Ignore the past and be condemned to relive it

Rush is correct that “those who ignore history will have to relive it” (a mangling of the quote by George Santayana - born in Spain and lifelong Spanish citizen - perhaps Rush does not understand that merely speaking Spanish does not create a monolithic sameness - there is huge difference between Mexicans, Cubans, South Americans and European Spanish - you’re welcome, Rush, I’m here to educate on subjects about which you apparently know so little).

The correct statement is, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," from “Reason in Common Sense,” which was Volume I of his 1905 series “The Life of Reason,” written in English.

But then, we already knew that Rush is not so good with sources, as any REAL journalist would be.

The real point, however, is this: Clinton and Obama learned from the past and KEPT US SAFE.
Frat boy Bush came to the White House, ignored the terror files, ignored his own terror advisors, ignored repeated warnings, and allowed 9/11 to happen.

Look at the record - the past - that Raoul wants to “ignore” or “cannot remember”:

Clinton:
1. The 1993 WTC attack happened FIVE WEEKS (not 8 months) into the Clinton presidency.
HE CAUGHT THEM ALL and those who are still alive are all still in Federal prison!

2. Clinton quickly mastered the intricacies of Al Qaeda terrorism and developed extensive intelligence. Clinton intercepted and prevented the planned LAX and Millennium attacks. He had a standing KILL order on Bin Laden (contrary to other conservative lies and myths).

3. Clinton’s National Security Advisor Sandy Berger turned over all the files and data to Bush’s incoming NSA Condoleezza Rice, who PROMPTLY IGNORED THEM and never touched them until after 9/11.

Obama:
1. Barack Obama got the Somali Pirates. Obama made the call. Obama delegated to those on the scene instead of micromanaging from an “undisclosed location.”

2. Barack Obama intercepted the planned Al Qaeda attacks by Najibullah Zazi, his father Mohammed Wali Zazi and New York Imam Ahmad Wais Afzali.

Bush:
1. Rejected warnings from top terror advisors: Richard Clarke, the top counterinsurgency expert, who had been serving through Reagan, Daddy Bush and Clinton, asked to meet with Bush regarding urgent terror intelligence within a week of Bush’s taking office. Bush ignored him. Clarke repeatedly tried to meet with Bush and was rebuffed, the last time ONE WEEK before 9/11.

2. Bush gave $43 MILLION DOLLARS to the Taliban May 17 2001, even after we knew they had blown up the Buddhist shrines and were persecuting women.
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/05/17/us.afghanistan.aid/

3. FBI agents have testified of warning of known Islamic terrorists (including several who were actually involved in 9/11) in flight schools and BUSH IGNORED THEM. Specifically, FBI agent Coleen Rowley submitted formal warnings that were IGNORED.

4. FBI undercover informant Elie Assad, having infiltrated Al Qaeda cells, pointed to Mohammad Atta as a terrorist to trail, but was diverted to insignificant “wannabee” terrorists over his objection.

5. Bush got a very specific Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) on August 6, 2001, which specified that Bin Laden was planning an attack inside the United States that could possibly include flying aircraft into buildings. Bush was on vacation and IGNORED IT. (Condoleezza Rice would later ask how anyone could have expected terrorists to fly planes into buildings.)

6. After the attacks, Bush promised to get Bin Laden “dead or alive.”
Bush is gone.
OSAMA BIN LADEN is STILL ON THE LOOSE.