. Captain Ed comments on Condi's interview with the New York Post (bold emphases mine):
Condoleezza Rice stepped out of character for just a moment yesterday and responded forcefully to allegations Bill Clinton made during his Fox News Sunday interview with Chris Wallace. The New York Post reports that the Secretary of State allowed herself a rare moment of anger when defending herself against Clinton's attacks on the Bush administration:
Rice hammered Clinton, who leveled his charges in a contentious weekend interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News Channel, for his claims that the Bush administration "did not try" to kill Osama bin Laden in the eight months they controlled the White House before the Sept. 11 attacks.
"The notion somehow for eight months the Bush administration sat there and didn't do that is just flatly false - and I think the 9/11 commission understood that," Rice said during a wide-ranging meeting with Post editors and reporters.
"What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton administration did in the preceding years," Rice added.
The secretary of state also sharply disputed Clinton's claim that he "left a comprehensive anti-terror strategy" for the incoming Bush team during the presidential transition in 2001.
"We were not left a comprehensive strategy to fight al Qaeda," Rice responded during the hourlong session.
UPDATE: Dr. Rice is not the only person who has been speaking out; so has Michael Scheuer, who was in charge of the Bin Laden unit for the CIA in Afghanistan. CBS make the mistake of interviewing Scheuer--who has in the past has had his plenty of criticism to go around--thinking it was going to get vindication for its "icon" Bill Clinton. Wrong! Ace reports:
CBS Accidentally Reveals Truth [Retired Geezer]
HayZeus is one of the blogs I normally read when my sock drawer is organized. Since I make one pair of socks last a week, that usually means every day. I was glad I checked him out today because HayZeus discovered an amazing truth:
Normally, news of CBS doing damage control for the Clintons on one of its programs would be of the “dog bites man” variety. However, today’s attempt resulted in some unintentional hilarity as their reliably anti-Bush terrorism expert is none other than Mike “Anonymous” Scheuer. Mr. Scheuer was the head of the CIA’s Bin Laden unit at the time to which Mr. Clinton refers when he lays the blame for not capturing Bin Laden at the feet of the CIA and the FBI.
You can kind of see what's coming, can't you.
Moreover, Mr. Scheuer has been vocal in the past about his feeling that his unit was repeatedly frustrated by the Clinton administration’s lack of willpower concerning terrorism, going so far as to suggest that the lackadaisical attitude of Clinton, along with Sandy Burger and Richard Clarke, actually abetted Al-Qaeda.Go grab some laughs yourself.
CBS forgot to do it's Homework ... Again.
Condoleezza Rice stepped out of character for just a moment yesterday and responded forcefully to allegations Bill Clinton made during his Fox News Sunday interview with Chris Wallace. The New York Post reports that the Secretary of State allowed herself a rare moment of anger when defending herself against Clinton's attacks on the Bush administration:
Rice hammered Clinton, who leveled his charges in a contentious weekend interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News Channel, for his claims that the Bush administration "did not try" to kill Osama bin Laden in the eight months they controlled the White House before the Sept. 11 attacks.
"The notion somehow for eight months the Bush administration sat there and didn't do that is just flatly false - and I think the 9/11 commission understood that," Rice said during a wide-ranging meeting with Post editors and reporters.
"What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton administration did in the preceding years," Rice added.
The secretary of state also sharply disputed Clinton's claim that he "left a comprehensive anti-terror strategy" for the incoming Bush team during the presidential transition in 2001.
"We were not left a comprehensive strategy to fight al Qaeda," Rice responded during the hourlong session.
UPDATE: Dr. Rice is not the only person who has been speaking out; so has Michael Scheuer, who was in charge of the Bin Laden unit for the CIA in Afghanistan. CBS make the mistake of interviewing Scheuer--who has in the past has had his plenty of criticism to go around--thinking it was going to get vindication for its "icon" Bill Clinton. Wrong! Ace reports:
CBS Accidentally Reveals Truth [Retired Geezer]
HayZeus is one of the blogs I normally read when my sock drawer is organized. Since I make one pair of socks last a week, that usually means every day. I was glad I checked him out today because HayZeus discovered an amazing truth:
Normally, news of CBS doing damage control for the Clintons on one of its programs would be of the “dog bites man” variety. However, today’s attempt resulted in some unintentional hilarity as their reliably anti-Bush terrorism expert is none other than Mike “Anonymous” Scheuer. Mr. Scheuer was the head of the CIA’s Bin Laden unit at the time to which Mr. Clinton refers when he lays the blame for not capturing Bin Laden at the feet of the CIA and the FBI.
You can kind of see what's coming, can't you.
Moreover, Mr. Scheuer has been vocal in the past about his feeling that his unit was repeatedly frustrated by the Clinton administration’s lack of willpower concerning terrorism, going so far as to suggest that the lackadaisical attitude of Clinton, along with Sandy Burger and Richard Clarke, actually abetted Al-Qaeda.Go grab some laughs yourself.
CBS forgot to do it's Homework ... Again.
