>From what I understand from reading "The Siege of Mecca" (http://tinyurl.com/siegeOfMecca) and other material Bin Laden really got started in 1979 when radical fundimentalists took over the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Since the Saudis couldn't oust them, they called on the French to do it. Because of those French commandos, apparently Bin Laden started his jihad.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > Somehow I think the 'ground work' was laid for 50 some-odd years prior to > GWB and Clinton. I think it's America's propensity towards manipulating the > middle east that lead to the terror attacks and not any specific president > or party. > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I dunno what changes he would have made. My point though is that the >> ground was laid for an attack well before he came to office. 8 years of >> placating terrorists and inappropriate responses, including Clinton's >> little wag the dog experiment during the Lewinsky scandal. >> >> Gruss Gott wrote: >> > >> > The memo title 'bin laden determined to attack ...', along with the >> > reams of other intel that the CIA was trying to get to Pres Bush and >> > he ignored. And he was on a one month vacation just before we were >> > hit. But we've covered all of that. >> > >> > I'm curious - let's say we'd been hit 18 months after election instead >> > of 9. What big changes do you think Bush would've made? >> > >> > I mean after all, this is guy who went on a one month vacation 9 >> > months after he was elected. Doesn't really seem like he was in a >> > rush to do much >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304250 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
