8/15/1998

“…when the Taliban, with bin Laden’s guidance and financing, conducted its revenge match for the [May] 1997 massacre and committed mayhem against innocent civilians in Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan] in August 1998, the [Clinton] administration said next to nothing.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 6