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Originally posted by Xugumad
The Bush administration is trying to limit how much the government's response to the Sep11 attacks is investigated.
Specifically, the administration is trying to ensure that only investigations producing secret results are being undertaken. The two committees that the administration is favouring would not be able to release their findings to the public.
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Many of these George Jr administration officials are the same people who failed to plan for the end of the Gulf War. Instead they were too busy celebrating and back slapping. The purpose of a military conflict is to return events to the political table - with conditions changed sufficiently to make those polictial discussions productive. That meant when Swartzkopf accepted the Iraqi surrender, Washington politicians had defined the conditions for settlement. Swartkopf was rather dumbfounded that he received no guidelines from George Sr, Cheney and company.
What was Yalta and other such conferences about in WWII. The politicians were preparing to take over WWII from the military. But George Jr's serious advisors under George Sr. did not even understand those basic principals of political science.
This is history that those same people, such as Wolfowitz would rather you not know.
Sen Dan Burton (R-IN) is appauled that he cannot even access documents 40 years ago and long since declassified - all in the name of White House security measures. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is now, for the first time in history, classifying documents. Scientists in virus and bateria research are being ordered not to include how they obtained their conclusions so that all others, including their peers, cannot duplicate the research. Anyone with even basic scientific knowledge knows this will stifle all future science research. But our president certainly understands how scientific research works? Or is he an MBA trained in power manipulation techniques?
George Jr spokesmen are quoted by ABC News as saying they are not apologetic for these restrictions. They say the Clinton Admininstration gave up too much power to Congress. They say they intend to restrict the powers of Congress. Is that not what another extremist leader did with his congressional body. Hitler also had to eliminate the power of the Germany's version of Congress - and did so in the interest of national security.
Why is this administration so paranoid? Is that not a feature of an administration that has insufficient understanding to be in control? Do we have Colin Powell vs a troop of mental midgets. Or is this adminstration simply too extremist to trust the American people with knowledge? Who are we at war with? When did the American public become the enemy? When they did not vote for the man currently in office?