Krauthammer Holds Court on Clinton (VIDEO)

September 26, 2006 Afghanistan, Bill Clinton, Politics In General, UBL, Video View Comments

I’ve been missing the brilliance of Charles Krauthammer of late on the Panel, but thankfully tonight he was on. Charles’ political savvy and acumen are matched by very few, and tonight he even brought silence at the end of one of his missives. True brilliance.

Charles: As we know from the Monica days, Clinton was an angry liar. When he lies, he gets self-righteous, indignant, in-the-face; angry, exactly as he was. And what he was saying, Richard Clarke himself was, in 2002, said there was not a comprehensive plan. All he did is he left behind what the plans had been.

But he also left behind what had been unresolved in the Clinton administration: Changing Uzbekestan’s policy, Pakistan, and helping the global alliance. The three key ingredients that the Bush administration activated after 9/11, and essentially won the war in Afghanistan in 100 days… and Clarke had said that those issues, which were the key issues, were left unresolved. I would say CRIMINALLY unresolved, because of the indecision and hesitation in the Clinton administration.