eir divine mission, the impeachment drive was fundamentally neither about morality nor the rule of law, but about power. Though I had made a lot of changes, I thought we could maintain the spirit of camaraderie and teamwork that had marked the first term. ed to become a nuclear power, something I was determined to avoid and would need their help to accomplish. My first choice was Senator George Mitchell, who had announced his retirement from the Senate a month earlier.
I had been impressed by Fahd’s call, in early 1993, asking me to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Bosnian Muslims. They argued that if we did nothing, the budget would be balanced the next year or the year afterward anyway I wanted Netanyahu to know that if he won, I would be his partner in the fight against terror, but I also wanted him to stick with the peace process. He and I had been friends for a long time, going back well before 1992.
Join the newsletter to receive news, updates, new products and freebies in your inbox.