Here's something I've never seen before that seems pretty damning

[paulthompson]

An editorial the morning of 9/11 in the Washington Post:

When it comes to foreign policy, we have a tongue-tied administration. After almost eight months in office, neither President Bush nor Secretary of State Colin Powell has made any comprehensive statement on foreign policy. It is hard to think of another administration that has done so little to explain what it wants to do in foreign policy. Many do not seem to mind: Apparently the less talk the fewer problems.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:eSv1VrfZA5kJ:www.nci.org/01/09/11-6.htm+%22when+it+comes+to+foreign+policy,+we+have+a+tongue-tied+administration%22&hl=en&client=opera

Isn't it odd that the Bush Administration basically had no foreign policy before 9/11? Esp. if one looks at what Bush said on the campaign trail, striking an isolationist tone, mocking nation building, and so forth. And then one can compare that to the secret (at the time) Project for the New American Century plans which called for a renewed American empire world wide. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Jeb Bush, Wolfowitz, and others signed off on that just two months before the election. It turns out that in the summer of 2001, Rumsfeld even had commissioned a secret study to learn from the mistakes of past empires.

So, isolationist stance vs. secret empire dreams. How to reconcile the two? They did nothing for eight months, until finally 9/11 came along. It's almost as if they were waiting for something like that to happen.

[dailykoff]

1. Now that you mention it, it is damning.

I remember the 2000 debate where that question was asked (now I see why) and Junior calmly reassured TV land that he had no intention of using military force to engage in any kind of nation building, only for absolutely necessary defense. Then they asked Gore about Kosovo.

Boy did they have us fooled.

[SittingBull]

5. Hmm, if you fool me once

shame on you... errr äh. Now we can't get fooled again.

[leftofthedial]

2. but they had a full-blown one (pun intended)

on the morning of 9-12.

[mirandapriestly]

3. Yes, I remember it was a big concern

how totally disinterested in foreign policy he was, man, he didn't say ANYTHING about it, and now, it's all he talks about. As of 9-11.

[leftstreet]

4. Everyone used to joke about how he'd never been out of the country!

:o

How times changed.

[Ezlivin]

6. Now we all wish he'd STAY out of the country

Every time he goes, I hope he ends up on the no-fly list and won't be let back in.

[RedSock]

7. you'd be forgiven

you'd be forgiven if you thought they (though not the moron, of course) had all these plans ready to go, but kept them quiet (and did basically nothing) because they were also arranging the attacks, after which the plans would be revealed.

happy new year paul!!

[staticstopper]

8. Wow, makes you wonder!

It reminds me of how odd I thought it was back then that * got SO much money SO fast during the 2000 Republican primaries... I think *'s mental profile + Dad = a sure thing for weird plans.

And in my really feverish thoughts I wonder why H's 1992 campagine against Clinton was so "wimpy" almost like they wanted a centrist "Liberal" to take the heat for certain things...then when he got too popular and would not invade Iraq they sent in something that preyed upon his weakness... then they run DOLE in 96???

Oh what a tangled NWO web they weave. :tinfoilhat: :hide: