- "I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration
ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons." -- Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld,
- (at a hearing of the Senate's appropriations subcommittee
on defense, May 14)
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- "We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear
weapons."
- -- Vice President Dick Cheney on NBC's Meet the Press,
March 16
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- "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."
- -- George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, March 17, 2003
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- This is such nonsense. Now we are forced to watch the
members of Bush Inc. back-pedal away from every reason they had to invade
a country. Let's call it like it is - they lied. Plain and simple. They
couldn't wait for international support, let alone a good reason - so they
just lied. And, what, nobody cares?
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- Oh, just shut up, Jenkins! They would never lie. Saddam
just either hid those WMDs or sent them to Syria or...orIran! Yeah, that's
the ticket! Just give 'em a little more time.
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- I just can't believe that folks haven't caught on to
the fact that whenever things start looking pretty bad for the Keystone
Kowboys - there always, miraculously, seems to be something else just a
little more important to plaster all over the news. Whether it is SARS,
Laci Peterson, level "orange" (again) or - coming soon to a theater
near you - those dastardly Iranians, there will always be something to
divert your attention.
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- Just give 'em a little more time.
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- Well, I'm sure Hans Blix can identify with the Bushies'
need for more time to find those WMDs. I'm also sure he recognizes the
duplicity in their request while he relishes the thought of his coming
retirement so he never has to deal with such reckless bozos again. Like
so many others outside the grip of American media, Mr. Blix is probably
just another person shaking his head in disbelief. Actually, like many
of you, I've been shaking my head in disbelief as well.
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- Try out these little gems.
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- A short while ago - after we had stopped bombing civilians
- Donald Rumsfeld made it clear during a press conference that a theocratic
style of government would not be allowed in the new-and-improved Iraq.
This was specifically intended to warn any Shiites waiting to fill the
vacuum that - even though they are a majority of the Iraqi population -
American "liberators" would not tolerate such a radical mix of
religion and government. Especially those Shiite who suffered from any
Iranian influences.
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- Now, this position of Rumsfeld's might hold a little
bit more water if he weren't a member of an administration fallen victim
itself to the delusions and influences of a radical religion right here
at home. Let's face it, Bush and his disciples have pretty much made it
clear - especially after 9/11 - that George "Roger Ram-Jet" Bush
was appointed, if not anointed, by God Almighty Himself. What's more, the
Religious Right has a major influence in domestic policy and we have an
Attorney General who thinks he's doing "God's work" and holding
prayer meetings in the Dept. of Justice Building - just before he goes
out and "disappears" a few more American citizens in his war
against terrorists. Not to mention that this guy is convinced that Calico
cats are a sign of the Devil. I mean, c'mon - think about it. Do you think
for a minute that anybody in the Bush administration would have a problem
with a theocratic form of government in Iraq if the Iraqis were predominantly
Christian? Well, Bush's version of "Christian" at least? Just
one of those things, I guess.
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- Another thing that bugs me is this nonsense over France
and the rest of the world. Welcome, class, to Hypocrisy 101. Bush-style.
Let's read this next bit with the voice of Andy Rooney in your head, shall
we?
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- "Did you ever notice how Americans really get angry
over certain Arab countries teaching their children to hate Americans?
We take great umbrage with those who would teach their children to hate
others - especially us. They burn our flag and destroy symbols of Western
Culture in front of television cameras for the world to see. They influence
the underdeveloped minds in their populace to hate us - without understanding
us - without any compassion for us.
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- "Did you ever notice that Bush and his supporters
are guilty of the same damn thing when it comes to France or Germany or
any of the other countries that didn't support their illegal invasion?
'Freedom Fries' in the Congressional mess hall and 'severe consequences'
for our former allies indeed! How embarrassing for us all! Go ahead and
dump your French wine in the gutter for the TV cameras. After all, it's
your money."
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- Good God, exactly what have these greedy, impulsive morons
done to this country?
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- Don't get me wrong, I don't think any of the people surrounding
Bush - the ones actually running this debacle - are stupid. Quite the contrary.
I think they know exactly what they're doing and have been quite successful
as far as they're concerned. But let's face it. These people are short
-sighted and self-serving - and the failures of this faux administration
are crystal clear in Afghanistan, Iraq and, even worse, right here at home.
But these people have such a chronic long range vision deficit that it
boggles the logical mind!
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- Think about it.
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- We're still getting shot at in Iraq - hell, we're still
getting shot at in Afghanistan! This is after the Top Gun told us the conflict
was over. They told us, amongst other lies, that this invasion was not
about oil - but Chevron (Rice connection), Exxon, and the rest of the gang
are all lined up to profit. And Halliburton, dear God, has tallied up so
far over $496.3 million dollars worth of business in Iraq alone! This is
at the exclusion of the members of the infamous "coalition of the
willing."
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- Liberation? WHAT stinking liberation? Give it a rest
already - the Iraqis want us out of there!
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- In the blink of an eye Bush Inc. has succeeded in making
America the "bad guy." Sure most people refuse to see it - but
most people don't access any other media sources except for what's right
under their noses or in front of their eyes.
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- There was a line that stuck with me in the recent "Hitler"
series on CBS that truly applies to the masses.
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- "People don't want to read anything that they might
have to do something about."
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- I would guess that mindset to be at the core of the success
of such drivel as Survivor, Fear Factor and all the other nonsense being
paraded by the media as reality television. Reality - yeah sure, whatever.
It's quite obvious that many folks simply don't want to deal with reality.
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- Oh, that reminds me.
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- Rummy, Georgie and Dick.
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- There is a very good reason the information you receive
from the CIA and other spooks is called intelligence. See, you're supposed
to make intelligent decisions based upon the information you receive from
brave people on the ground who place themselves willingly in harm's way
in order to help you. That's their job and you need to take heed to their
advice. But no, you guys went and got mad when the intelligence community
brought you information on Iraq that you didn't like. When intelligence
told you that no evidence existed of an al-Quaeda/Iraq link, you just went
ahead and made one up.
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- When intelligence told you there was no evidence of WMDs
in Iraq, you turned around and told the world "yes, there was"
based on forged documentation. Badly forged documentation. And this is
why you guys look like idiots and criminals in the eyes of the world and
- yes, it does matter! We do live in a global community whether you agree
or not. That's just the way it is.
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- Now we have a completely demoralized intelligence community
that feels used. Its efforts are supposed to protect America - not politicized
to fit some kind of reckless agenda for a small group of demagogues who
happen to be running things temporarily. Now there is something called
the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity - a group of former intelligence
professionals who are so outraged at Bush Inc. that they've started contacting
and lobbying the White House personally.
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- Hey, Don and Dick, listen up.
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- The little boy you're supposed to be serving has a hard
enough time fighting the "he's as smart as a chimp with a head injury"
reputation that he has. You're not helping things by doctoring intelligence
information and passing it on to him as fact. He doesn't know any better.
He just reads it and the sheep buy it. And the consequences end up killing
innocent people. Y'see, guys, as this cute little practice of yours slowly
makes it into the consciousness of the mainstream you're going to end up
with a big problem. The next time Bush or any of you start up with the
phrase,"...we have intelligence that proves such and such" you're
going to start hearing choruses around the world going "s-u-u-u-r-e
you do."
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- Please explain, once and for all, how this makes the
world a safer place?
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- And if Bush is doing such a great job making the world
a safer place then why, for Godssakes, are you people even contemplating
building "little nukes?"
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- That's right. Must be that the MOAB just isn't exciting
enough for these guys (too much tactical "foreplay"). Nah, these
guys need something they can really climax over. And it's all in the name
of "national security" mind you, so just shut up about it! Because
of the "threat" we all live under these days - presumably they're
referring to the terrorists - Bush Inc. decided quietly a long while ago
that we need a bigger boom. Really, think about it. What good is having
all these really cool nuclear weapons if nobody is willing to go along
with you actually using them?
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- So Bush decides to oppose ratifications to the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty and decides that we need to "relax" restrictions
on testing new nuclear weapons. Besides, the weapon they're talking about
developing is smaller than what we dropped on Hiroshima. Now before you
get all in a tizzy over this, remember that all Bush wants is to research
these weapons - not actually build them. Uh-huh, sure.
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- While this little story flies under the media's ever
malfunctioning radar, we're picking fights with Syria and Iran whose armies,
I suspect, will not be as receptive to bribes to lay down their arms as
the Iraqis were. But these are dangerous times we live in - even though
Bush is making the world safer. (Huh?)
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- But as Fred S. Celec, deputy assistant to the secretary
of defense for nuclear matters said, "How do you deter and dissuade
potential enemies of the United States from doing us harm?"
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- Well, how about asking Bush and Rumsfeld and the rest
to stop behaving like a bunch of pompous asses? How about we start by adopting
a policy of not making a mess if we have no idea how to clean it up? How
about we stop "embellishing" intelligence reports to advance
unpopular ideology which makes us look like liars? How about we repair
the damage we've caused both here and abroad before we do anymore?
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- These suggestions may not deter our enemies completely,
but we also have a lot of friends who aren't too pleased with us either
and Bush has done absolutely nothing to deal with the situation. You never
know - it might just help.
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- Nah, I don't think they'll go for it either.
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