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In article , George@least says...
Conspiracy theories again. You can't influence the outcome? You've got one more vote than the largest company out there. So you're saying that a multi-million dollar advertising campaign can't influence the outcome? That's not conspiracy theory. That's marketing theory. If you're right, the whole advertising industry might as well fold its tents :-). -- BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever |
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"lgb" wrote in message ... In article , George@least says... Conspiracy theories again. You can't influence the outcome? You've got one more vote than the largest company out there. So you're saying that a multi-million dollar advertising campaign can't influence the outcome? That's not conspiracy theory. That's marketing theory. If you're right, the whole advertising industry might as well fold its tents :-). Declarative sentences beyond you? GM can't vote, you can. That's bull. The corruption and propaganda arising from contributions to the candidate I don't support are balanced by the "grass roots" support and "education" campaign of the one I do.... |
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ups.com... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/in...tml?oref=login ... Critics of the Clinton administration have accused it of ignoring the threat posed by Mr. bin Laden in the mid-1990's while he was still in Sudan, and they point to claims by some Sudanese officials that they offered to turn him over to the Americans before ultimately expelling him in 1996 under international pressure. But Clinton administration diplomats have adamantly denied that they received such an offer, and the Sept. 11 commission concluded in one of its staff reports that it had "not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim." Wow, that's funny, because I've heard President Clinton in his own voice talk about the Sudanese offering Bin Laden to us. However, Clinton said we couldn't take him basically because he hadn't been indicted of any crimes, but he begged the Saudis to take him. So take your pick...either the offer was never made and Clinton is lying or the offer was made and we turned it down. Whether the Sudanese had the ability to follow up is unknown. todd |
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"Todd Fatheree" wrote in message news:m4WdnXcltspyX5_eRVn- So take your pick...either the offer was never made and Clinton is lying You're kidding, right? or the offer was made and we turned it down. Whether the Sudanese had the ability to follow up is unknown. |
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Todd Fatheree wrote: wrote in message ups.com... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/in...tml?oref=login ... Critics of the Clinton administration have accused it of ignoring the threat posed by Mr. bin Laden in the mid-1990's while he was still in Sudan, and they point to claims by some Sudanese officials that they offered to turn him over to the Americans before ultimately expelling him in 1996 under international pressure. But Clinton administration diplomats have adamantly denied that they received such an offer, and the Sept. 11 commission concluded in one of its staff reports that it had "not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim." I reccomend reading the whole article. Wow, that's funny, because I've heard President Clinton in his own voice talk about the Sudanese offering Bin Laden to us. However, Clinton said we couldn't take him basically because he hadn't been indicted of any crimes, but he begged the Saudis to take him. I recall Clinton saying that at the time we didn't have a reason to hold bin Laden, not quite the same thing as bin Laden not having been indicted. The time frame in question appears to have been shortly after the Khobar towers bombing hos role in the bombing was beign investigated by the Saudis. This was before the East Africa embassy bombings. ISTR from the Washington Post that the offer was made by an individual who had renegged on a previous deal with the US. Dor all we know, he would have just turned the money over to al Quaida. I have never seen any credible statement that the _Government_ of the Sudan offered to extradict bin Laden. If you can find one, I'll read it. So take your pick...either the offer was never made and Clinton is lying or the offer was made and we turned it down. Whether the Sudanese had the ability to follow up is unknown. 'The' offer was never made by the Sudanese government A different offer was made by someone else and the Clinton Administration did not follow-up on it for at least two reasons, one being that the offeror was not trusted, the other being that there wasn't anything the US could do with bin Laden anyhow. Consider the way the Republicans raised hell with Clinton (wag the dog) after he DID retaliate AFTER the East African Embassy bombings. -- FF |
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