Subscribe“At the end of the day, I believe that the American people understand things and they have compassion and they see what’s fair,” [bin Laden] says. "They’re very fair, and that’s why I love America, and that’s why my mom loves America.”Or this quote:
“Come on, where’s the American spirit? Accept me. I want to be embraced, because my values are like yours. And I’m here. I’m not hiding.”
Just for example, the 70% of Americans believing Saddam was connected to 9/11 has fallen dramatically to under 30%. You'd do better to use more current gauges of attitudes if you want to score points.That misses the point - it doesn't matter what % of people believe in the Iraq/911 connection today. What matters is that so many people were duped into believing it by this administration when it really mattered - in the lead-up to the war.
was a great post by itself. You have to remember to stop when you're aheadI don't disagree and initially was just going to copy the two links on Wafah Dufour. Maybe I should have left it at that (or just included the link/quotes in a post). But it seemed like just a post on Dufour would have killed the spirit of the post I got it from - which seemed to poke fun at the cognitive dissonance of what Dufour was saying.
911 was exploited to justify a war in Iraq (this administration implied Saddam was behind the attacks). Turns out, Bush wanted to invade Iraq before 2000.As for Dufour’s comments, the US does not in fact show any consistent evidence of being fair or compassionate. Even loving your country and supporting your constitution has been subordinated by party politics. But hey, tell us we're great and we'll believe it. Deny it and you'll be labeled unpatriotic or even accused of treason.
Saddam killed Iraqis (bad). The US has contributed to the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis (crickets chirping). Saddam used chemical weapons (bad). Rumsfeld, the guy in charge of toppling Saddam, personally helped supply Saddam with said weapons (crickets). Saddam used white phosphorus (WP) to kill Kurds (very bad). The US used WP to kill Iraqis (crickets).
Saddam is being held accountable for war crimes (good). The US opposes the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has even coerced other nations into agreeing not to extradite US citizens to the ICC; thus the US is not accountable for war crimes (crickets).
9/11 was meant to kill and terrorize (very bad). The US “shock and awe” campaign was meant to kill and terrorize (the media loved it). Osama attacked US embassies and navy ships before 911. Bad, but apparently it didn’t stop the Bush administration from giving money to the Taliban regime that was giving Osama shelter.
This administration made a suspiciously poor effort to capture Osama (an early capture would have undermined the momentum for war in Iraq). And the head of the CIA now says we have an excellent idea where Osama is, but can’t go after him for political reasons. I’m sorry, but not even Iran or China would dare harbor him (yet alone risk war over it). But let’s assume for a second the head of the CIA is being honest – they know where Osama is but won’t go after him for political reasons. That would indicate that this administration isn’t really that committed to capturing/killing him.
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