MEMBER BLOG TAG: pentagon
| Friday, May 20, 2011 1:01PM | | | | Reality & hunt for Osama | Tags: George W. Bush, pundits, non-fact-based reality, Tea Party Nation, Judson Phillips, Dan Balz, Washington Post, CIA, Taliban, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Andy Card, Fox News, vigilance, Gen. Richard Myers, FAIR, USA Today, Pentagon, BIn Laden Unit, Michael F. Scheuer, New York Times, Counterterrorism Center, Government Accountability Office, McClatchy, John Yoo, Karl Rove, American Enterprise Institute, National Security Council, Tommy Vietor, Glenn L. Carle, KSM, National Security Archive, perception management, news media
| | | | It’s touching how diligently pundits and politicians of the non-fact-based reality persuasion try to rewrite the record of George W. Bush. For example: Tea Party Nation head Judson Phillips “said that the death of Osama bin Laden happened in spite of President Obama.” (Right Wing Watch 5/2/11) “Bush’s persistence was palpable and set the tone for the intelligence community tasked with bringing bin Laden to justice. (Dan Balz, Washington Post 5/2/11)
To make such statements one must ignore the opportunity before 9/11. “The Bush administration now had in its hands what one participant called ‘the holy grail’ of a three-year quest by the U.S. government – a tool that could kill bin Laden within minutes of finding him. The CIA planned and practiced the operation. But... | | | | | |
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