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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 526815" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><a href="http://www.heartson.com/Politics/missed_news.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!</span></a></p><p> </p><p>You could correctly argue that the Clinton adminstration had full knowledge of Osama bin Laden yet did nothing. You could argue the Clinton adminstration knew and understood the full dangers Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda could pose and what they were ultimately planning.</p><p> </p><p>But accepting this being true and I'd agree it is, then why for 9 months did the Bush adminstration do nothing itself? It ran with all speed the Clinton era documents on Saddam Hussien and alleged WMD but yet having the info on bin Laden they choose to ignore it. WHY?</p><p> </p><p>Also considering many of the important events of the late 1990's, was the Clinton impeachment a whitewash from the get go to divert attention, both public and press, from other more real and pressing issues taking place behind the scenes? Political theater whose purpose was to distract prying eyes from looking elsewhere. In a sane world, this kind of thinking would be pure insanity but the truth is we don't live in a sane world.</p><p> </p><p>Moving ahead, <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=+SC20050730&articleId=762" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">watch Central Asia</span></a>! This more than anything else may explain future actions by the Obama adminstration. Is it possible that all this chaos and deceptions of gov't and her co-horts are all driven by the <a href="http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=2974" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">plastic swirl stick</span> </a>at the local Starbucks? I never gave it much thought either but it does make you take a moment and think!</p><p> </p><p>Robert McNamara and the release of LBJ tapes prove without a doubt that the Gulf of Tonkin incident "never happened" (Mac's own words). Vietnam was predicated on a complete political lie crafted by political workman out to fulfill a self serving end. What will we finally learn of the Middle East and the 1990's and 2000's 40 or 50 years from now? What will our children and children's children think of us then? But then that assumes freedom of speech and thought will still exist for them. With what we are doing now, I don't feel good for their condition.</p><p> </p><p>Americans love the illusion that treachery and intrigue are always co-partners with other govt's or govt's of histories past while ignoring the fact of human nature and it's impact where power is concerned. We love to quote <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Lord Acton</span> </a>but do we really consider what he is telling (warning) us!</p><p> </p><p>The deeper you look at ALL gov't, the more it does begin to look like a Tom Clancey novel. Maybe Tom has been trying to tell us something!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 526815, member: 2189"] [URL="http://www.heartson.com/Politics/missed_news.html"][COLOR=red]Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction![/COLOR][/URL] You could correctly argue that the Clinton adminstration had full knowledge of Osama bin Laden yet did nothing. You could argue the Clinton adminstration knew and understood the full dangers Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda could pose and what they were ultimately planning. But accepting this being true and I'd agree it is, then why for 9 months did the Bush adminstration do nothing itself? It ran with all speed the Clinton era documents on Saddam Hussien and alleged WMD but yet having the info on bin Laden they choose to ignore it. WHY? Also considering many of the important events of the late 1990's, was the Clinton impeachment a whitewash from the get go to divert attention, both public and press, from other more real and pressing issues taking place behind the scenes? Political theater whose purpose was to distract prying eyes from looking elsewhere. In a sane world, this kind of thinking would be pure insanity but the truth is we don't live in a sane world. Moving ahead, [URL="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=+SC20050730&articleId=762"][COLOR=red]watch Central Asia[/COLOR][/URL]! This more than anything else may explain future actions by the Obama adminstration. Is it possible that all this chaos and deceptions of gov't and her co-horts are all driven by the [URL="http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=2974"][COLOR=red]plastic swirl stick[/COLOR] [/URL]at the local Starbucks? I never gave it much thought either but it does make you take a moment and think! Robert McNamara and the release of LBJ tapes prove without a doubt that the Gulf of Tonkin incident "never happened" (Mac's own words). Vietnam was predicated on a complete political lie crafted by political workman out to fulfill a self serving end. What will we finally learn of the Middle East and the 1990's and 2000's 40 or 50 years from now? What will our children and children's children think of us then? But then that assumes freedom of speech and thought will still exist for them. With what we are doing now, I don't feel good for their condition. Americans love the illusion that treachery and intrigue are always co-partners with other govt's or govt's of histories past while ignoring the fact of human nature and it's impact where power is concerned. We love to quote [URL="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html"][COLOR=red]Lord Acton[/COLOR] [/URL]but do we really consider what he is telling (warning) us! The deeper you look at ALL gov't, the more it does begin to look like a Tom Clancey novel. Maybe Tom has been trying to tell us something! :wink2: [/QUOTE]
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