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Check Your Facts, Bozo!

Ollie North never said a single word about bin Laden in his Iran Contra testimony. Back in 1987, UBA was a US-backed freedom fighter in Afganistan fighting against the Soviets. The name mentioned by LtCol North was Abu Nidal -- a fairly nasty piece of work in his own right to be sure -- but Osama bin Laden's name was never mentioned.

Any allusion to Kerry or Clinton being responsible for 9/11 is farcical at best. bin Laden's camps were bombed during the Clinton administration though they did admittedly miss an opportunity (though never fully verified) to have him handed over.

Fact is, bin Laden was on the radar screen at virtually every daily briefing in the later part of the Clinton years. However, when the Bush 2 administration took over, Attorney General Ashcroft wanted nothing to do with bin Laden. The entire Bush administration had a hard-on for Saddam Hussein from day one and AG Ashcroft banned the mention of bin Laden's name at the daily security briefings.

Another fact to keep in mind is that although the final point of departure for some of the 9/11 terrorists was Boston's Logan International Airport, they actually entered the air travel system in Portland, Maine. This was specifically chosen due to it's comparatively lax security which was very common pre-9/11. Whether or not they would have been intercepted by security at Logan will never be known but I can say from personal experience that Logan's security, even in the days before 9/11, was relatively good in comparison to smaller airports such as Portland.

And any accusations that Senator Kerry had any involvement is utter horsesh*t. That a decorated war veteran (a claim that neither Bush nor Clinton can make, both of whom legally dodged the draft and wartime service) would have anything to do with such an act is totally laughable. He garnered much negative press due to his willingness to speak the truth as he saw it AFTER returning from Vietnam. That took balls -- something sorely lacking these days.

Posted by: GeneBuettner   Posted on: 03/31/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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