Top Stories: Cheney source of Torture, Congressman warns of Martial Law
Cheney alleged source of new “American” torture policies.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Wilkerson, who served as former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff,
“There’s no question in my mind where the philosophical guidance and the flexibility in order to do so originated — in the vice president of the United States’ office,” he said. “His implementer in this case was (Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld and the Defense Department.”
The buck stops in the Oval Office. If the president was not deliberately lying to the American people, he nonetheless presided over what was in effect and in truth a massive deception. He would be much wiser to admit his mistake and assume responsibility, but it is apparently not in his character to do so.
Moreover at least three-fifths of the American people now believe that he did in fact deceive them. The question arises as to whether he and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are also deceiving us on the certainty of victory in Iraq. Granting for the sake of an argument that we must train a functioning Iraq army, why will no one in the administration predict how long that will take? Why after several years of that effort is there only one fully capable Iraqi unit (of 750 men)?
Media Matters: Fox News has Woolsey and Perle debate Iraq, it’s a fake debate because they’re both members of the Defense Policy Board.
But Media Matters missed the boat, because the more damning fact is that they’re both members of PNAC. That’s what Fox “News” is selling…? A debate between two PNAC members is “Fair and Balanced” ? Oh My God. It’s unbelievable that anyone buys that crap…. to end the war, everyone should buy the Highjacking Catastrophe DVD (which exposes PNAC) for their Fox News watching friends and family.
Martial Law: Congressman Ron Paul on the Alex Jones Show
“They [Bush, Cheney] are putting their back up against the wall and saying, if need be we’re going to have martial law.”
“We’ve heard all these statements by the President, by the administration, why they need more militarism at the federal government to keep people in check so nobody knows how this will turn out but I do know that the only thing we can do about it is try to alert the American people to what’s going on so they can be prepared.”












