MEMBER BLOG TAG: bin laden
| 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... | | | | | | | Friday, March 7, 2008 5:12PM | | | | 9/11 Unofficial Coconspirators | Tags: 9/11, conspiracy, media, bin Laden, Supreme Court, 2000 election
| | | | After the disputed 2000 election a media consortium hired an independent contractor to count all the Florida presidential votes and report September 14. Three days after 9/11 was the optimal time for headlines proclaiming Bush’s presidency legitimate. When no report was given international media knew that despite the dirty tricks and the disenfranchisement of more than 70,000 registered black voters, Al Gore had won. When the report was finally released, US headlines stated that Bush had won and the only news was buried in the final paragraph following a tedious recount of the election and troubled aftermath. If five Supreme Court justices had allowed all the votes to be counted as the Florida Constitution required and the Florida Supreme Court ordered, Gore would have been... | | | | | |
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