WHY IS BUSH GETTING A FREE RIDE ON HIS DECEITFUL COVER UP OF 9/11?
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Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
by Gore Vidal
From Amazon.com (other's are obviously thinking like we are):
Obvious Observations About September 11, July 15, 2003
Reviewer: Michael K. McKeon (see more about me) from Seattle, WA United States
Before opening this book it is obvious where Gore is going in this collection of essays. However, for those of us seeking solace as we witness the ongoing depradations of the Bush Administration the few opinions in print that seem to validate our opinions are needed and reassuring.
What I didn't expect in this collection of essays was Vidal's stunning, but intuitively obvious expose of the apparent decision to allow the attacks of September 11. While most complacent, sheep-like Americans will dismiss this as more "radical left conspiracy theory blather", how else can one explain that fact that 4 commercial aircraft were hijacked simultaneously, lost control with air traffic controllers for one half hour and allowed to attack the nation's largest city, and its capital, also simultaneously, without any response from the most powerful military on the planet? To assume Vidal is incorrect would assume that the entire eastern seaboard remained entirely vulnerable to attack prior to September 11. This is hardly likely, and Vidal points out the incentives and historical precedents. That his assertions aren't far fetched is being supported by the Bush Administration's ongoing stonewalling of investigations of the events of September 11.
A few of the essays are revelatory, and have insight and bite. Others are mired in Vidal's pedantic rehashing of WWII, and memories of a fictional, idealistic republic, which he is clearly reflecting upon with rose colored glasses. While America's imperialism and quest for empire have been bold and unattractive for the past 110 years, our history under the "republic" was hardly unblemished with its legacy of slavery, racism, disenfranchisement of women, and extermination of native Americans. One is prompted to observe that hindsight is always 20/20. A number of these essays reveal that Vidal is losing his focus, and waxing nostaglic as he gets older -- his mind, however, remains strong as a beartrap, and his integrity and courage are light years beyond that of most writers.
This collection will rightfully make you cynical, angry, depressed, and frightened. It is important, however, that Vidal's observations not be dismissed -- he is not to be underestimated and far from half baked. The operative question is why haven't, and aren't, more Americans asking the same questions about the attacks of September 11. |
