And on what date did something go boom? Feb 26, 1993. I'm not faulting anyone for not picking up that an attack was planned, I'm looking at a campaign in response. There wasn't one. A campaign is not tossing a few tomahawks around. You can muddy the waters with AQ starting in 1988, but that was also a big "who cares". What was VERY significant was Bin Laden issuing a fatwah in 1993 that the US was his enemy. The Clinton administration did virtually nothing through several terrorist attacks and a pattern of escalating viloence. Oh, they cut and ran in Somalia - that sent a pretty clear signal. I love your last sentence. If they truly beleived that Bin Laden was the biggest threat the US faced, why the fugg didn't they do something about him? For years, the Taliban thought an oil company was the state department, because they were the only Americans even talking to them.
Anyway, back to my original question. Do the Gore supporters believe (and scarier yet, do they think it a good idea) that he would have lied down for 9/11? By lie down I mean doing something committed and decisive, not lobbing a few cruise missiles into a goat ranch. Crap, I think even Kerry would have taken out the Taliban.