dennis4868
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Sat Apr-17-04 06:49 PM
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Woodward book is not news! |
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Woodward says in his book that Bush began planning for the war in iraq right after 911...But according to Paul O'Neill, who was in the loop, said that they began preparing and planning for the war in Iraq from day one!
Why is Woodward getting so much coverage for this when he is wrong?
Does anyone know how Woodward deals with the lies about WMD and the 911 connection in his book? Does he blame the CIA like the rest of the media whores?
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Sat Apr-17-04 06:54 PM
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1. Yep...he's blaming the CIA. And he's getting the coverage because... |
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...this is a play to protect Junior as much as possible.
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dennis4868
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Sat Apr-17-04 06:57 PM
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his book says that Tenet tells Bush that Saddam has WMD....but the book fails to mention that Tenet never tells Bush that the threat is not imminent, never says that we can be attacked in 45 minutes, mushroom cloud, unmanned aerial drones, nuclear weapons, uranium fron niger, alluminum tubes, 911 connection....so of course Woodward does a great job once again being Bush's lap dog!
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Sat Apr-17-04 06:55 PM
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2. Maybe it's a matter of degree. |
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Maybe one person is saying they wanted to do it = planning, and the other is saying they started working out how they'd do it = planning.
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dennis4868
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Sat Apr-17-04 06:59 PM
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4. I read Suskind's book.... |
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and within the first month of Bush's pResidency he tells his military people, "find me a way to invade iraq."
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Sat Apr-17-04 08:44 PM
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10. Bingo LoZoccolo....... |
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I believe the Paul O'Neill book says Bush was talking about invading Iraq right after he took office.
I also believe the Woodward book says Bush signed the plans to invade Iraq.
I may be wrong, but that is what I think I heard.
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Sat Apr-17-04 07:02 PM
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5. Six years ago the PNACers wrote a letter to Clinton asking for an |
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invasion and they didn't dream it up the day before.....
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Sat Apr-17-04 09:09 PM
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12. I saw Clinton on CSPAN say that Al Gore was the person in his... |
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...administration who, most vociferously, argued for an invasion of Iraq.
I wonder if Gore was convinced by the PNACers' plea.
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Sat Apr-17-04 10:17 PM
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13. I'm shaking my head, I don't understand what motivated him.... |
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no one representing us thinks like I do....
no one ever talks peace,negotiations, co-existence - except the little people (and Kucinich, based on reports posted here).
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Sun Apr-18-04 11:57 AM
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15. Well, Clinton didn't agree with Gore. |
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He didn't exactly preach peace, but he didn't want to invade with no pretext but that which was supplied by the PNAC'ers.
That's politics for you: compromise between the extremes.
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Sat Apr-17-04 07:16 PM
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6. Woodward is a shell of the reporter he used to be. |
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I don't know his motive in writing this book. Some of it looks bad for Bush from the excerpts I have read, but I don't think it will be a sellout of GW.
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Sat Apr-17-04 07:55 PM
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7. can't sell what you already sold! |
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tv star Bart S. sold his soul and hadda chase all over to get it back....woodward don't want his back (betcha lucifer don't want it either) cus it aint worth the trouble of delousing it....
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Sun Apr-18-04 12:17 PM
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18. Woodward didnt ever write "Bush At war" |
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Off the top of my head, I can remember who the actual author is, but its not actually Woodward.
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Sat Apr-17-04 07:55 PM
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8. It is still helpful to have the same story from another source |
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Woodward book may be old news to some degree but the fact that it is consistent with O'Neal's and Richard Clarke's charges is very helpful. Already, Rove and co. had to admit that Bush was working on the invasion of Iraq in November of 2001.
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Sat Apr-17-04 08:12 PM
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9. This book is a propoganda piece for his inside source |
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... fortunately, the source is not Bush. However, it is someone close to Bush, most likely Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Sat Apr-17-04 09:01 PM
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11. Because it backs up O'Neill, Clarke, and company |
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these stories mesh, they corroborate each other, No one in the bush administration can give corroborating statements, they give IDENTICAL catch phrases.
You will always have discrepancies in versions of events. eyewitnesses see things from different angles, perspectives and hear things differently( perceive what they heard).
What is consistent in all of these people coming clean is Bush planned for Iraq at least since day-one. Bush put Terrorist defense on the back burner and turned the burner OFF. Bush ignored increasing and repeated warnings of an impending terrorist attack that could be spectacular.
The White House can only attack the messengers of these claims, they don't deny anything. they are being hammered with the truth.
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Sat Apr-17-04 10:39 PM
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14. It doesn't. And that's why Woody is not attacked - unlike Clarke, O'Neil |
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Woody - media whore of the year 2003 says the planing began AFTER Afghanistan - therefore didn't interfere with his 9.11 activities. It's a cover up. Please don't buy the lie ot the book. W was NEVER reluctant, and tenet never told him Iraq was "slam dunk"
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Sun Apr-18-04 12:05 PM
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16. Woodward is just a Rove playbook trick play |
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Just trying to shift the blame from Bush. Trying to disguise a "tell all" book as more criticism . but in actuality shifting blame from Bush.
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Sun Apr-18-04 12:09 PM
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17. Is planning and planning to plan the same thing? |
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