HOW 9-11 HAPPENED By Ann Coulter We don't need a "commission" to find out how 9-11 happened. The truth is in the timeline: PRESIDENT CARTER, DEMOCRAT In 1979, President Jimmy Carter allowed the Shah of Iran to be deposed by a mob of Islamic fanatics. A few months later, Muslims stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iran and took American Embassy staff hostage. Carter retaliated by canceling Iranian visas. He eventually ordered a disastrous and humiliating rescue attempt, crashing helicopters in the desert. PRESIDENT REAGAN, REPUBLICAN The day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released. In 1982, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was bombed by Muslim extremists. President Reagan sent U.S. Marines to Beirut. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut were blown up by Muslim extremists. Reagan said the U.S. would not surrender, but Democrats threw a hissy fit, introducing a resolution demanding that our troops be withdrawn. Reagan caved in to Democrat caterwauling in an election year and withdrew our troops -- bombing Syrian-controlled areas on the way out. Democrats complained about that, too. In 1985 an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, was seized and a 69-year-old American was shot and thrown overboard by Muslim extremists. Reagan ordered a heart-stopping mission to capture the hijackers after "the allies" promised them safe passage. In a daring operation, American fighter pilots captured the hijackers and turned them over to the Italians -- who then released them to safe harbor in Iraq . On April 5, 1986, a West Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen was bombed by Muslim extremists from the Libyan Embassy in East Berlin, killing an American. Ten days later, Reagan bombed Libya, despite our dear ally France refusing the use of their airspace. Americans bombed Qaddafi's residence, killing his daughter, and dropped a bomb on the French Embassy "by mistake." Reagan also stoked a long, bloody war between heinous regimes in Iran and Iraq. All this was while winning a final victory over Soviet totalitarianism. PRESIDENT BUSH I, MODERATE REPUBLICAN In December 1988, a passenger jet, Pan Am Flight 103, was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, by Muslim extremists. President-elect George Bush claimed he would continue Reagan's policy of retaliating against terrorism, but did not. Without Reagan to gin her up, even Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher went wobbly, saying there would be no revenge for the bombing. In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. In early 1991, Bush went to war with Iraq. A majority of Democrats opposed the war, and later complained that Bush didn't "finish off the job" with Saddam. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, DEMOCRAT In February 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed by Muslim fanatics, killing five people and injuring hundreds. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. In October 1993, 18 American troops were killed in a savage firefight in Somalia. The body of one American was dragged through the streets of Mogadishu as the Somalian hordes cheered. Clinton responded by calling off the hunt for Mohammed Farrah Aidid and ordering our troops home. Osama bin Laden later told ABC News: "The youth ... realized more than before that the American soldier was a paper tiger and after a few blows ran in defeat." In November 1995, five Americans were killed and 30 wounded by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia set by Muslim extremists. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. In June 1996, a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia was bombed by Muslim extremists. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. Months later, Saddam attacked the Kurdish-controlled city of Erbil. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, lobbed some bombs into Iraq hundreds of miles from Saddam's forces. In November 1997, Iraq refused to allow U.N. weapons inspections to do their jobs and threatened to shoot down a U.S. U-2 spy plane. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. In February 1998, Clinton threatened to bomb Iraq, but called it off when the United Nations said no. On Aug. 7, 1998, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim extremists. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. On Aug. 20, Monica Lewinsky appeared for the second time to testify before the grand jury. Clinton responded by bombing Afghanistan and Sudan, severely damaging a camel and an aspirin factory. On Dec. 16, the House of Representatives prepared to impeach Clinton the next day. Clinton retaliated by ordering major air strikes against Iraq, described by The New York Times as "by far the largest military action in Iraq since the end of the Gulf War in 1991." The only time Clinton decided to go to war with anyone in the vicinity of Muslim fanatics was in 1999 -- when Clinton attacked Serbians who were fighting Islamic fanatics. In October 2000, our warship, the USS Cole , was attacked by Muslim extremists. Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, REPUBLICAN Bush came into office telling his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice , he was "tired of swatting flies" -- he wanted to eliminate al-Qaida. On Sept. 11, 2001, when Bush had been in office for barely seven months, 3,000 Americans were murdered in a savage terrorist attack on U.S. soil by Muslim extremists. Since then, Bush has won two wars against countries that harbored Muslim fanatics, captured Saddam Hussein, immobilized Osama bin Laden, destroyed al-Qaida's base, and begun to create the only functioning democracy in the Middle East other than Israel. Democrats opposed it all -- except their phony support for war with Afghanistan, which they immediately complained about and said would be a Vietnam quagmire. And now they claim to be outraged that in the months before 9-11, Bush did not do everything Democrats opposed doing after 9-11. What a surprise.
Ann Coulter is a moron. Her analysis doesn't even mention CIA Director George Tenet or FBI Director Robert Mueller. The CIA knew for a full year about several of the 911 hijackers being in the country and taking flight school lessons. They were aware of Zacharias Moussoui only interested in take-offs, and not landings. Low-level FBI knew one month before 911 about 911 hijackers taking flight school lessons in Arizona. Sometimes this information never left the "field" office. In otherwords, the left hand did not know what the right hand was doing, even though the office of the NSA held daily meetings during the Summer of 2001 with the FBI and did not learn of anything! Deputy Director of the CIA, John E. McLaughlin was aware of huge terrorist "chatter" all through the Spring and Summer of 2001. Two senior intelligence officials were so stressed and upset about the degree of chatter and the fact that no one in the Bush Administration was taking it with any sense of urgency that they thought of retiring, so that they could go public with a warning. The fact of the matter is that NSA Condoleezza Rice was fully cognizant via George Tenet of what was going on . . . President Bush was repeatedly briefed by George Tenet. In May of 2001, Bush asked for a strategy regarding al-Qaida. By his own admission, the President did not know what, or where that strategy was in early September of 2001. General Henry Shelton ( Chairman of the Joint-Chiefs of Staff ) is quoted as saying that Bush had put the war on terrorism and al-Qaida on the "back-burner". President Bush, by his own admission in Bob Woodward's book, Bush at War said that he had no sense of urgency focusing on al-Qaida. Former NSA Sandy Berger will tell you that Richard Clarke was in Berger's office on numerous occasions ranting and raving about "Bomb the al-Qaida Camps in Afghanistan!" Richard Clarke is also on record as saying that Clinton did not follow through and eliminate bin-Laden, and only bombed the camps in Afghanistan on one occasion because Clinton felt too much political pressure that he was merely trying to divert attention away from the Lewinsky scandal. ( Wag the Dog? ) He is very critical of Clinton on this point. The budget on counter-terrorism was increased by 350% under Clinton but one has to wonder how effective those funds were put to use. Can you say Louis Freeh? The War on Terrorism was dropped and all focus and resources were put towards a regime change in Iraq. Ann Coulter has no freaking clue and the fact that she doesn't mention Tenet, Mueller, or Freehy's name is indicative of her moronic intelligence.
True. Anyone who believes Coulter is a moron just like those losers who are buying Donald Trump "how to get rich books". Lack of Critical Thinking and Slavery of the mind. Two major dangers to free society along with Bush.