Charon,
Of course Kristol was spot on. I've been observing Ole Slick for three decades, and I can tell you that his indignation hasn't an ounce of real passion in it. He went into the Fox interview intending to "blow his stack" when confronted with Matthew's first hard pitch.
Clinton can be a bully...but this is calculated as well. Kudos to Matthews for sticking to his guns. His questions were relevant. The window of opportunity for bagging Ben Laden easily was open while Clinton was in office, and Slick knows it. By the time Bush was inaugurated, Ben Laden was in Afganistan, and that window had closed.
To be perfectly fair, both the Clinton and Bush administrations didn't take the terrorist threat seriously enough. What marks Clinton as the Scarlet Pumpernickel of presidents is his failure to recognize how f-e-c-kless his own decision making was. If he had had half a spine he would have kicked a few backsides and told the CIA and the military to get Ben Laden anyway they could; "No excuses boys, and no back talk. Get your arses in gear and come up with a plan or be prepared to find alternate employment."
Regards, Shuckins
