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FORMER WHITE HOUSE TERRORISM ADVISOR: BUSH ADMIN WAS DISCUSSING BOMBING IRAQ FOR 9/11 DESPITE...
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Posted on 03/19/2004 3:13:02 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 03/19/2004 5:25:30 PM PST by Jim Robinson.
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To: Howlin
I was working that day and on the approach to the 14th St. Bridge when they hit the Pentagon off to my left. When I got home I had to stop and remember what route I took. It was a complete blank for a while. Then I couldn't get on line or make a phone call for almost 24 hours. Didn't sleep for three days.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Is this speculation really a secret ? I recall there being an open debate in the news about which country to take out first and Iraq was definately on the list. The problem was our assets were not deployed properly in order to follow thru.
To: leadpenny; blam; HalfIrish
To: blam
Another plane flew into the second tower. TERRORISTS!!!!
54 posted on
09/11/2001 9:04:49 AM EDT by
blam
To: Republicus2001
It takes a lot of cash to smash two jets, don't you think? Can you say Osama bin-Laden?
World Trade Center
63
posted on
03/19/2004 3:45:52 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: WhiteGuy
One of the problems might've been that this desperation and danger may have never made it to the desk of the president. When Bush took over, Clinton's people were still all over the place...usually in all the high places were decisions are made. If these people believed as Clinton...and that going after OBL was a violation of legal statutes, they most certainly wouldn't have passed their concerns onto Bush.
Hell, Janet Reno and her higher-ups in the Justice Department came down hard on Clinton for bombing Sudan and Afghanistan. It is hard to tell what Bush knew...but as we saw even after 9/11, we had legal beavers obstructing military operations that never made it to the top...ala the (I think) Mullah Omar spotting that was disengaged by some lawyer-type from the military. From what I understand, Rumsfeld put his foot through a glass when he found out that someone passed on it.
64
posted on
03/19/2004 3:46:12 PM PST
by
cwb
(Kerry: The only person who could make Bill Clinton look like a moderate)
To: lasereye
The day after 9/11 he had been looking at the Iraq connection to 9/11 for years? They were looking at the Iraq connection for years - the non-existant connection - for years... heh heh
To: txrangerette
The Bush folks
had been developing a plan to go
after al-Qaeda, & it had just been
shown to the Pres. the day before
9-11.
Any links to document this? I've done dozens of google searches and turned up nothing.............
66
posted on
03/19/2004 3:47:30 PM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...)
To: TomGuy; ErnBatavia
Absolutely. We wll knew by 9:10 A.M. EST who it was!
67
posted on
03/19/2004 3:47:34 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
That was a good idea.
68
posted on
03/19/2004 3:48:00 PM PST
by
Saundra Duffy
(For victory & freedom!!!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Just in time for DNC weekend talking points. "Served 4 presidents" hah!
69
posted on
03/19/2004 3:48:01 PM PST
by
rhombus
To: leadpenny; Huck
I remember that; I remember you being missing and I remember Huck being missing.
Awful, awful days that still make my head hurt.
70
posted on
03/19/2004 3:48:40 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: umgud
I don't care why we took out Iraq/Saddam. We shoulda took out Syria and Iran also (still should). Taking out the Taliban and Saddam sent a strong message to other terror supporting countries Exactly. Libya is a country the press is very silent about these days.
71
posted on
03/19/2004 3:50:41 PM PST
by
Dane
To: leadpenny
Because Clarke also worked in the Klintoon White House, Begala was screaming about this upcoming 60 Minutes piece when he was on the Imus program this morning. Clinton is behind this.
You are so right.
The Clintons, ie Ickes, Hildebeeste, McAuliffe, and Carville, have a little rolodex. Inside the rolodex are cards, each with an "attack" of some sort, to be pulled and spun as they see fit.
Their guy took a terrible beating last week. The foreign leaders and the repub ad about Kerry's vote for money for Iraq were 7.3 on the campaign Richter scale.
Carville goes to the rolodex and boom. "How about we pull out Richard Clarke?" snakehead asks.
McAuliffe scratches his head in thought. "I don't know. That Nigeria/Plume thing is going nowhere. We used one of our big ones when we bought out those 9/11 families. I'm not sure we should use this right now. We should get Kerry back on the campaign trail before we put it out."
Hillary sniffed and tugged at her pointy hat. "Which is EXACTLY the reason we should get it out there now. As usual the new JFK is making an ass of himself. Harold you need to work on him some more. He can't stop trying to project himself as Mr. Tough Guy and it ain't working. But if we put out Richard Clarke now we make the pubbies take some heat for a while. Tell John to respond to reporters with a simple "I'm on vacation now. I think the facts speak for themselves. Think you can make him do that, Hal?" Ickes shrugged but didn't complain. They'd given him a sow's ear of a candidate and he was suppose to make him into a silk purse?
Bill fiddled with tie self-consciously. He too had been accused of pining for the spotlight and he felt a slight kindred for Kerry because of this.
"I think Hil is right," Bill said. He always thought Hillary was right.
"You still got a stack of cards in that rolodex, James?" McAuliffe asked. Carville pulled out a pile of cards numbering over 200, enough for almost every day of the campaign if they needed it.
"We still got the old abortion story," James said, flipping through the cards. "I think we should save that one until closer to November," Carville continued flipping through the cards. "Hey, here, I got about five Iraqis ready to talk about how they hate America in their country."
McAuliffe scowled. "We're saving that for when the pubs bring out the happy Iraqis. I don't want to waste that for Kerry's stupidity. It was him that came up with that foreign leader nonsense. We told him it was a political disaster."
Carville slammed the rolodex shut. "Okay, get Lesley Stahl on the phone and tell her we got a terrorist advisor ready to connect the administrations determination to hook up Iraq to Al-Queda. The polls are saying more and more Americans believe this. In time more truth is going to come out and we'll never be able to drive a wedge of doubt in the public's head. Remember our discussion. We've got to fight Bush on every front on this war on terror."
Hillary got up from her seat and dialed Lesley Stahl at a special private number only she had.
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posted on
03/19/2004 3:50:42 PM PST
by
Fishtalk
(Once a liberal and victim of all the spin. Ask me to interpret.)
To: cwb
I think people made educated guesses, but no one really knew for certain.
If I remember correctly, WE were talking about Iraq the first 24 hours as well, not just the "White House". I smell a rat
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Thanks to guys like this--who couldn't even get off their asses to look at the Court records in the WTC bombing which showed beyond doubt that Iraq orchestrated THAT attack...
To: RetiredArmy
Is it possible Clarke was a Clinton leftover?
To: RetiredArmy
Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11??? They trained the bad guys for YEARS! So, they had nothing to do with it? Why after over two years is this fool just now coming out with this tale?
Whenever the nation is under attack the left sides with the enemy.
To: leadpenny; RetiredArmy
**Because Clarke also worked in the Klintoon White House**
Forget my last post, RA...got my answer from leadpenny.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I have no faith in Mr. Clarke or the CIA's ability to discern the nature of the enemy we face-- I have little doubt that Hussein was a major player in the web of international terror. Mr. Clarke has no clue how to deter the terrorists-- he is now working for Kerry, I wonder if CBS will make that known to the American public.
78
posted on
03/19/2004 3:57:28 PM PST
by
faithincowboys
(Go to www.punditstar.blogspot.com)
To: GraniteStateConservative
"which were ready in August of 2001" don't you mean "August of 2002"?
We took no military action until March of 2003.
79
posted on
03/19/2004 3:58:23 PM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...)
FORMER WHITE HOUSE TERRORISM ADVISOR: BUSH ADMIN WAS DISCUSSING BOMBING IRAQ FOR 9/11 DESPITE... SO WHAT!
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posted on
03/19/2004 3:58:59 PM PST
by
McGruff
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