Posted by
Team Turk on Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:53:29 PM
Former President Bill Clinton and his advisers are angry. Their target is an upcoming ABC miniseries “The Path to 9/11.” The former President is so upset, he penned letter to Disney chief Bob Iger. He asked him to either correct or cancel the program.
Democratic consternation centers on assertions that the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. Was distracting the former President. While I know that was the discussion in 1998, I do not blame that situation for our inaction. Yes, I believe Clinton seized the opportunity to look Presidential.
With that stated, I blame the American people. During the Clinton presidency, the economy boomed. Everyone was buying dot coms and forming partnerships. No one needed a business plan or a college degree. It was “All you need is a dollar and a dream” realized. Why should we care about people with names we can’t pronounce on the other side of the world?
While we were reliving “Hate Ashbury,” terrorists were plotting and planning. They were racking up frequent flyer miles and driver’s licenses. Would more cruise missile strikes or Presidential Daily briefings have changed that? Probably not. But, vigilance might have.
We should have been more vigilant. Networks should have run more Islamic terrorism stories. People should have spent some of their internet time researching Bin Laden. No one knows if the September eleventh attacks could have been prevented. However, I wonder how those passengers sitting near Mohammed Atta would have reacted.
Raymond Smalley