Clinton Vows "No Safe Harbor" for USS Cole Attackers
In a ship-side ceremony commemorating the 17 young American men and women "standing guard for peace," who died in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole, President Clinton said the spirit of those honored today "must surely confound the minds of the hate-filled terrorists who killed them....To those who attacked them we say, you will not find a safe harbor. We will find you. And justice will prevail."
Speaking October 18 in Norfolk, Virginia, at a ceremony attended by members of Congress and the Cabinet, leaders of the U.S. armed services, and Secretary of Defense William Cohen, as well as USS Cole crew members injured in the attack and family members of the killed and injured, Clinton said of the victims that "All these very different Americans, all with their different stories, their lifelines and their love ties, answered the same call of service and found themselves on the USS Cole headed for the Persian Gulf where our forces are working to keep peace and stability in a region that could explode and disrupt the entire world."
Listing the lost crew members by name, Clinton recalled that some of them followed the family tradition of Navy service, others were bound for college, and one of them had worked for him in the White House. "In the names and faces of those we lost and mourn," he said, "the world sees our nation's greatest strength -- people in uniform rooted in every race, creed and region on the face of the earth, yet bound together by a common commitment to freedom and a common pride in being American."
He said "That same spirit is living today as the crew of the USS Cole pulls together in a determined struggle to keep the determined warrior afloat....Their tragic loss reminds us that even when America is not at war, the men and women of our military still risk their lives for peace."
Clearly, Clinton thought we were not at war after the attacks on our interests/citizens in East Africa, Saudi Arabia, New York, Saudi Arabia, Qatar...he owes us all an apology.
In a ship-side ceremony commemorating the 17 young American men and women "standing guard for peace," who died in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole, President Clinton said the spirit of those honored today "must surely confound the minds of the hate-filled terrorists who killed them....To those who attacked them we say, you will not find a safe harbor. We will find you. And justice will prevail."
Speaking October 18 in Norfolk, Virginia, at a ceremony attended by members of Congress and the Cabinet, leaders of the U.S. armed services, and Secretary of Defense William Cohen, as well as USS Cole crew members injured in the attack and family members of the killed and injured, Clinton said of the victims that "All these very different Americans, all with their different stories, their lifelines and their love ties, answered the same call of service and found themselves on the USS Cole headed for the Persian Gulf where our forces are working to keep peace and stability in a region that could explode and disrupt the entire world."
Listing the lost crew members by name, Clinton recalled that some of them followed the family tradition of Navy service, others were bound for college, and one of them had worked for him in the White House. "In the names and faces of those we lost and mourn," he said, "the world sees our nation's greatest strength -- people in uniform rooted in every race, creed and region on the face of the earth, yet bound together by a common commitment to freedom and a common pride in being American."
He said "That same spirit is living today as the crew of the USS Cole pulls together in a determined struggle to keep the determined warrior afloat....Their tragic loss reminds us that even when America is not at war, the men and women of our military still risk their lives for peace."
Clearly, Clinton thought we were not at war after the attacks on our interests/citizens in East Africa, Saudi Arabia, New York, Saudi Arabia, Qatar...he owes us all an apology.
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