Bush is a liar and I believe that one reason we attacked Iraq was to further the goals of a handful of greedy, deceitful people.
The whole thing began with this lie:
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. — Address to the Nation, March 17, 2003
Then this lie:
Bush administration officials exaggerated the threats from Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and failed to uncover any links between President Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a private nonpartisan research organization concluded in a report released yesterday [2004-01-08].
George Dubya Bush has now done what no other American president has ever done before: invaded another nation without any direct provocation.
I believe that the main reasons for the US invasion of Iraq were to gain control of Iraq's oilfields, to establish military bases in Iraq from which to dominate the Middle East and eventually (by controlling oil supply) to establish control over all countries dependent on oil, and to remove the threat to Israel posed by Iraq.
I also believe that Saddam Hussein was targeted because of an old grudge held by the Bush family and because he knew too much. He paid for this with his life.
He was a man guilty of crimes against humanity and so he should be held accountable for that, but, for many years Saddam was our ally.
Under the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George Bush (Senior), we built Saddam up and supported him because he was fighting against our enemies in Iran.
We are the ones who supplied the military resources for his vaunted "Republican Guard" which was so highly feared until they proved to be so impotent in the Gulf War of 1991.
Saddam Hussein, Iraq or the Baath party had NEVER made any direct threat to U.S. interests. Saddam was no Al Qaeda/Taliban religious extremist. He was no suicide bomber. He enjoyed a nice quality of life and wanted to maintain (or expand) his power as long as he could. He knew that this time, testosterone-intoxicated Dubya wouldn't stop until he was gone (no matter how many American or Iraqi lives would have to be expended), trying to prove that Daddy wasn't really a wimp after all, as well as distracting us from his other domestic policy failures and the failure to apprehend Osama-been-forgotten.
As far as Bin Laden goes, he denies any involvement in the September 11th attacks.
I don't know if this is true or not because there is so much propaganda and bullshit around this issue that I can't begin to wade through it. However, fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. They were Sunni Muslims from the Wahabi sect.
The CIA has confirmed that they have no connection with Saddam Hussein whatsoever; in fact, Osama been forgotten, their leader, has denounced Saddam Hussein and tried to have him assassinated because, as a Moslem, he is too secular and thus an "infidel."
The Bush administration has cleverly and deceptively parlayed a rightful response to the invasions of 9/11, when we were invaded, into a justification for invading another country that had nothing to do with 9/11 and has never posed a threat to the United States.
If anything this war has strengthened Al Qaeda in fact, the group that launched the most devastating terror attack on the United States has been able to rebuild despite nearly six years of bombings, war and other tactics aimed at crippling it.
Futhermore, I believe that we will attack Iran before Bush leaves Office because immediate risks and costs of preemptive military action against Iran are, in the final analysis, less formidable than the risks and costs of tolerating Iranian nuclear possession --- and the personal and national humiliation that would result from passive acceptance of that outcome.
Jul 25, 2007
Bush chose this war and will choose another
Al Qaeda's Best Publicist
This is an extremely interesting and provocative article that highlights much of what Bush has been saying to justify our continued presence in iraq and why he is the best 'publicist' Al-Qaeda could hope for.
Bush's administration's own intelligence community has concluded that the war in Iraq has helped rather than hurt al-Qaeda
Read More....
Jul 20, 2007
Bush Is al-Qaeda's Strategic Ally
The new National Intelligence Estimate on the resurgent terrorist threat underscores not only the failure of George W. Bush's "war on terror" but how his arrogance and incompetence have made him al-Qaeda's most important strategic ally. The NIE confirms that the Iraq War has radicalized young Muslims and given al-Qaeda new life. This symbiotic relationship helps Bush, too, because a stronger al-Qaeda frightens many Americans so much they don't dare question the President.
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Jul 19, 2007
FEAR MONGERING:
Spreading discreditable, misrepresentative information designed to induce fear and apprehension, that is what we are all being spoon fed on a daily basis and I for one am weary of it!
Al-Qaeda: “stronger than ever” -- or not? If this is true then what the hell have we been doing in Iraq for the last four -plus years and why are we still there? I am unsure if the National Intelligence Estimate signals intent by Bush and Cheney to inflict their long-planned "next 9/11" before relinquishing power in 2008, or if this noise is routine political staging by the other Candidates to use as a platform for the upcoming elections.
Either way, it is fear mongering at best and just out and out lies at worst. Moreover,the sheer absurdity that Al Qaeda might have advanced capabilities to wage a nuclear attack on America is ludicrous!
Bush damns the "axis of evil." But who has the "axis of evil" attacked? Iran has attacked no one. North Korea has attacked no country for more than a half century. Iraq attacked Kuwait a decade and a half ago, apparently after securing permission from the U.S. ambassador. Isn't the real axis of evil Bush-Blair-Olmert? Bush and Blair have attacked two countries, slaughtering their citizens. Olmert is urging them on to attack a third country – Iran.
It is a well-established and deliberately unaddressed historical fact that the CIA created “radical Islam” and Islamic “terrorism” during the Cold War. It is also a documented fact that the US, its allies, and their intelligence agencies (CIA, Pakistan’s ISI, Britain’s MI-6, etc.) have -- from the 1970s to the present day -- continued to use and guide terrorist groups, including “Al-Qaeda,” as intelligence and propaganda assets. “Islamic terrorism” is a manufactured weapon of Western geostrategy, serving Anglo-American interests.
Think about this:
Bush Directive for a "Catastrophic Emergency" in America: Building a Justification for Waging War on Iran?
"Another [9/11 type terrorist] attack could create both a justification and an opportunity that is lacking today to retaliate against some known targets" (Statement by Pentagon official, leaked to the Washington Post, 23 April 2006)
So then is the intent to seek a pretext to wage a preemptive war?
What do you think.
Floyd said...
I like this fear mongering post, what I think will occur, first you got Lou Dobbs on every night talking trash about the Democratic congress but us thinkers are not taken in easily, the reason we are still in the 'failed' Iraq war is because the Republicans are keeping us there, we can't over-ride the veto.
Second you are right the only aggressors here are the ones mentioned, Iraq is a big mess and all I see is one big 'snow job' coming down the road, but i don't think America will buy any of it, the generals who told us it was a mess were disposed of simply because they spoke a truth of what actually was going on there, this administration makes me long for the days of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, this one is the worst of my memory.
Mom knew of none worse, but I never lived through the depression.
Third, they have been over there for years and it is still a mess, and now everything falls into place in September? Who are they kidding? This thing has cost thousands of lives and more thousands in injuries and disabilities and right now our grand-kids could not pay this fiasco off, and frankly it would not surprise me if a news flash came on CNN that we attacked Iran.
Having said all this I will say a little more, Ron Reagan would turn over in his grave if he could see what has become of the GOP, basically it is an embarrassment to the free world and the ones running for office are still talking the same nonsense as the current administration, and don't get me wrong I have voted for the GOP before, but to do so now I would consider it a vote against America.
Jul 14, 2007
Myths of the War on Terrorism
Does the truth lie in Michael Chertoff's gut?
By: Steve Chapman
Interesting and valid points in the above linked article. I was just thnking today as I was listening to the News that it seems like every time the Bush Administration gets its ass in a sling a new tape comes out from Al-Qaeda, I cannot help but wonder at the coincidence.
Apparently the reward for Osama Bin Laden is now fifty million dollars and passed with an 87-1 vote, I wonder who the holdout was? Why can we not find this man? Perhaps he is hiding at the CIA?
Maybe I am just being cynical but it feels a little bit to me like the boy who cried wolf one to many times.
