The War President

[spooked911]

Two years before the September 11 attacks, presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking privately about the political benefits of attacking Iraq, according to his former ghost writer, who held many conversations with then-Texas Governor Bush in preparation for a planned autobiography.

“He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999,” said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. “It was on his mind. He said to me: ‘One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.’ And he said, ‘My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.’ He said, ‘If I have a chance to invade….if I had that much capital, I’m not going to waste it. I’m going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I’m going to have a successful presidency.”


http://www.russbaker.com/Guerrilla%20News%20Network%20-%20Bush.htm


It is quite amazing how much Bush had planned. He wanted to be a war president, he wanted to be a great president, he wanted to have political capital, he wanted to get everything passed that he want to get passed.

Isn't it also amazing how much of this plan has been the template for his presidency? Too bad for him, not everything has worked out. After all, his administration is obsessed with creating its own reality, but obviously real reality, like gravity, has to kick in and bring things back to earth.

But I find it most amazing how Bush WANTED to be a war president and he got his wish. What are the odds that he would get a great incentive for war and a rallying cry like 9/11?

Remember how shaky Bush looked right after 9/11?

I have to wonder if his shakiness was actually nervousness that his administration had actually carried out a fake terror attack and he was worried that they would be exposed?

[undeterred]

1. Journalist Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House

through many presidents, said Bush was the first president she'd ever covered who actually wanted to go to war.

His behavior on 9/11 and shortly after was the only thing that aroused my suspicions that day- I bought the rest of the cover story. But it seemed bizarre to me that he responded so calmly and then by flying around the country. Weren't the rest of us in total shock at the very least?

On 9/11 a mass murder took place while our president was reading a children's story. He was nervous because he knew it was going down and he couldn't quite believe he was going to get away with it. All he had to do was go hug some firemen and promise to get even with the "evildoers" and he was home free.

When the truth comes out, he will be remembered not as a great president, but as a mass murderer and one of the most wretched human beings in the history of Western civilization.

[spooked911]

2. I concur.

[undeterred]

3. Listening to the Bush speech tonight

9/11 is still his justification for all this military action.

It was our choice to fight the terrorists "over there" so they wouldn't come here again like they did on September 11.

The shape of who "they" are is infinitely malleable.

[janedoe]

4. In Bush's Speech, tonight

I thought Bush did a fairly good job of describing the "terrorists."

From his speech,:

"We are fighting against men with blind hatred – and armed with lethal weapons – who are capable of any atrocity. They wear no uniform; they respect no laws of warfare or morality. They take innocent lives to create chaos for the cameras. They are trying to shake our will in Iraq – just as they tried to shake our will on September 11, 2001. They will fail. The terrorists do not understand America. "

Too bad there wasn't a question-and-answer session following his speech. It would have been great to ask him what Americans should do with the real terrorists -- something starting with impeachment?

[spooked911]

5. If anyone ever asked that, it would indicate a seismic shift in thinking

in this country. We'll see if it ever comes to pass.

And welcome to DU!!!
:toast:

[janedoe]

7. Spooked911

Many thanks for the welcome!

[dbeach]

6. bush told the truth.

about himself:

"They take innocent lives to create chaos for the cameras. "

King George Bush the second = KGB II


he projected his own inner beliefs and thoughts