Who was a better President: George Bush or Bill Clinton?

[steven787]

appolose said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

 

Airports and schools take all bomb threats seriously, but when our government gets a serious warning about a threat of an attack from one of the greatest intelligence agencies in the world, and we laugh it off and kick them out of the country?  It just seems backwards to me.

 

I'm not sure the government should be modeling it's responses to liken that of public schools, and again, I think we serious lack context and knowledge on the warnings.

 

 

And Appolose, I think that you can't see the facts staring you in the face because of your personal tastes. 

Bush purposely avoided international interaction before September 11.  He had no interest in terrorism, and was working with the Taliban... why don't you do some reading before forming opinions.

 

Some of these are before he took office, but really show what the pre-9/11 landscape looked like for Bush.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0DC1739F936A15757C0A9679C8B63

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/74089035.html?dids=74089035:74089035&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+13%2C+2001&author=ROBIN+WRIGHT&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=THE+WORLD%3B+Spaniards+Roll+Out+the+Unwelcome+Mat+for+Bush%3B+Europe%3A+Acerbic+protests+blast+president+on+death+penalty%2C+other+issues+as+he+begins+5-nation+tour.&pqatl=google

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010112/aponline043243_000.htm

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/75229029.html?dids=75229029:75229029&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+10%2C+2001&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=The+Nation%3B+IN+BRIEF+%2F+WASHINGTON%2C+D.C.%3B+NAACP+Chief+Links+Bush+to+%27Taliban%27+Politics&pqatl=google