Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Bush keeps saying "I didn't have the information"—but why didn't he?
Presidents are supposed to know this kind of stuff. Condi keeps saying the same thing, and she had more reason to know.
So the real question is, Why didn't Bush have the information?
To which the answer is that he, his Russian specialist enabler Condi, and the neo-con cabal were all focused on threats from states, instead of threads from non-state organizations like AQ. That's why the focus on missile defense, for example.
So Bush didn't have information on AQ because he didn't go looking for it, and he didn't go looking for it because he and his advisors didn't think it was important.
As things turned out, Clarke could have told them the information was important, but it took him eight months to get a meeting.
Then comes 9/11. And they keep the same mindset, refused to let the facts confuse them, and go to war with a state: Iraq.
And here we are!
So the real question is, Why didn't Bush have the information?
To which the answer is that he, his Russian specialist enabler Condi, and the neo-con cabal were all focused on threats from states, instead of threads from non-state organizations like AQ. That's why the focus on missile defense, for example.
So Bush didn't have information on AQ because he didn't go looking for it, and he didn't go looking for it because he and his advisors didn't think it was important.
As things turned out, Clarke could have told them the information was important, but it took him eight months to get a meeting.
Then comes 9/11. And they keep the same mindset, refused to let the facts confuse them, and go to war with a state: Iraq.
And here we are!
