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If it turns out there is a connection, who will be brave enough to tell Barbra Streisand the truth?

Barbra's Thoughts, Posted on March 26, 2003

"The first casualty when war comes, is truth." Senator Hiram Johnson 1917
Bush and his Administration appear to operate under two related principles: (1) regardless of fact, if we say it enough times, the American people will believe us and (2) if we say something, you just have to trust us that it’s true, forget proof and logic.
Unfortunately, with regard to the first principle he is right. He found this to be the case with his domestic policy and it seems to be true in foreign affairs as well.
Take his repeated assertion of a connection between Saddam Hussein and September 11. Despite the fact that he and others have yet to offer any proof, a recent poll of Americans, shows that about half believe there is a connection between Saddam and 9-11. Why wait for an accurate intelligence report?
All Bush had to do was repeat Saddam Hussein and 9-11 in the same sentence over and over again – and then wait while the media reported his statements without analysis, and millions of Americans accepted it without question.
Who cares about the facts and truth?
We should.

I think there is a link between Al Qaeda and Saddam through their hatred of America. This extends to all terrorists opposed to the United States. Sharing a common goal, it would be unusual if they didn't support each other. The linkage between Saudi Arabia and 9/11 is obvious in that fifteen Saudis were involved.

Yet we keep kissing the Saudi feet even though it was found that Prine Bandar's wife was a clandestine supporter of Al Qaeda. There are some strange friends involved in terrorism and the response to them, by people who should know better. Our intelligence is out to lunch or being ignored.

If it turns out there is a connection, who will be brave enough to tell Barbra Streisand the truth?

This chubby crooner with a nose like a parrot should be subjected to a public caning in Times Square. Talk about high ratings TV. I would pay to see that.

Who will be brave enough to tell Susan Sarandon that there is a connection between Al Qaeda and Iraq?

Sarandon plans to act up before State of the Union

WASHINGTON - Just before President Bush delivers his State of the Union address tonight, activist actress Susan Sarandon plans to upstage him.
"Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, 'What did Iraq do to us?'" the 56-year-old New Yorker asks in a 30-second television spot that will air just before the 9 p.m. speech.
Edward Peck, a former ambassador to Iraq, tells her in the bit: "The answer is nothing. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, nothing to do with Al Qaeda. ... Invading Iraq will increase terrorism, not reduce it."
The White House has signaled it may soon lay out evidence proving him wrong.
The spot is being paid for by an anti-war group called True Majority, run by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's ice cream fame. It urges Bush to seek a peaceful resolution and to allow the inspections to continue.