Up In The Air
Nov 28th, 2005 at 9:45 am by Susie
Sy Hersh on the plan to shift the war in Iraq to the air. (Hint: No one sane thinks it’s such a good idea.) Plus, Bush seems to have a problem with hearing anything he doesn’t want to hear:
Bush’s closest advisers have long been aware of the religious nature of his policy commitments. In recent interviews, one former senior official, who served in Bush’s first term, spoke extensively about the connection between the President’s religious faith and his view of the war in Iraq. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the former official said, he was told that Bush felt that “God put me here” to deal with the war on terror. The President’s belief was fortified by the Republican sweep in the 2002 congressional elections; Bush saw the victory as a purposeful message from God that “he’s the man,” the former official said. Publicly, Bush depicted his reëlection as a referendum on the war; privately, he spoke of it as another manifestation of divine purpose.
The former senior official said that after the election he made a lengthy inspection visit to Iraq and reported his findings to Bush in the White House: “I said to the President, ‘We’re not winning the war.’ And he asked, ‘Are we losing?’ I said, ‘Not yet.’ ” The President, he said, “appeared displeased” with that answer.
“I tried to tell him,” the former senior official said. “And he couldn’t hear it.”
Huh. And here, I thought his “election” was a manifestation of a massive electoral fix. Go figure.
Thinks he’s appointed by God, like a cult leader. Just peachy.
When cults fall apart, very bad things tend to happen. Flease forward my mail to the bunker.
Hersh said a few other interesting things about Bush on CNN with Wolf How Can This Be A Real Name Blitzer? More on Hersh, Bush who talks only to God, plus a whole lot of other McKrap TM at SLIME TIME NEWS Keep up the fine, ass kicking work, Uberblonde.
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