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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: tejek who wrote (563003)4/11/2004 2:20:11 PM
From: Skywatcher  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
People are NOT buying the dog and pony show of RICE

After watching national security advisor Condoleezza Rice's performance before the commission on April 8, it should be obvious to all that the administration's determination to stonewall the 9/11 investigation is undiminished. Rice provided not one word of apology or responsibility — nothing but blame-shifting. Although we will surely get more of the same from the president and vice president, we should apply pressure to have them do it in public, so we can all see, hear and make our own judgments.

RIA

Rice gave a masterful demonstration in front of the 9/11 commission on how to not answer a direct question. Her vague and repetitive responses created a battle of semantics with the commission and threw up yet another smokescreen. However, if her intention was to protect the president, she succeeded. I am now convinced that President Bush would have had no idea what she was talking about with regard to national security before 9/11. So, in an effort to decipher "Condi-speak," I would like to offer the following translation of her testimony: Richard Clarke was correct. We ignored the repeated warnings that Al Qaeda would attack within our borders.

Darrell S. Breckenfeld

Rice's testimony showed a consummately closed-mouth political hack with corresponding deficiencies in both national-security competence and sense of possible culpability — the sort of staff Bush has generally selected. Yet her testimony unwittingly reveals that Bush and company were always more concerned about global politics rather than the minor issue of Americans' immediate security.

Dennis Hollenberg

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