Richard A. Clarke -- Cheney and Rice Remember 9/11. I Do, Too.
"Unless you were there, in a position of responsibility after September 11, you cannot possibly imagine the dilemmas that you faced in trying to protect Americans," Condoleezza Rice said last month as she admonished a Stanford University student who questioned the Bush-era interrogation program. And in his May 21 speech on national security, Dick Cheney called the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a "defining" experience that "caused everyone to take a serious second look" at the threats to America. Critics of the administration have become more intense as memories of the attacks have faded, he argued. "Part of our responsibility, as we saw it," Cheney said, "was not to forget the terrible harm that had been done to America."
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Richard Clarke was one of a VERY few who had to courage to admit that they didn't do the best they could after 9/11 and he's been a stand up guy about it and he's also been the voice of truth from the inside when the rest of the Bush Junta have tried (and in some cases succeeded in) lying their way out of culpability.
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Yeah , dilemmas like , not taking intel about threats seriously , feeling responsible for the deaths and wanting to cover that up . Not being able to find a proper scapegoat .... Being afraid people will blame you cause it was on your watch ... Ignoring advice from the military about how to proceed ... Panic .
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Let it not be lost here that this Op/Ed by Clark was a clear rebuke of the Bush administrations justificatihttp://current.com/items/90133709_richard-a-clarke-cheney-and-rice-remember-9-11... for criminal behavior, torture, the war in Iraq and the false contention that THEY kept us safe. The actual headline is:
The Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse
***"I'll freely admit that watching a coordinated, devastating attack on our country from an underground bunker at the White House can affect how you view your responsibilities," Cheney said in his recent speech. But this defense does not stand up. The Bush administration's response actually undermined the principles and values America has always stood for in the world, values that should have survived this traumatic event. The White House thought that 9/11 changed everything. It may have changed many things, but it did not change the Constitution, which the vice president, the national security adviser and all of us who were in the White House that tragic day had pledged to protect and preserve.***
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can anyone say i'n's'i'd'e j'o'b?
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So many Dilemma's:
Do we lie to connect it to Iraq (Downing St)? Do we torture I guy to get a false confession to do so (screwball)? do we officially break the Geneva Convention? Do we willfully shred the constitution or not? Do we claim anyone not with us is with the terrorists or not?
so many difficult decisions. WHY THE FUCK WAS AMERICA STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE HIM BACK INTO OFFICE!
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Propaganda and fear tactics work well on stupid people. I think that is the secret weapon in the Republican Campaign Playbook. Too bad for the GOP that people are wising up.
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