DonÂ’t Laugh at Michael Chertoff: FRANK RICH - ChertoffÂ’s 'Truth' + by FRANK RICH - THE NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Jul 15th, 2007 RICH: It is our own governmentÂ’s vacation from reality this summer that should make us very afraid.
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE WITH ALL HYPERLINKS AND MORE --> OP-ED COLUMNIST Don’t Laugh at Michael Chertoff By FRANK RICH Published: July 15, 2007 MICHAEL CHERTOFF, President Bush's fallback choice for secretary of Homeland Security after Bernard Kerik, is best remembered for his tragicomic performance during Hurricane Katrina. He gave his underling, the woeful Brownie, a run for the gold. It was Mr. Chertoff who announced that the Superdome in New Orleans was "secure" even as the other half of the split screen offered graphic evidence otherwise. It was Mr. Chertoff who told NPR that he had "not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who do not have food and water," even after his fellow citizens had been inundated with such reports all day long. With Brownie as the designated fall guy, Mr. Chertoff kept his job. Since then he has attracted notice only when lavishing pork on terrorist targets like an Alabama petting zoo while reducing grants to New York City. Though Mr. Chertoff may be the man standing between us and Armageddon, he is seen as a leader of stature only when standing next to his cabinet mate Gonzo. But even a stopped clock is right twice a day. *** Fittingly, one of the first in Washington to notice the rollout of the latest propaganda offensive was one of the very few journalists who uncovered the administration's manipulation of W.M.D. intelligence in 2002: Jonathan Landay of the McClatchy newspapers. This time around, he was ahead of the pack in catching the sudden uptick in references to Al Qaeda in the president's speeches about Iraq — 27 in a single speech on June 28 — and an equal decline in references to the Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence at the heart of the Iraqi civil war America is powerless to stop. Even more incriminating was Mr. Landay's discovery that the military was following Mr. Bush's script verbatim. There were 33 citations of Al Qaeda in a single week's worth of military news releases in late June, up from only 9 such mentions in May. None of this is accidental. *** For all Washington's hyperventilating about the Iraqi Parliament's vacation plans, it's our own government's vacation from reality this summer that should make us very afraid. --MORE-- http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/07/dont-laugh-at-michael-chertoff-frank.html Regular readers will know this stuff, yet Rich provides a convenient package of Bush lies that serve as pretext to keep the wars going. What Rich leaves out will be obvious to some. Chertoff, like Joe Lieberman, is laying the groundwork for a war on Iran. The covert creation of a Gulf of Tonkin moment would serve as a "reason" to strike. Related Lieberman Lays the Groundwork For Another War http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/07/lieberman-lays-groundwork-for-another.html The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/07/ruses-for-war-american-interventionism.html Posted by CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS mparent7777 Marc Parent CCNWON Labels: 'terror', Chertoff, false flag, FRANK RICH, Gulf of Tonkin-like Incident, Iran, Iraq, New York Times, News, Politics, state terrorism, terrorism, war CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS WIRE - JULY 14, 2007 http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/07/crimes-and-corruptions-of-new-world_15.html AND MORE http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/ http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/blog/38 --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail --------------------------------- Get news delivered. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page.
