Tuesday, June 27, 2006

More of the Same - Bush's CYA

The book's opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush's Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president's attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US." Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

-- From "The Shadow War, In a Surprising New Light," a review of Ron Suskind's The One Percent Doctrine by Barton Gellman, in the Washington Post

Think about this. Think about what Bush is saying here. "You've covered your ass, now." Just what is the briefer covering it from? That he (or she) will be asked why wasn't the President informed about a horrendous attack.

No, I don't think that the Cheneyites are behind the murders on 9/11. Their ineptitude with their wars in the Middle East pretty much demonstrate that tactical planning is not among their talents. They are 100% political operatives.

What it says is that Bush doesn't think the deaths of Americans are worth his time. The prospect of the imminent murder of citizens on American soil on his watch earned a sneer. The reporting of vital security news is nothing more than some CYA babble, because reality cannot be allowed to intrude on the fantasy that is BushWorld. It's simply unimportant.

Fast forward to today. More of the same. Bush cares nothing for the killing and crippling of American troops. He's willing to keep them in Iraq, fighting a war of attrition, so he has something to cover his ass. The war was begun on lies, has been run on lies, and will stagger along until Janaury of 2009 to preserve the lie of Bush the great war preznit.

As long as his ass is covered he does not care what happens to yours.

Anglachel

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No, I don't think that the Cheneyites are behind the murders on 9/11.

I wouldn't be so sure. If you look at who has gained the most from 9.11, it certainly wouldn't be Osama. Al Qaeda is a myth, an imaginary army made real by the funding and antagonism of the shadow government within the US Government. (See the documentary The Power of Nightmares)

I also wouldn't count on Bush to be gone by 2009. I dunno about you, but I wouldn't take anything for granted. We can certainly hope, but they've got more wars to start. And if another administration comes in they might start investigating this one. Can't have that...