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Title: Bush told Houston journalist in 1999 if elected president, “I’m going to invade Iraq.”
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Published: Jun 3, 2009
Author: Ms. Rosa Figueiredo at Massachusetts Sch
Post Date: 2009-06-03 08:47:55 by tom007
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Bush told Houston journalist in 1999 if elected president, “I’m going to invade Iraq.” Two years before the 9/11 attacks on America, George W. Bush told a Houston journalist if elected president, “I’m going to invade Iraq.” Bush made the comments about starting an aggressive war to veteran Houston Chronicle reporter Mickey Herskowitz, then working with Bush on his book “A Charge To Keep,” later brought out by publisher William Morrow. This disclosure was uncovered by Russ Baker, an award-winning investigative reporter when he interviewed Herskowitz for his own book, “Family of Secrets” (Bloomsbury Press) about the Bush dynasty. However, Baker says, when he approached The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times with the potentially devastating story to President Bush prior to the 2004 presidential election, they declined to publish it. In a new book, “Media In Crisis”(Doukathsan), Baker quotes Herskowitz as telling him: “He (Bush) said he wanted to do it(invade Iraq), and the reason he wanted to do it is he had been led to understand that you could not really have a successful presidency unless you were seen as commander-in-chief, unless you were seen as waging a war.” Bush told Herskowitz that his father (President George H.W. Bush) knew that from Panama and (President Ronald)Reagan knew that from Grenada and…(UK Prime Minister)Maggie Thatcher knew this from the Falklands.” According to Baker, Bush told Herskowitz, “The ideal thing was a small war, and this is why Bush said nobody was going to be killed in Iraq because he thought it would be small war.” Bush co-authored his book “A Charge To Keep” with Karen Hughes. In his introduction to the work, Bush wrote, “I thank Mickey Herskowitz for his help and work in getting the project started.” Baker said he believed if a major daily ran his Herskowitz interview it “could have changed the election” but “I could not get it published.” The story was turned down by both The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. He described the Post as “scared because of the Dan Rather thing, and they said to me, ‘What do you have in the way of evidence?’” Baker replied, “Here’s a tape of Mickey Herskowitz, who’s published 20-some books, long-time journalist of the Houston Chronicle, friend of the Bush family, telling me this story.” The Post said, “It’s not enough. In this climate, we need Bush on tape saying this.” Expressing his disappointment over the rejection, Baker said, “Well, that standard has never applied anywhere.” The story about Bush’s comments to Herskowitz is one of many about the frustrations journalists face in getting the truth to the public that appear in “Media In Crisis.” The book contains the comments of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, among others, and officials of various journalism foundations, as well as veteran broadcasters. The book also covers the economic woes of daily newspapers and their future, the rise of Internet bloggers and other news-purveying media, the quality of reporting, and the quality of instruction in journalism schools. Publisher Doukathsan Press is affiliated with the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, where a “Media In Crisis” conference was held last March upon which the new book is based. The cost of “Media In Crisis” is $15. To obtain a copy, send check or money order to Ms. Rosa Figueiredo at Massachusetts School of Law, 500 Federal Street, Andover, Mass. 01810.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
So why didn't he take the story to DU, or any number of other web sites? I don't doubt the story at all, but just shopping it to two rags seems like a weak effort to get the information out there.
I agree. It is explosive news now, and would have been even more so if the author had spoken out before the Clown in Chief had ordered the invasion. However I have no doubt of the corruption of the major press - that is beyond discussion, as I know you agree.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
Well there ya go. If the USG could screw up the Middle East relations any more than they have, with Uncle Likud approving, I really don't know how.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" One word. Politicians.
Anyone with an Internet connection in 2004 read this at that time. That's when I saw it. Since then, the "mainstream" has lost the ability to "gatekeep." That's one of the many reasons McStrangelove didn't just lose, but lost by 9.5 million votes. He was trounced on the Internet. Even Ron Paul trounced him in that arena. Paul was the only nominal GOPer who was even able to harness the power of the Internet. I never would have thought it possible for McCain-Palin to lose even narrowly (given what I thought was a 'permanently-rigged for the GOPers via proprietary vote- counting software' system), but when I saw that margin, I knew that spelled the official end of the MSM. Of course, by that time, most of them had switched allegiance from Bushco to Sorosco. Their inability to fight back online may well have also spelled the end of the GOPer party. They just don't know it yet. Once again, the older demographic proves deadly to them. As it dies off, so do they.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
Rush and Cheney appear to be the death rattle of the GOP, I think. Tho I see many who support Cheney, but I know they are stunningly ignorant of the facts on the ground. They seem to equate the GOP with being patriotic.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" I don't doubt the story at all, but just shopping it to two rags seems like a weak effort to get the information out there. Guy's gotta make a buck. And shopping it to DU will get him nothing but a sloppy wet kiss. This Russ Baker is not Russel Baker of the NYT but an independent investigator who has written the book Family of Secrets which came out this January detailing Bush connections to JFK, the Bay of Pigs, and the Saudi royal family. He has documented conclusions that many of us crazies take to be working assumptions when trying to make sense of current events such as: *Poppy Bush was deeply involved with an array of CIA covert operators, Bay of Pigs veterans and rightwing Texas oil industry characters linked to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Baker shows that Bush was actually in Dallas on November 21, 1963 and was probably there on the day of the assassination as well. Baker draws no particular conclusions from the fact, except to document, describe and underscore the great lengths he went to conceal the fact. *Baker asserts that, much to his own surprise, Richard Nixon while no innocent, was not the instigator of the Watergate crimes and the cover-up, but appears to have been set-up. What’s more, some of the seeming good guys, were not, and much of what seemed to be, was not as it seemed. Among those he implicates in the set-up are Poppy Bush and perhaps most remarkably, John Dean, the former White House counsel who became best known as the key whistleblower. *In a related point, Baker notes that Nixon suspected the CIA of infiltrating his White House staff. Nixon recognized the Watergate burglars from his own days supervising covert operations as Vice President in the Eisenhower administration, and knew that their bosses were seasoned CIA hardliners with ties to the Bay of Pigs invasion and events linked to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Nixon battled the CIA for files on what he called the “Bay of Pigs thing,” but never could get access to them. (To borrow from Woody Allen, just because Nixon was paranoid, doesn’t mean they were not out to get him.) *Baker questions the integrity and independence of famed Watergate reporter Bob Woodward of the Washington Post who he reports had been recommended for his job by senior Nixon White House officials who had known him when he worked in Naval intelligence prior to his becoming a reporter. In that capacity, which Woodward denies he held, he was a frequent visitor to the White House. www.religiondispatches.or...ations_from_family_of_sec rets_(an_addendum)/
Join 2x4 Tuesdays & protect your RKBA. Thanks for all the good info and insights. The one item that closed the case of Poppy's involvement with the JFK murder was his statement that he was 'unable to recall' where he was on that day. Anyone over six years of age at the time, can tell you exactly where they were, and what they were doing when they learned of Jack Kennedy's death.
Here is proof that you could have seen this online in 2004:
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
I'll never forget how Bush Sr. broke into tears eulogizing Gerry Ford at the National Cathedral when recalling how critics criticized the conclusions of the Warren Commission which Ford served on. It was a strange moment, and there was a visible loss of control on his part that threatened a complete breakdown. Jeb Bush had to help him back to his seat. I believe that he knows that history will take no pity on him.
Join 2x4 Tuesdays & protect your RKBA. That's as telling as when smirk, right after 9.11, said that we would not entertain any wild conspiracy theories.
#2. To: lodwick (#1)
#3. To: tom007, Obama did the same bloody thing (#0)
Obama did the exact same thing (Pakistan) more than a year before He was selected. This shouldn't be lost on those who still hold faith in politicians.
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
#5. To: tom007 (#4)
#6. To: tom007 (#0)
#7. To: Sam Houston (#6)
#8. To: lodwick (#1)
So why didn't he take the story to DU, or any number of other web sites?
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#9. To: randge, all (#8)
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#11. To: lodwick (#9)
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#12. To: randge (#11)
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