clinton did retaliate for the attempted assasanation. we did go to afhganistan to fight them and the taliban...HELLO!....we were bombing them because they were violating the cease fire.....the cease fire that ended the 1st gulf war, actually their was no ending it was a CEASE FIRE....i'm telling you it was one of the reasons not the only reason.....if you can't understand all this it's not my fault