Johnson reminds me of Richard Clarke. They both failed to see 9/11 coming. Their response has been to blame it all on Bush. Are they capable of feeling guilty, or do they want to put all the guilt on Bush?
"Johnson reminds me of Richard Clarke. They both failed to see 9/11 coming"
Agreed. Perhaps they are both engaged in 'projection' as psychologists term the phenomenon: their psyches are in RAGE, filled with GUILT, over what they themselves failed to recognize or prevent, but they fight off turning that rage inward by focusing it all upon Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al. Anyway, Clarke and Johnson should be filled with rage and guilt, because they were two of the most responsible counter-terrorism officials for years, and they could have turned up the heat within the Clinton administration a lot more than they (apparently) ever did.
The comments from Larry Johnson at this link below are very revealing, for it shows that a mere 3 months after 9/11 he was much more inclined to place great blame upon Bill Clinton for years of neglect of terrorism issues. Guess maybe the VIPS characters had not yet worked up their talking points to blame everything on Bush.....
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/Ldotvets/Bubba_69.html
(posted at #108 above by "JustDoItAlways")
"Johnson reminds me of Richard Clarke. They both failed to see 9/11 coming"
Agreed. Perhaps they are both engaged in 'projection' as psychologists term the phenomenon: their psyches are in RAGE, filled with GUILT, over what they themselves failed to recognize or prevent, but they fight off turning that rage inward by focusing it all upon Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al. Anyway, Clarke and Johnson should be filled with rage and guilt, because they were two of the most responsible counter-terrorism officials for years, and they could have turned up the heat within the Clinton administration a lot more than they (apparently) ever did.
The comments from Larry Johnson at this link below are very revealing, for it shows that a mere 3 months after 9/11 he was much more inclined to place great blame upon Bill Clinton for years of neglect of terrorism issues. Guess maybe the VIPS characters had not yet worked up their talking points to blame everything on Bush.....
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/Ldotvets/Bubba_69.html
(posted at #108 above by "JustDoItAlways")