"I'm not reading this. This is bullshit."--US
Secretary of State Colin Powell, reviewing the draft of his speech
to the United Nations
I have been describing all along in my writing the determined
demented mentality supporting the Free Market. This determined
demented mentality is epitomized by the Bush administration. as they
continue to invoke the name of God in vain to cover up their lies.
So we have president Bush confirming his commitment to help
Africa from the real axis of evil of epidemic wars, epidemic HIV
infections, and epidemic starvation by invoking once again the
divine inspiration of his administration
"I believe God has called us [United States] into action.
Our country has got a responsibility, we are a great nation, we
are a wealthy nation, we have a responsibility to help a
neighbour in need, a brother and sister in crisis."
Yet the Bush administration continues its Free Market build up of
weapons of mass destruction, continues its Free Market expansion of
American protectionist copyrights of pharmaceutical drugs in Africa
and the world over, and continues its Free Market vision of
copyrighted genetically modified food to feed the starving people of
the world.
Another time when president Bush invoked the name of God in vain
was in the latter part of June when he was in the Middle East to
meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abas. At that time the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz
reported that president Bush was free marketing his Road Map to
Peace by stating
"God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and
then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now
I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you
help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I
will have to focus on them."
It was only yesterday, that I expressed the predetermined divine
inspiration of the Bush administration by quoting former US
intelligence official Gregory Thielmann
"This administration has had a faith-based intelligence
attitude ... 'We know the answers - give us the intelligence to
support those answers'."
It is exactly this predetermined divine inspiration to cover up
the lies of his administration that has prompted president Bush to
continue in having faith in CIA director George Tenet; in fact,
there is still so much to cover up about the intelligence failures
leading to the 9-11 terror attacks and to the predetermined
intelligent links between Saddam Hussein and the Al Qaeda network.
The family of the victims of the 9-11 attacks have sued the Saudi
royal families for their involvement in the attacks and Bush's
lawyer James Baker has volunteered to assist and protect the Saudis'
interests.
The Bush's 9-11 independent investigating commission has been
reconstituted more than once and the current chairman Thomas H. Kean
has complained of delays in getting the requested information, and
he has complained about the independence of his own commission by
stating "the commission feels unanimous that it's some
intimidation to have somebody sitting behind you all the time who
works for your agency."
And Bush's wars continue as war is the ultimate cover up of
Bush's lies.
References
Pertinent articles published in Ensign
Agence France Presse Powell was Under Pressure to Use Shaky
Intelligence on Iraq: Report May 30, 2003 http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/printer_060403B.shtml
news24 Bush: God has called us (PDF) July 11, 2003
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Bush_in_Africa/0,,2-7-1505_1386439,00.html
Weisbrot, Mark Bush in Africa: Compassionate Protectionism? July
9, 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services
http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/editorials/LTE/weisbrot/weisbrot012/africa.html
Mokhiber Russell and Robert Weissman The Two Faces of George Bush
in Africa July 11, 2003 Common Dreams, http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0711-14.htm
Gulf Daily News Bush pledges faith in Tenet (PDF) July 13, 2002
http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2003_800/desantis816/faithInTenet.pdf
Isikoff, Michael and Mark Hosenball A Legal Counterattack. Saudis
hire some of the toniest U.S. law firms to defend them against the
landmark $1 trillion lawsuit on behalf of the victims of 9-11 April
16, 2003 Newsweek, http://www.msnbc.com/news/901320.asp
Associated Press Key phase in panel's study of Sept. 11 (PDF)
July 9, 2003 http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2003_800/desantis816/inquiryGnM.pdf |