Below is a direct steal--I admit it--from fellow blogger Joe.My.God. I refer to his posts often, but rarely do I use one almost in its entirety. But I can't do it better, or more pointedly. And since his is essentially a pull-quote from Krugman, I doubt he'd mind the "theft."
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Quote Of The Day - Paul Krugman
"What
happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether
they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a
unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie
Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror.
And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to
fight, for all the wrong reasons. A lot of other people behaved badly. How many
of our professional pundits — people who should have understood very well what
was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and
lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity? The memory of 9/11 has
been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its
heart, the nation knows it." - Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul
Krugman, writing for the New York
Times. . .
Source: Joe.My.God.
I can go on and on about the Left doing the same thing but that won't accomplish anything. But all I will say is that Krugman is an asshole wh has been proven wrong time and time again, especially in his field, economics.
ReplyDeleteAnd Guiliani, Bush, Kerik false heroes? You may not like them, but they did keep NYC and the Country going.
Actually, Dan, a series of gigantic blunders by Giuliani made matters much WORSE than they should have been on 9/11. For instance, not upgrading the police radios and communications apparatus after the '93 bombing. This resulted in many deaths among rescue workers. Also, putting the "command center" in WTC 7, even when advised that it was a bad idea to keep it there. Big mistake.
ReplyDeleteBush allowed 9/11 to happen, after having been warned by the Clinton Administration that bin Laden was going to be their #1 threat. Also the briefing that said bin Laden was eager to attack the US. They gave zero priority to terrorism, even though Richard Clarke was running around "with his hair on fire" as he says.
Kerik is a convicted felon, now in prison. Should I go on?
Although the jihadists didn't manage any attacks on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, thanks to the vigilance the security agencies, we can expect they'll try again in the run up to Christmas. Jihadists hate Christmas and want to make it a time of suffering for the infidels.
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