Sunday, September 24

No Attacks Since 9/11?

How can that be? We hear those on the right that like to say Clinton did nothing to fight terrorism in the 90's and run off this list

  • 1993 WTC Bombings (6 killed, 1042 wounded)
  • 1993 Somalia (18 Americans troops killed, 73 wounded)
  • 1995 Riyadh (7 killed)
  • 1996 Khobar (20 killed, 372 wounded)
  • 1998 Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania (257 killed, >4000 wounded)
  • 2000 USS Cole (17 killed, 39 wounded)
  • Totals: 325 killed, 5,526 wounded
That is a pretty big list. But if you follow the logic that this Administration uses when they say that since 9/11(2,978 killed, ? wounded) there has been no attack, then since 1993 there was no attack until 2001 when Bush was in office. Well then, why do we blame Clinton for all those others? We certainly don't blame Bush for these terrorist attacks by Al Qaida and it's partners in terror
  • 2002 Bali bombings (202 killed, 209 wounded)
  • 2002 Daniel Pearl
  • 2002 El Ghriba synagogue bombing (21 killed, 30 wounded)
  • 2002 Limburg tanker bombing (1 killed, 12 wounded)
  • 2002 Paradise Hotel bombing and unsuccessful downing of an Israeli jet (13 killed)
  • 2003 Riyadh bombings (26 killed, >160 wounded)
  • 2003 Istanbul bombings (27 killed, >300 wounded)
  • 2004 Madrid train bombings (191 killed, 1,700 wounded)
  • 2005 Bali bombings (20 killed, 120 wounded)
  • 2005 London bombings (52 killed, 700 wounded)
  • 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt bombing (88 killed, >150 wounded)
  • 2005 Aman bombings (at least 57 killed, 120 wounded)
  • Totals: 699 killed, 3,501 wounded
  • Totals (including 9/11): 3,677 killed, ? wounded
And if you wanted to you could add the troops and Iraqi civilians that have been killed by suicide and roadside bombs or by execution in Iraq since our 'liberation' of the Iraqi people. So have there really been no attacks since 9/11? Or does Bush still have a few years before he and his Administration have really accomplished anything with regards to protecting the homeland? Because he certainly hasn't made the rest of the world safer!