"If a sane man had been President when 9/11 happened, none of this would have happened."
Bush IS and was sane. His administration exploited 9/11 for their own ends and it has paid off handsomely for his class of society. Very effective means to concentrate wealth at the top. They don't fight and die in their wars, and their wealth continues to grow at a staggering rate. Bin Laden was a pawn in the larger scheme of things, as was unfortunately the 9/11 hell. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> wrote: > > > > It's the economy, stupid! > > And even though he was a near-psychotic religious > fanatic madman, it's worth remembering that the > person who made the US economy what it is today > was just killed. > > His methods may have been despicable, but his plan > worked like gangbusters. America overreacted, gave > in to their fear and hatred, and went fuckin' crazy. > They blew all the good will they had in the world > on vengeance, blew most of their money on two sad > wars, pissed away their rights at home, and basic- > ally pissed away their whole country. > > If a sane man had been President when 9/11 happened, > none of this would have happened. The sane President > would have seen 9/11 as the trap it was and found > some way to appease the "Gotta strike back" mentality > of Americans without losing the respect of the rest > of the world, and allowing the country to spend its > way into the poorhouse. > > The sad thing is that terrorism works. It worked when > that word was first coined to describe the Irgun and > the Haganah in Palestine, when they were blowing up > buildings to create Israel, it worked in North Africa > and Vietnam when they wanted free of the French, and > sadly it still works. Fear is a powerful motivator, > one that seems to physiologically cut off the flow > of blood to the brain, and renders the fearful people > stupid. Osama Bin Laden understood that. Yes, he was > a madman, but he knew America far better than it > knows itself. >
