Well, we ALL linked them together, but the president never said it. Everyone has that "feeling" that the Arabs are working in concert to kill us, but since we haven't found an instruction manual that has a bibliography listing all the players, we can't SAY who is involved. I think there's a connection, but I don't have proof. The media is playing the gotcha game, but W ain't participating in this round.
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:53 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Another Bush Lie No one ever linked 911 with Iraq. That is not true --- Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 11, 2006, at 2:26 AM, Anthony L. Testi wrote: > > > The following quote from the online WSJ summerizes > my thinking, but > > I am open to changing it. > > > > "This administration never said that the 9/11 > attacks were > > orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda," Bush > said. "We did say > > there were numerous contacts between Saddam > Hussein and al Qaeda." > > There has been constant linking of Iraq with 9/11 > since it happened; > this isn't a coincidence, but a deliberate attempt > to link the two > without having to say the actual words. After all, > if Saddam merely > had contacts with al Qaeda, and nothing at all to do > with the 9/11 > attacks, why would his name and that of Iraq be > repeatedly mentioned > in the same breath as 9/11? > > But probably the most damning case can be made by > reading the letter > issued by Bush on March 19, 2003 that began the war; > it contains this > language: "continuing to take the necessary actions > against > international terrorists and terrorist > organizations, including those > nations, organizations, or persons who planned, > authorized, > committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that > occurred on September > 11, 2001." This isn't some slip of the tongue at a > press conference; > this is the letter required by the authorization for > military action > that Congress passed, and which started the invasion > of Iraq. > > But if you are truly interested in learning some > recent history, > here are links to several articles in different > publications going > back a few years. Read them, and see if you come > away with the > impression that the Bush administration was > attempting to link Saddam > with 9/11. > > http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0314/p02s01-woiq.html > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50679-2004Jun17.html > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/attack/140133_bushiraq18.html > http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/cheney-biographer/ > > http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13323 > http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zunes.php?articleid=3783 > http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/29/hayes.911/ > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
