Bush found blameless as regards 9/11

[Wayne Johnson]

Phaw.  Apparently Condy Rice was told there was terrorist trouble afoot by
Clarke and others.  Personally, I believe Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld triumvirate
would have happily sat on their collective ass while innocent Americans died
horribly just so they could then declare a "mandate" for increased
Federal/Executive powers.  Let us not be naive about how these people
operate.  Nothing, but nothing is too immoral or unethical to be beneath
these guys and their corporate backers.  What is the cost?  A few thousand
lives?  Who gives a shit when there are billions to be made?

Take a look back at good ole Herman Kahn and Thinking about the Unthinkable
for a good insight into how the US military would view "acceptable
casualties".  Something on the order of the entire population of New York
City or the state of Missouri would be ok, that is "survivable".  Definitely
worth the risk.

All the projected horrors of Reaganism are beginning to coalesce and come
true, witness the latest Executive grab for complete "evesdropping"
capability on the InterNet.  Or the gradual "decisions" to, get this, remove
or de-emphasize "reading" from many public schools curricula.  What does
this say for Democracy and the American Way.  Sieg Heil, mein Glorious
Leader of the Fatherland!

Trivia question:  Where does the phrase "Ford knows" come from?

wj
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>; <byronmarshall2001@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Bush found blameless as regards 9/11


> I read in the autobiography of a Russian literature professor from Harvard
> who worked in the Reagan White House that everyone continually plays
> turf wars there and no new policy is easily implemented. Usually
initiatives
> just bog down and disappear into a black hole.
>
> Listening to the testimony of Albright, Cohen, Rumsfeld, Powell,
> I found the continuity of nothing much getting done from administration
> to administration about Osama not surprising, not surprising at all.
>
> So that blame of Bush for dereliction of duty before 9/11 is misplaced.
>
> It was peace time. The military was asleep and the CIA & FBI were
> feuding as usual. How is that Bush's fault? Nothing he could have done
> about it.
>
> Now as for Iraq, that's a different story. As we have learnt from various
> insiders now on the outside, the Bushies were bent on invading Iraq
> as soon as excuse could be invented.
>
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