SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: LindyBill who wrote (50784)6/18/2004 5:56:09 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793927
 
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?
By Cori Dauber - Ranting Profs

Chris Matthews is worried because polls show that Americans think Iraq was involved in 9/11. Well, the press is sure taking care of that little problem, isn't it. Because when he asks Lee Hamilton about this on Hardball, Hamilton responds as follows:

LEE HAMILTON, 9/11 COMMISSION VICE CHAIRMAN: All we can do is state as clearly as we can what the evidence is that we have found. We have found no operational collaboration between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden with regard to attacks on the United States. That conclusion is a very firm one that we have reached.

What the governor referred to is also true. There are all kinds of ties. There are all kinds of connections. And it may very well have been that Osama bin Laden or some of his lieutenants met at some time with Saddam Hussein lieutenants.

They had contacts, but what we did not find was any operational tie with respect to attacks on the United States.

I don't think that distinction could have been drawn any more clearly. In fact, if anything, Hamilton goes further than the President did yesterday as far as what he's willing to say about who was meeting with whom.

So, what's the headline for this on the MSNBC web page?

9/11 commission: No link between bin Laden and Saddam

What's it going to take? What are we going to have to do? Buy every headline writer in the country a God damn dictionary?
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News