Igor Volsky
Marist College
Giuliani Attacks: Hillary Doesn’t Have My 9/11 Experience

giulianiattacks.jpgTonight on Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani accused Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) of lacking experience.

So I’m trying to figure out where the experience is here. It would seem to me that in a time of difficult problems and war we don’t want on the job training for an executive. The reality is that these areas in which - maybe there are some areas in which she has experience but the areas of having the responsibility of the safety and security of millions of people on your shoulders is not something Hillary has ever had any experience with.

But Giulian’s own experience has also come into question. “Firefighters and families of 9/11 victims” have criticized the mayor for “failing to ensure “interoperability” of communications devices; placing the city emergency command center in the World Trade Center even after the 1993 terrorist attack at the Twin Towers; and Giuliani’s decision to abandon efforts to recover remains of dead firefighters as he sought a quick clean-up of Ground Zero.”

Giuliani’s characterizations of the events surrounding 9/11 and the war in Iraq have also raised some eyebrows. In fact, Giuliani’s strong support for President Bush’s failed foreign policy and his complete misunderstanding of the terrorist threat suggests that even his so-called 9/11 experience does not qualify him for the presidency.

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