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Rudy Giuliani Watch: No Blame Game for 9/11 – Defends Clinton and Bush
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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Cox & Forkum: The Clinton Legacy
Cox & Forkum: The Clinton Legacy
CNN: Sen. Clinton backs husband’s efforts to fight terrorism.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday defended her husband in an ongoing war of words with conservatives over whether the administration did enough to fight terrorism.
The exchange started during a Sunday TV interview in which President Clinton defended his efforts to track down and kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
“I think my husband did a great job in demonstrating that Democrats are not going to take these attacks,” Sen. Clinton said.
“You know, and I’m certain that if my husband and his national security team had been shown a classified report entitled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States’ he would have taken it more seriously than history suggests it was taken by our current president and his national security team.”
This is revisionist history on the part of Hillary.
Or wishful thinking……..
What Clinton Didn’t Do and When He Didn’t Do It.
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Technorati Tags: BillClinton, CondoleezzaRice, OsamabinLaden, MonicaLewinsky, ThePathto9/11
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Hugo Chavez Watch: 7-Eleven Dropping Venezuela’s CITGO
Kenmore Square and the landmark Citgo sign are seen from the roof of the John Hancock Tower in Boston on Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Boston City Councilor Jerry McDermott wants to take down the famed sign in Kenmore Square in response to controversial remarks by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez when he called President Bush ‘the devil’ during a speech at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006.
Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier at more than 2,100 locations and switching to its own brand of fuel.
The retailer said Wednesday it will purchase fuel from several distributors, including Tower Energy Group of Torrance, Calif., Sinclair Oil of Salt Lake City, and Houston-based Frontier Oil Corp.
A spokeswoman for Dallas-based 7-Eleven said its 20-year contract with Citgo Petroleum Corp. ends next week. About 2,100 of 7-Eleven’s 5,300 U.S. stores sell gasoline.
Citgo is a Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, and the foreign parent became a public-relations issue for 7-Eleven because of comments by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Good for 7-Eleven.
But, America needs to end its dependence on foreign sources of energy.
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Hugo Chavez Watch: Chavez – Bush Has Given Order to Kill Me
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Technorati Tags: 7-Eleven, Citgo, HugoChavez, Venezuela
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Global War on Terror Watch: Did Paul Pillar LEAK the National Intelligence Estimate?
The Joint House-Senate intelligence Committee continues hearings on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002, examining the intelligence communities response to terrorism.. Being sworn-in prior to testifying are, left to right, former U. S. Attorney Mary Jo White, former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., former FBI Director Louis Freeh, and CIA National Intelligence Officer Paul Pillar.
Michelle Malkin: Who is Paul Pillar?
MM makes the case that former CIA office Paul Pillar LEAKED the NIE to the New York Times.
Flap thinks the FBI should pay Mr. Pillar a visit……
And…..
Director of National Intelligence Negroponte better KICK some ASS over at Langley and get the CIA fighting for America and not its enemies.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Crunch or Last Chance Iran-EU Talks in Berlin?
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (R) shakes hands with top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in Vienna on September 9. Larijani was to hold crunch talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief in a final chance for the Islamic republic to agree to a nuclear deal offered by world powers
AFP: Crunch Iran-EU nuclear talks to start in Berlin
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator was to hold crunch talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief in a final chance for the Islamic republic to agree to a nuclear deal offered by world powers.
The German government said the talks would begin Wednesday at 5:00 pm (1500 GMT), but did not disclose the location.
“This meeting is part of our efforts to find a diplomatic solution,” German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger said.
Solana’s spokeswoman and an Iranian source close to the negotiations also confirmed the meeting would take place.
“Mr Ali Larijani is in Berlin with his delegation to meet Mr Solana,” the Iranian source told AFP.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said earlier that the talks had been supposed to take place in New York but were switched to Europe because Larijani had visa problems.
The discussions have been billed as a last opportunity for Iran to agree to a suspension of sensitive uranium enrichment activities as demanded by the UN Security Council and stave off the threat of UN sanctions.
THE NUTS: Whether Iran will suspend uranium enrichment and accept the P-5-Plus-1 Offer.
The Washington Times reported yesterday that that Bush administration officials say Mr. Solana has been negotiating a deal with Mr. Larijani that calls for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment for 90 days and to keep it secret, so additional talks could be held with several European nations. Iran has since denied a “SECRET” deal.
Obviously, any suspension or halt to Iranian uranium enrichment would only be acceptable with inspections by the IAEA. The press would stake out those folks and immediately report. End of secret suspension.
Iran’s best deal and most wise course of action is to accept suspension of their nuclear program for a lengthy period of time and receive the gratuities offered by the EU and other P-5 nations.But…….
IRAN COVETS NUCLEAR WEAPONS
There will be NO DEAL with the P-5-Plus-1 while the fanatical Ahmadinejad and Mullahs control the government of Iran.
Prepare today/tonight for additional stalling and talks about future negotiations.
Stay tuned……
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
Technorati Tags: Iran, Ahmadinejad,Javier_Solana, Ali_Larijani, EU, European_Union, EU-3
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Day By Day by Chris Muir September 27, 2006