The three messages of Richard Clarke...

[Junkdrawer]

Distilled down to their essence, Clarke has three somewhat overlapping messages:

1.) The early Bush Administration was the worst he's worked for in terms of taking the terror threat seriously.

2.) The Invasion of Iraq was unnecessary.

3.) We are far more vulnerable to a terror attack now.

Now, you could understand the Bush administration not liking the first two messages, but it's the third that they are making sure that Clarke is never able to make. Now, why is that?

1.) Because if there is another terror attack, and Clarke, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld have all said that that is a virtual certainty, Bush may very well get the blame he so richly deserves.

2.) Even if Bush sees the light, unless he rolls back his tax cuts, there simply is no money to do the things Clarke is suggesting.

Listen for this the next time Clarke is interviewed. If it's by a media whore, I'll bet they never let him make this case.

[sangha]

1. You missed an important point

That Bush* had warnings of an imminent attack in the US. Bush* has been saying that "If I had known that there was going to be an attack, I would have blah, blah, blah" He's been saying it all over the place. We need to make sure everyone knows that this is a lie

[Junkdrawer]

2. It kind of goes with one. Perhaps I should have stated point one...

differently.

1.) The further up the chain you went in the Bush administration, the more they actively ignored terrorism as an issue.

[Mika]

3. Why is that?

Because Dick & Co. call the shots.. all the shots. Buildings get knocked down and bombs get dropped when Dick & Co. say so. Wouldn't be prudent to knock down any more buildings (right now).

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... because our Bonesman is better than their Bonesman

[Gman]

4. Clarke may well have lessened the probability of a MIHOP or LIHOP

For exactly the reasons you outline.

I've thought all along if Clinton could stop the millenium attacks Bush could damn well have stopped 9/11. All Clinton did different was to listen to what he was told then he did something about it.

[Junkdrawer]

5. I've been thinking the same thing...

And I also think that that was not an accident. And that, in turn, means that Clarke either knows or suspects....