Bush Fires Back at Clinton

[TexasSky]

I agree with the comments. Furthermore, Osama Bin Laden agreed with the President's comments.
In an interview that Bin Laden gave ABC news while Clinton was still in office they asked him about the USS Cole, and whether he feared military retaliation from the United States against his followers if he was blamed for the COLE. His response was that Americans had shown them that the US military are cowards who know how to run, but who have no passion for war, and that they are not to be feared because they have no passion for war.

 

[poncho]

He must have read the script ahead of time eh?

 

[Daisy]

Originally posted by TexasSky:
I agree with the comments. Furthermore, Osama Bin Laden agreed with the President's comments.
In an interview that Bin Laden gave ABC news while Clinton was still in office they asked him about the USS Cole, and whether he feared military retaliation from the United States against his followers if he was blamed for the COLE. His response was that Americans had shown them that the US military are cowards who know how to run, but who have no passion for war, and that they are not to be feared because they have no passion for war.

If you're talking about the May 1998 ABC interview with John Miller (linkie), then you seem to be mistaken. If you mean a different interview, can you supply a reference?

OBL: The call to wage war against America was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of thousands of its troops to the land of the two Holy Mosques over and above its meddling in its affairs and its politics, and its support of the oppressive, corrupt and tyrannical regime that is in control. These are the reasons behind the singling out of America as a target.

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Praise be Allah and prayers and peace upon Mohammed. With respect to the Western governments that participated in the attack on the land of the two Holy Mosques regarding it as ownerless, and in the siege against the Muslim people of Iraq, we have nothing new to add to the previous message. What prompted us to address the American government in particular is the fact that it is on the head of the Western and the crusading forces in their fight against Islam and against Muslims. The two explosions that took place in Riyadh and in Khobar recently were but a clear and powerful signal to the governments of the countries which willingly participated in the aggression against our countries and our lives and our sacrosanct symbols.

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The Western regimes and the government of the United States of America bear the blame for what might happen. If their people do not wish to be harmed inside their very own countries, they should seek to elect governments that are truly representative of them and that can protect their interests. ...

He seems to be blaming Bush Sr. for stationing troops in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm and for supporting the Faud regime.