The "Kool Aid" of Denial

"State of Denial"...WOW...what a perfect title for this administration and the 40% of "Americans" who still support this delusionary (or is it visionary?:) and his Fundamentalist crusaders.

...Check out this integrity deficit disorder!...when Rep. Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is asked by Chris Matthews on Hardball about the STATE DEPARTMENT poll that REVEALS over 60% of Iraqis who say it's OK to attach/kill Americans, and 65% OF IRAQI'S who FAVOR AN IMMEDIATE PULLOUT, she simply denies the evidence...more faith based politics and "denial"! Also, notice Ms. Blackburn's contention that Woodward is trying to sell books...argument ad hominem...another attach on a persons character rather than addressing the issues Woodward raises. Not only is the arguement invalid from a perspective of logic (the truth can also sell books and make money!), it is also an ironic strategy coming from the party of big-money values? Please note: a similar attack strategy DID WORK for many naive Americans when Richard Clark came out with his book criticizing the Bush administration's negligence on pre-911 intelligence...see below...Woodward's book confirms much of what R. Clark wrote in "Against All Enemies".


The STATE DEPARTMENT poll also found that "almost four in five Iraqis say the U.S. military force in Iraq provokes more violence than it prevents."

More juicy stuff from "State of Denial"..."They didn't see it coming," Garner added. "As the troops said, they drank the Kool-Aid."

In a related article, "Two Months Before 9/11, an Urgent Warning to Rice" is Woodward's "Bombshell," tells of a meeting between C. Black, Tenant, and Rice that supports R. Clark's contention in "Against All Enemies" that Rice and the Bush team dropped the ball on Al Queda...this is just a great metaphor and insight into this administration's lack of awareness and terrorism expertise: "Rice and the Bush team had been in hibernation too long..."

A question: why wasn't this meeting reported to any of the congressional commissions investigating the 911 failures...Did Tenant and Black agree to conceal this damning evidence of Rice and other Neo-con incompetances in order to keep their jobs?...it didn't work, of course, because they too were evantually asked to fall on their swords--like Colin Powell, see below--for Jesus George, and take full responsibity for the cherry picking of Bush and his neo-cons.

And some juicy stuff from Colin Powell...finally the fallen soldier speaks out..."Falling on His Sword"..."Powell later recalled that most of their time was spent 'trimming the garbage' of the White House's overwrought verbiage and uncorroborated specifics from the speech."