Tucker Carlson: “17 American servicemen died. But this time the government…”

“On October 12, 2000, the failure to act in Bin Laden caught up to the agency and with our country when the USS Cole, a destroyer anchored in Aden, Yemen was attacked by a suicide. Bomber, killed 17 American servicemen died. But this time the government didn't strike anyone or anything in retaliation. The official reason given by the report for the lack of action was that the administration lacked definitive proof that Al Qaeda was responsible for the terror attack.” (15:38–15:46)

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