Was Monica Lewinsky RESPONSIBLE for 9/11? Ex-Bill Clinton aide makes bizarre claim
WASHINGTON, DC: Political analyst Douglas E. Schoen, who worked for former president Bill Clinton, has alleged that the leader’s affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, was responsible for the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of around 3000 Americans. The 69-year-old commentator has reportedly claimed that Clinton and his aides were very much engrossed in the Lewinsky scandal and failed to focus on Al-Qaeda lead Osama bin Laden, who planned one of the most dangerous attacks of all time.
As per The New York Post, in his upcoming book — ‘Power: The 50 Truths’ — Schoen has described the 42nd president as the “Elvis Presley of American Politics” and “the most accomplished political operative I have ever met”. However, he also expressed his disappointment with him when he decided to have a sexual relationship with Lewinsky, which not just provoked House impeachment but also disgraced his whole career during the #MeToo movement.
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‘There was also, I believe, a serious impact on national security’
Schoen reportedly wrote in his book, which is releasing on February 14, “I watched this unraveling happen close up, in painful slow motion, from inside the White House …. I watched the White House surreptitiously mount a whispering campaign to discredit Lewinsky. There was also, I believe, a serious impact on national security.”
He continued, “On Aug. 20, 1998, Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes against Al-Qaeda in Sudan and Afghanistan in retaliation for the bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The strikes, named Operation Infinite Reach, missed Osama bin Laden,” before adding, “Beset by the Lewinsky affair, the Clinton Administration lost focus and leverage to pursue him aggressively and bin Laden struck again on 9/11.”
‘Harming your wife also counts as self-harm’
It has been reported that in his book, Schoen has also suggested that the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal along with other ones were responsible for Hillary Clinton’s loss during the 2016 presidential bid against Donald Trump. He noted, “By the time of her presidential bid, after several sexual scandals, he hung like a millstone around her neck. When she lost, I’m told by people close to them, Hillary and Bill were for a time not even on speaking terms. She seemed to blame him for her narrow loss.”
“What Bill considered innocent dalliances ended up hurting not just himself but also Hillary. Harming your wife also counts as self-harm,” the former White House adviser asserted as he stated that the ex-commander-in-chief “never understood the fundamental problem” and “insisted that passive receipt of oral pleasure was not sex — a concept that someone who is not a former law professor like him might struggle to comprehend.”
‘It is a profound loss to America that Bill Clinton no longer has the public voice that he used to’
Besides, Schoen has reportedly shared, “To this day, he appears befuddled by the Monica fuss. When she co-produced a TV miniseries about the saga in 2021, the fact that he was unable to offer her the apology she is owed left me disappointed and saddened.”
“Sometimes, Clinton can no longer even appear in public without sparking angry protests. This is profoundly sad to me because his enormous contributions to politics and policy often go unremarked and unacknowledged. Having heard him speak a number of times privately, I feel it is a profound loss to America that Bill Clinton no longer has the public voice that he used to,” he added.