Thanks Christy, I finally finished reading Simons' piece yesterday
after this e-mail flurry. Nice to have one's own take affirmed in
print. - Hugh
On 1 Sep 2005, at 10:48, Christy Huddle wrote:
>
> Marco,
>
> The main point I am making is that Bush and his confreres have
> consistently stated in the same breath, the words "terrorists,
> 9/11, Saddam, WMD" until most of the Fox News,
> ConservativeRightRadio, non-reading public came to believe that
> Saddam practically led the 9/11 charge. He did it on purpose and
> he also, on purpose, didn't make any attempt to make it CLEAR to
> this same public that there was no direct link. Most of the
> terrorists involved in 9/11 came out of the country that he
> supports and his father supported.
>
> Now for some humor: I was at a planning lecture at the National
> Building Museum after the last election. The speaker was a lawyer
> from Mississippi talking about their Main Street program in that
> state. Before he got going, he gave a little preamble about how we
> need to have a vision if we want to get anywhere in meeting our
> goals. He started off asking for 2 people in the audience to finish
> this phrase: "I never thought I'd see the day when..." My hand
> shot up and he called on me. I stood up and said, "I never thought
> I'd see the day when that lying son of a bitch got a second term."
> Brought the house down (most planners, TG, think and don't vote R)
> and I've had a smile on my face ever since.
>
> I am not paid to come up with solution to the war in Iraq, Bush
> is. I would suggest that if you still have your Sunday (8/28) Post
> Outlook section still sitting around that you read Lewis M. Simons'
> piece entitled A Tale of Two Wars.
>
> Same BS, different war.
>
> Christy
>
>
>
> Marco Zee <
marcoz757@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Quote:
>
> Hey Christy,
> As you concede, President Bush NEVER said "directly" that Saddam
> was responsible for 911. A quote of him saying this does not exist
> anywhere.
>
> He did, however, repeatedly state that Saddam with his WMD's was in
> a position to provide WMD's to terrorists, which was true based on
> the intelligence known at that time, as he was aiding and even
> paying terrorists, ie Hezbollah, for suicide bombings in Israel.
> Saddam's links to terrorist organizations have been well
> documented, even though a direct link to 911 cannot be found
> conclusively.
>
> Now, I will grant you that a substantial percentage of the American
> public, when polled, believed that Saddam played a role in 911, and
> that the Bush Administration did not go "out of their way" to
> disavow them of that belief. But to say that President Bush blamed
> Saddam directly for 911 is simply unfounded and cannot be
> documented anywhere.
>
> As far as using patronizing wording to Gary, I was simply trying to
> encourage him to continue his posts as he was indicating that he
> wasn't completely comfortable posting his thoughts and positions.
> Your wording is certainly "less threatening" than mine, I grant
> you. My bad.
>
> Do you have an opinion on how best to proceed in Iraq?
>
> Do you have an opinion on my "good news points" in my initial post?
>
> Thanks for the reply,
>
> Marco
>
> (end of quote)
>
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