[Dean's World] Dean: The Path to 9/11

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Posted by Dean:
The Path to 9/11
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1157669417.shtml


   Clinton administration officials are [1]outraged over a movie called
   The Path to 9/11. They call it false, defamatory, and deplorable--and
   those are the nice words.

   I frankly believe them, and, further, do not blame them for being
   angry at false portrayals. I've thought ever since 9/11 that
   retrospective4 recriminations levelled at the government were
   disgusting and completely inappropriate. I thought (and still think)
   that [2]Richard Clarke was a complete horse's ass, as were the people
   who helped make him a celebrity. And I won't even get into how much
   [3]Fahrenheit 9/11 made me want to vomit.

   Given, however, the way we've seen "Bush Lied!" become acceptable
   political discourse, and how it's been open season to say anything, no
   matter how vicious and hateful, about the current occupants of the
   White House, I have an increasingly hard time feeling any sympathy
   here.

   Oh, let me be clear: I condemn this movie. You don't have to see it to
   know it's trash, given what the people portrayed in it have to say. I
   have no intention of giving its creators the dignity of watching it.

   But given the outright vitriol and shrieking dishonesty we've seen
   time again spewed at the Bush administration, I have trouble raising
   more than mild contempt for a return to the "good old days" (that's
   sarcasm) of Clinton-bashing.

References

   1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090601819.html
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke
   3. http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm