Walter C Uhler » Entries tagged with "George W. Bush"
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
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 »
Filed under: Bush Administration, Politics
Addressing America’s “Deeper Malignancies”
If you want to know what’s wrong with the foreign policy establishment in the United States, look no further than Condoleezza Rice’s article, “The New American Realism,” published in the July/August 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs.” Not only has the Council on Foreign Relations spread its pages wide open for an infamous interventionist — a lying and deceitful enabler of the Bush administration’s illegal, immoral unprovoked invasion of Iraq – it also readmitted Ms. Rice without requiring anything resembling a mea culpa for the crimes against humanity that have lowered her, the Bush administration and the United States to the depths of moral disrepute around the world. Why publish the words of a liar and alleged war criminal? Who takes her … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iraq War
The Nation: Editor's Picks
- Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service May 22, 2013 Ari Melber, Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger
- Rahm Emanuel's Zombie Pigs vs. Chicago's Angry Birds May 22, 2013 Dave Zirin
- The GOP's Black Friends Need More Black Friends May 21, 2013 Mychal Denzel Smith