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Apr 28, 2004, 11:21 pm

Dear Friend of Radio Liberty,

"The first time I met Bush 43, I knew he was different. Two things became clear. One, he didn't know very much. The other was he had the confidence to ask questions that revealed he didn't know very much."
Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, The Price of Loyalty [1]

"Beneath the surface was a battle O'Neill had seen brewing since the NSC meeting on January 30 (2001-ed). It was Powell and his moderates at the State Department versus hard-liners like Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Wolfowitz, who were already planning the next war in Iraq and the shape of a post-Saddam country . . . as Rumsfeld said in his January (2001-ed) articulation of the demonstrative value of a preemptive attack - matched with plans for how the world's second largest oil reserve might be divided among the world's contractors made for an irresistible combination . . . by February, (2001-ed) the talk was mostly about logistics. Not the why, but the how and how quickly. Rumsfeld, O'Neill recalled, was focused on how an incident might cause escalated tensions - like the shooting down of an American plane in the regular engagements between U.S. fighters and Iraqi antiaircraft batteries - and what U.S. responses to such an occurrence might be."
The Price of Loyalty, p. 96 [2]

"During the time that the airplane was coming in to the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President, "The plane is 50 miles out." "The plane is 30 miles out." And when it got down to "the plane is 10 miles out, "the young man also said to the Vice President, "Do the orders still stand?" And the Vice President turned and whipped his neck around and said, "Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?" Well at the time, I didn't know what all of that meant. And. . . ."
Norman Mineta's testimony before the 9/11 Commission, May 23, 2003 [3]

Most people don't understand the events that led up to the 9/11 attack because the CIA planted hundreds of conflicting stories in the media to confuse the public and prevent them from understanding the true reason for the war in Iraq.

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StoneWT Guest Posts: n/a	Dear Friend of Radio Liberty, "The first time I met Bush 43, I knew he was different. Two things became clear. One, he didn't know very much. The other was he had the confidence to ask questions that revealed he didn't know very much." Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, The Price of Loyalty [1] "Beneath the surface was a battle O'Neill had seen brewing since the NSC meeting on January 30 (2001-ed). It was Powell and his moderates at the State Department versus hard-liners like Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Wolfowitz, who were already planning the next war in Iraq and the shape of a post-Saddam country . . . as Rumsfeld said in his January (2001-ed) articulation of the demonstrative value of a preemptive attack - matched with plans for how the world's second largest oil reserve might be divided among the world's contractors made for an irresistible combination . . . by February, (2001-ed) the talk was mostly about logistics. Not the why, but the how and how quickly. Rumsfeld, O'Neill recalled, was focused on how an incident might cause escalated tensions - like the shooting down of an American plane in the regular engagements between U.S. fighters and Iraqi antiaircraft batteries - and what U.S. responses to such an occurrence might be." The Price of Loyalty, p. 96 [2] "During the time that the airplane was coming in to the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President, "The plane is 50 miles out." "The plane is 30 miles out." And when it got down to "the plane is 10 miles out, "the young man also said to the Vice President, "Do the orders still stand?" And the Vice President turned and whipped his neck around and said, "Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?" Well at the time, I didn't know what all of that meant. And. . . ." Norman Mineta's testimony before the 9/11 Commission, May 23, 2003 [3] Most people don't understand the events that led up to the 9/11 attack because the CIA planted hundreds of conflicting stories in the media to confuse the public and prevent them from understanding the true reason for the war in Iraq. .......................... For the rest of the newsletter, click here.