An excerpt from Rich Lowry's Legacy: Paying The Price For The Clinton Years:
The September 11 attacks threw the Clinton adminstration's national security policies into harsh relief. It is impossible to prevent every terrorist attack. That shouldn't be the standard for judging an administration's record. The standard should be whether every reasonable tool at the government's disposal was leveraged to make the terrorists' work more difficult. By that standard, Clinton flunks. He knew about the threat. Yet, he tolerated a terrorist sanctuary in Afghanistan, tolerated Saudi and Pakistani support for terrorism, put the FBI and the CIA in the position of always playing defense, and made the protection of American lives from terrorist attacks no better than a secondary priority of the administration.
The September 11 attacks finally gave Clinton the kind of legacy he had yearned for: one that couldn't be ignored, one that was great in its implications. His could no longer be considered an inconsequential presidency. In leaving the country vulnerable to such an attack after eight years in office, Clinton had achieved the perverse distinction of a monstrous, world-shaking failure.
I would rebut this, but I'm just too busy with the new job and all. Just stopped by to say hi Tom, and to tell you to not run too far amok off the edge of the right-wing cliff until I get more time to properly debate again. *;-)
Posted by: Erik | 06/30/2005 at 06:23 PM
It's the last excerpt from the Rich Lowry book anyway. I hope the job is going well! Check in over the weekend for "best of" post -- no politics july 2,3,4.
Posted by: Tom McMahon | 06/30/2005 at 06:26 PM
It's the last excerpt from the Rich Lowry book anyway
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