From Meet the Press this morning:
and Condoleeza Rice finally admits that there is no linkage between Iraq and the events of September 11th.
To my mind it's going to be a religious state sooner or later. I say pull out of Iraq, found an independent Kurdistan, and drain the Mosul oil field through a pipeline that runs through Turkey. Enough Americans have died for a meaningless war in Iraq.
She tried to defend Bush II's inability to act when told of the September 11 bombing (he sat in front of the 3rd graders he was talking to for another seven minutes). Not that I think it would have made a significant difference (I don't think they could have shot down the second Twin Towers plane or the other two because of communication and control difficulties) but I thought at the time and still think that his reaction highlighted a lack of experience and/or imagination.
At the very least, wouldn't a prudent leader of the free world have excused himself from dealing with children and turned to meet with his advisors?
Posted by artandscience at August 8, 2004 07:30 AMIt's part of his incurious nature: it's not in him to want to learn or do more than the minimum. You might want to read thoughts on what he could/should have done when he was told bin Laden had plans to attack the US: http://www.paulbeard.org/wordpress/index.php?p=1745
Posted by: paul at August 8, 2004 07:46 PM