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Rudy Giuliani Watch: No Blame Game for 9/11 – Defends Clinton and Bush

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani campaigns for Charlie Crist, the Republican candidate for governor of Florida, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, in Dania Beach, Fla.

AP: Giuliani Defends Clinton on 9/11 Efforts

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defended Bill Clinton on Wednesday over the former president’s counterterrorism efforts, saying recent criticism on preventing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is wrong.

Political bickering over which president – Clinton or George W. Bush – missed more opportunities to prevent the attacks has been escalating since Clinton gave a combative interview on “Fox News Sunday” in which he defended his efforts to kill Osama bin Laden.

“The idea of trying to cast blame on President Clinton is just wrong for many, many reasons, not the least of which is I don’t think he deserves it,” Giuliani said in response to a question after an appearance with fellow Republican Charlie Crist, who is running for governor. “I don’t think President Bush deserves it. The people who deserve blame for Sept. 11, I think we should remind ourselves, are the terrorists – the Islamic fanatics – who came here and killed us and want to come here again and do it.”

Well, Rudy doesn’t want to pick an unnecessary early fight with the Clintons.

But, he is WRONG.

It was Bill Clinton and the Clintonistas that began the BLAME GAME with the airing of the Path to 9/11. Remember Clinton tried to get it NOT SHOWN or taken off the air.

Giuliani also said a recently declassified report that said the Iraq war had become a “cause celebre” for Islamic extremists demonstrated the need to continue the fight there.

“The jihadists very much want a victory in Iraq. They feel that if they could defeat us in Iraq they will have a great victory for terrorism,” Giuliani said. “What that should do is organize us to say if they want a big victory in Iraq then we have to deprive them of that victory.”

Rudy is RIGHT here.

Giuliani eventually will mix it up with Bill and Hillary Clinton – that is if he desires the White House in 2008.

Stay tuned……


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