I watched the first half last night and I certainly don't think it is a right generated 'hit-piece'. I do see that a lot of people in the government, particularly the upper echelon made a lot of bad decisions. I like the scene where Tenet gets exasperated with Albright on the failed Tomahawk strike in Afghanistan -- I thought that was particularly revealing where upper middle management is dealt a bad hand from upper management. However, in saying that I also understand why the State Dept was worried by the missile fly-over in Pakistan to reach Afghanistan.
I certainly don't see this as a demonizing piece directed toward the Democratic party. What I do understand is we (we being the government inclusive) majorly misunderstood the intent and capabilities of the radical Islamic factions that were slowly being pulled together by Al Qaeda. V/R //SIGNED// Stephen S. Wolfe, GS-11, DAF Data Services Manager Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:11 AM To: ProFox Mailing List Subject: [OT] - Comments on the "Path to 9/11" <http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1157662681.shtml> ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/oujyh ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To people on the left (including some members of the Clinton administration such as President Bill Clinton) the ABC special is a virtual hit-piece that makes Democrats look bad when it takes dramatic license and makes the Bush administration and President George W. Bush look good. (No Florida classroom and George Bush reading "My Pet Goat" scene in this account movie. That's rotten imagery. But in the hands of a FAIR filmmaker that scene would have been in. Just Google 911 and see how many detailed accounts leave that out.) To people on the right, it's telling the film is finally telling it is and any attempt by ABC bigwigs to change any controversial scenes - including the very kind of scenes based on no-evidence assumptions that so outraged conservatives in the case of CBS' ultimately-yanked Ronald Reagan bio three years ago - means ABC is backing down to Clintonista pressure. To some of us in the middle, this is one more example of how there are so many intent on polarizing the country by demonizing those who belong to another political party. In 21st-Century America, the other side just doesn't HAVE warts; it is ALL one big wart (and THEIR guy is always wart-free). From advance reports, it seems as if the filmmakers sought to portray the Clinton administration one way, and the Bushies another way. Or if that wasn't the intent, their personal sympathies got the best of them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
