Bush links 'terror plot' to Lebanon lies
From Bush's radio address:
"America is fighting a tough war against an enemy whose ruthlessness is clear for all to see. The terrorists attempt to bring down airplanes full of innocent men, women, and children. They kill civilians and American servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they deliberately hide behind civilians in Lebanon. They are seeking to spread their totalitarian ideology."
He also said, and I am shocked...... "Unfortunately, some have suggested recently that the terrorist threat is being used for partisan political advantage." Link
Hezbollah - The "hiding among civilians" myth
db: Like Blair, and Bush above, the neocons are pushing the following narrative: "Whether they're Hezbullah, Hamas, Jihad, the Brotherhood, or al Qaeda they are all one and the same .... that's who we're fighting" - Christopher Shays - Republican Representative and chairman of U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations [nice title] speaking on BBC Newsnight last Thursday. Anyone who has spent a minimum of ten minutes reading up on the Middle East knows that is bullshit - they are not 'one and the same' - the aims, methods, ideologies are all quite different - and most would not consider themselves to be fighting 'us' - but it does not suit Bush or Blair's goals to tell us that.
"America is fighting a tough war against an enemy whose ruthlessness is clear for all to see. The terrorists attempt to bring down airplanes full of innocent men, women, and children. They kill civilians and American servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they deliberately hide behind civilians in Lebanon. They are seeking to spread their totalitarian ideology."
He also said, and I am shocked...... "Unfortunately, some have suggested recently that the terrorist threat is being used for partisan political advantage." Link
Hezbollah - The "hiding among civilians" myth
db: Like Blair, and Bush above, the neocons are pushing the following narrative: "Whether they're Hezbullah, Hamas, Jihad, the Brotherhood, or al Qaeda they are all one and the same .... that's who we're fighting" - Christopher Shays - Republican Representative and chairman of U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations [nice title] speaking on BBC Newsnight last Thursday. Anyone who has spent a minimum of ten minutes reading up on the Middle East knows that is bullshit - they are not 'one and the same' - the aims, methods, ideologies are all quite different - and most would not consider themselves to be fighting 'us' - but it does not suit Bush or Blair's goals to tell us that.
posted by exoplanet at 4:28 PM
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