Re: OT - Bush blows up women and children in Pakistan


Art wrote:
> I see how much intelligence has improved under Bush leadership.

Anyone remember when Clinton blew up the "aspirin factory" in Sudan?

The 9/11 Commission Report, page 116:

The CIA reported that a soil sample from the vicinity of the al
Shifa plant had tested positive for EMPTA, a precursor chemical for VX,
a nerve gas whose lone use was for mass killing. Two days before the
embassy bombings, Clarke's staff wrote that Bin Ladin "has invested
in and almost certainly has access to VX produced at a plant in
Sudan."

Senior State Department officials believed that they had received a
similar verdict independently, though they and Clarke's staff were
probably relying on the same report. Mary McCarthy, the NSC senior
director responsible for intelligence programs, initially cautioned
Berger that the "bottom line" was that "we will need much better
intelligence on this facility before we seriously consider any
options."

She added that the link between Bin Ladin and al Shifa was
"rather uncertain at this point." Berger has told us that he
thought about what might happen if the decision went against hitting al
Shifa, and nerve gas was used in a New York subway two weeks later.

The Sudanese denied that al Shifa produced nerve gas, and they
allowed journalists to visit what was left of a seemingly harmless
facility. President Clinton,Vice President Gore, Berger,Tenet, and
Clarke insisted to us that their judgment was right, pointing to the
soil sample evidence. No independent evidence has emerged to
corroborate the CIA's assessment.
[ end quote ]

Remember "tail wagging the dog"?

Bush is such a blithering idiot. NUKULAR, man.

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