Faulty Intelligence
Did you vote for the democrat in the last election? I did. I even supported his campaign. But I've discovered that my decision was based on "faulty intelligence." Happens to the best of us.
In fact, the fellow who's senate campaign I supported has something to say about "faulty intelligence." Ken Salazar's website blames a whole lot of things on "faulty intelligence."
Specifically he thinks that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was based on "faulty intelligence." The administration says that the attacks on September 11, 2001 were possible because of "faulty intelligence" and this same group of actors claims to not have known that the levees would break in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
But the missteps of the current administration haven't been the result of faulty intelligence. They aren't even the result of a lack of intelligence, although a good case can be made. The mistakes and tragedies of the current administration are based on the fact that they have a different agenda than the rest of us.
Let's take the biggie: the attacks of 9/11/01. Faulty intelligence? Nope. The towers had been targeted repeatedly, the administration knew it. Planes flying into buildings? The administration knew it. An excuse to militarized everything in sight? Priceless.
What about Katrina? Have you seen the latest video? Well, I guess that all of that smoke and mirrors about being "uninformed" falls into the same big box of horse pucky as the faulty intelligence about the 2001 terror attack. The president stayed on vacation, Condi Rice went shoe shopping and then out to the theatre. New Orleans drowned. The worst U.S. disaster in history should give ordinary citizens the opportunity to spot the problem, but it is being used to justify militarization of domestic resources.
Let's be clear. Democracy is not a military state. The closer we move toward militarization of domestic civilian life, the farther we move from our democratic values.
Most of us recognize that the Patriot Act and the administration's militarization designs are a part of moving us away from our democratic values...but not our Democratic senator, Ken Salazar. He supported the president's plans to invade our privacy and jeopardize our freedoms. Oh yes, he stood against it until they produced a legal fig leaf to cover up the gross assault on our constitution. But once he could dance to the music of obfuscation he jumped up to jig.
What we need is a democratic candidate that actually supports democracy.
I guess my previous support of him was based on faulty intelligence.
In fact, the fellow who's senate campaign I supported has something to say about "faulty intelligence." Ken Salazar's website blames a whole lot of things on "faulty intelligence."
Specifically he thinks that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was based on "faulty intelligence." The administration says that the attacks on September 11, 2001 were possible because of "faulty intelligence" and this same group of actors claims to not have known that the levees would break in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
But the missteps of the current administration haven't been the result of faulty intelligence. They aren't even the result of a lack of intelligence, although a good case can be made. The mistakes and tragedies of the current administration are based on the fact that they have a different agenda than the rest of us.
Let's take the biggie: the attacks of 9/11/01. Faulty intelligence? Nope. The towers had been targeted repeatedly, the administration knew it. Planes flying into buildings? The administration knew it. An excuse to militarized everything in sight? Priceless.
What about Katrina? Have you seen the latest video? Well, I guess that all of that smoke and mirrors about being "uninformed" falls into the same big box of horse pucky as the faulty intelligence about the 2001 terror attack. The president stayed on vacation, Condi Rice went shoe shopping and then out to the theatre. New Orleans drowned. The worst U.S. disaster in history should give ordinary citizens the opportunity to spot the problem, but it is being used to justify militarization of domestic resources.
Let's be clear. Democracy is not a military state. The closer we move toward militarization of domestic civilian life, the farther we move from our democratic values.
Most of us recognize that the Patriot Act and the administration's militarization designs are a part of moving us away from our democratic values...but not our Democratic senator, Ken Salazar. He supported the president's plans to invade our privacy and jeopardize our freedoms. Oh yes, he stood against it until they produced a legal fig leaf to cover up the gross assault on our constitution. But once he could dance to the music of obfuscation he jumped up to jig.
What we need is a democratic candidate that actually supports democracy.
I guess my previous support of him was based on faulty intelligence.
posted by Sophia Pearl at 3:14 PM
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