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The National Intelligence Estimate on Iran was delivered to the White House some seven months ago. Vice President Dick Cheney, not President George W. Bush, kept it under wraps, until last week. The report stated Iran halted its covert nuclear weapons program in 2003, though it is busy enriching the nuclear material it possesses. Last October, Bush spoke of “World War III.”
Cheney said, “America cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandest ambitions.”
Then, President Bush stated that he did not know about Iran ceasing nuclear weapons work until last August, that is, he was advised of “a” change but not what the change was.
Bush did not ask? Who is so foolish to believe that?
Then, almost the next day, we learn the CIA destroyed the interrogations tapes of two high-profile al-Qaida operatives. Presumably they were tortured. This after the White House specifically advised the CIA not to destroy the evidence. Obstruction of justice deja vu, all over again and again!
And where is Sen. Norm Coleman? His silence is deafening, as he weasels around these issues to keep his miserable job as Bush crony. This guy, like so many neoconservatives, sits on his hands and goes along.
No efforts made to get to the truth, no nothing, save spineless cowering. Coleman should take some lessons from Sen. Chuck Hagel and other outraged conservative politicians joining with other honest Americans.
Whether the real “decider” or not, Bush either knew about Iran and the tapes or he didn’t. Like the Plame affair, this shows how insidious these people are and what a tragic mistake Americans have made.
Coleman abets another Bush White House criminal act. Coleman did not pull the trigger but he is just as guilty.
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