"If Bill Clinton was still president ?"
Clinton, on behalf of the United States of America, would have issued a "public apology" to each country that lost "their native sons" (aka, the terrorists)in that tragic loss of 9/11.
Clinton would have instantly agreed to pay "victim compensation" to each country and family losing a terrorist (aka, native son) on 9/11.
Clinton's pay-offs to those unfortunate countries and families losing terrorists on 9/11 would have been financed by levying a "death" tax"* on the "RICH" (defined as $50,000/year - total household income.) people who were rich enough to be in that area at that time on that day and be killed. (*Death tax retro-active to 1/01/01)
ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC would have lauded "statesman clinton's" skillful avoidance of spilling further terrorists blood - truly a president of piece - as well as his show of "fiscal responsibility." (aka the Death Tax, retroactive)
On Fox O'Reilly would gave spun clear out of the zone-of-no-rotation.
clinton would have instructed Attorney General reno to bring a $125 Trillion suit on behalf of those countries and families losing terrorists on 9/11 against all who financed or constructed the World Trade Towers there by causing "Sky Blockage" and providing Twin Tower targets which caused those terrorists-flown hijacked American airliners to run into them.
(A fairly reliable source believes the suit against the "Pentagon" will be based on the use of Latin in the buildings description as well as the government constructing a building so low as to provide a difficult target thus causing the needless loss of terrorists lives....)
(Less is known about the pending PENN suit but veteran reno watchers believe that ultimately criminal charges will be filed against families of the dead Americans. The most likely charge ? Relative of felonious assaulter on a terrorists in the midst of a high-jacking and terror attack - a Federal crime punishable by 10 years locked in bill's residential library.
janet reno would have expanded the suit into a class-action allowing those countries and families not actually sending terrorists but who really wanted to but didn't know there was gonna be a BIG payout ! (Hati was reported to have a large voice in that decision as Hati stands as a momument to ahhh, oh clinton's Nation-Building (uh) successes.)
Finally Attorney General janet with impecable reno logic would have explained as no guns were used by the terrorist in any of the high-jackings on 9/11 the American people obviously had no need for guns - ever.
Both the "New York Times and the "Washington Post" papers of 9/12 printed their belief that reno's reminder of the undisputable fact that "the attacks were done in the morning" will be the devisive factor in her winning the debate of logic and thus the right to "TAKE the GUNS."
It is widely believed Reps. Waters, Maxine and Condit, Gary will shepherd the bill in the house.