September 26, 2006
Clinton said conservatives “were all trying to get me to withdraw from Somalia in 1993 the next day†after the attack which killed American soldiers. But the real question was whether Clinton would honor the military’s request to be allowed to stay and avenge the attack, a request he denied. The debate was not between immediate withdrawal and a six-month delay. (Then-first lady, now-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) favored the first option, by the way). The fight was over whether to attack or pull out eventually without any major offensive operations.Read the rest here.The president told Wallace, “I authorized the CIA to get groups together to try to kill bin Laden.†But actually, the 9-11 Commission was clear that the plan to kidnap Osama was derailed by Sandy Berger and George Tenet because Clinton had not yet made a finding authorizing his assassination. They were fearful that Osama would die in the kidnapping and the U.S. would be blamed for using assassination as an instrument of policy.
UPDATE : Judge Napolitano fact checks Clinton.
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