Here's a reaction to the strikes on al-Qaeda and
the Sudan plant. Note the description of the six
al_qaeda sites as "defenseless" and the emphasis
on "no connection between bin Laden and the
African bombings has been proven."
Also note that I am posting this to illustrate
that cynicism toward leaders' decisions doesn't
always wash...
extract from there it is.org
[http://thereitis.org/displayarticle167.html]
On August 20, 1998 Bill Clinton launched 79 cruise
missiles at seven defenseless targets in the
Middle East. One was a pharmaceutical plant in the
Sudan called El Shifa. A pair of outstanding
articles in Covert Action Quarterly (CAQ, Winter,
99) illustrates what a colossal crime was
committed by this act of terrorism from our
now-unimpeachable president.
(Clinton said it was a chemical weapons-making
facility owned by Osama bin Laden. He also claimed
that the plant was an “imminent threat...to our
national security.” Recall that bin Laden is
widely suspected of having instigated the bombings
of U.S. embassies in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and
Nairobi, Kenya. However likely that is true, no
connection between bin Laden and the African
bombings has been proven.)
Incredibly, Clinton has increased the level of
permissible force against defenseless targets. In
addition, Clinton spent about a $100 million of
money out of our Treasury to bomb Sudan and
Afghanistan that evening. He also did so before
raising the matter with the U.N. Security Council,
a frequent occurrence these days.
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