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01/10/2004 Archived Entry: "Why does Paul O'Neill hate America?"
Why does Paul O'Neill hate America?
Former ThugCo insider Paul O'Neill has some pretty interesting things to say in his new book, but this may be the most interesting of all.
Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill charges in a new book that President Bush entered office in January 2001 intent on invading Iraq and was in search of a way to go about it.O'Neill, who was fired in December 2002 as part of a shake-up of Bush's economic team, has become the first major Bush administration insider to launch an attack on the president.
He likened Bush at Cabinet meetings to "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," according to excerpts from a CBS interview to promote a book by former Wall Street Journal reporter Ron Suskind, "The Price of Loyalty."
To go to war, Bush used the argument that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and had to be stopped in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, world. The weapons have never been found.
"From the very beginning, there was a conviction that Saddam Hussein was a bad person and that he needed to go," O'Neill said in the "60 Minutes" interview scheduled to air on Sunday. "For me, the notion of pre-emption, that the U.S. has the unilateral right to do whatever we decide to do, is a really huge leap."
And let's all remember what Bush himself said about O'Neill:
"Our economy is showing warning signs of a possible slowdown and so it's important for me to find somebody who has vast experience, who has a steady hand, and when he speaks, speaks with authority and conviction and knowledge," Bush said. "I found such a man in Paul O'Neill."
Replies: somebody speaks up.
that is obviously old, outdated information. after all, they told us that saddam posed a real danger to Unmerika. that quote must have escaped the memory hole, hand it over, ill burn it, and then we can all go back to believing everything is OK.
isnt it great to believe everything you are told to believe. ive never been happier than i am, now that ive learned to doublethink.
Posted by justin @ 01/11/2004 02:30 PM NY
