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American Militarism: Part Two (Charles Krauthammer)
In 1990, thirteen years before President George W. Bush made his fateful decision to order an illegal, immoral war of choice in Iraq, prominent neoconservative columnist Charles Krauthammer had helped to pave the way for such wars by writing an article for Foreign Affairs which urged the United States to “unashamedly” lay “down the rules of world order and … [be] prepared to enforce them.” His views were embraced by many influential neoconservatives. In 2001, two years before President George W. Bush ordered an illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq, Mr. Krauthammer blithely asserted, “we are not just any hegemon. We run a uniquely benign imperium.” But, once in Iraq, nearly 4,500 American soldiers died under that so-called “uniquely benign imperium”. And under that “uniquely benign imperium” tens … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Media
Mendacious Mitt Politicizes Benghazi
On November 22, 2011, Mitt Romney’s campaign released an ad that criticized President Obama’s handling of the economy. To support its critique, Romney’s people inserted a snippet from a speech by Obama, which appeared to suggest that even Obama knew that the economy was a losing issue: “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” However, when the fact-checkers looked into the ad, they found that it grossly misrepresented Obama’s statement. First, Obama spoke those words on October 16, 2008, three weeks before being elected President. Thus, he could not possibly have been referring to bad economic performance during his time in office. Second, Obama used those words in the course of quoting an admission made by somebody in John McCain’s campaign. Obama’s actual statement reads: … Read entire article »
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Why Bush, Cheney and the Neocons Failed to Protect America from al-Qaeda’s Vicious Attacks
Today is 9/11. After I read Kurt Eichenwald’s New York Times Op-ed, “The Deafness Before the Storm” ( http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/opinion/the-bush-white-house-was-deaf-to-9-11-warnings.html?ref=opinion ), all the memories came back. Also coming back were all the infuriating memories suggesting that the Bush administration’s obsession with removing Saddam Hussein from power created a national security black hole into which sank all the bubbling intelligence about the increasing threat posed by al-Qaeda. Mr. Eichenwald’s Op-ed is an eye-opener. Although everyone capable of steaming up a mirror (when placed under his nose) knows about the August 6th daily brief titled, “bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.,” Eichenwald demonstrates that President Bush received more daily briefings about the threat posed by al-Qaeda than previously imagined. “The direct warnings to Mr. Bush about the possibility of a Qaeda attack began in the spring … Read entire article »
Filed under: American History, Bush Administration, Current Events
BIG LIES in the Grand Jury and Freeh Reports, a New Poll and “Framing Paterno”
At the behest of John Ziegler, owner of the website named “Framing Paterno” (to which this writer is affiliated), a reputable polling organization, Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research (WPA Opinion Research), recently conducted a poll of one thousand Americans from across the country. It attempted to assess just how well they knew important details of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal that has rocked The Pennsylvania State University and the legacy of Joe Paterno. The results are in and the pervasive ignorance exposed by the poll is astounding. Granted, ignorance about the Sandusky scandal is small potatoes, when compared with the fact that, in March 2003 (the month when the U.S. invaded Iraq), 51 percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bush Administration, Current Events, Media, Sandusky Scandal, Uncategorized
Commemorating al Qaeda’s Heinous Attacks on America, but Forgetting America’s Equally Heinous Invasion of Iraq: A Review of Bush’s Wars
It was 27 August 2002, while reading the New York Times, when I first suspected that senior officials in the administration of President George W. Bush had commenced lying about Iraq to our fearful, ignorant and gullible American public. You see, a day earlier Vice President Richard Cheney had spoken publicly about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD). ”There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction,” Cheney said. “The Iraq regime has in fact been very busy enhancing its capabilities in the field of chemical and biological agents.” Then, more ominously, Cheney added: “We now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.” Today, of course, everybody with an ounce of brains (and their … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bush Administration, Iraq War, Politics
Legacies? How About “Good Riddance to the Swine?”
Tony Auth’s political cartoon in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s January 14th edition is the quintessential picture that is worth a thousand words. It tells you almost everything you need to know about the uniquely evil Bush/Cheney regime — i.e., its lies about Saddam Hussein’s WMD, its illegal torture at Abu Ghraib, its illegal wiretaps, its pathetically immoral and incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina, its ideological trashing of politically incorrect scientific findings, its oversight failures, which contributed to Wall Street’s collapse and Cheney’s devilish torching of the Constitution. Moreover, it deftly pencils in the world’s feeble response to such evil: the hurling of shoes at Bush from all corners. As such, Mr. Auth’s cartoon serves as a one-stop reminder of the … Read entire article »
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