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Bush's Quote
Posted, Saturday, May 5, 2010 1:53 pm I read your article with great interest. I was
dumbfounded by the quote you attribute to George W. Bush when speaking to
President Chirac. I always believed that he was a nutcase--a very dangerous
nutcase--but I thought his religious face was just pandering to the religious
voters. Could you please identify the source of the quote? Bill Answer by R.T. Regarding the quote in question, it should not be
such a surprise since many evangelists and born-agains in the U.S. think
along Bush's lines. Televangelist Pat Robinson, for example, really believes
that the end of the world is near and that a nuclear conflagration will set the
forces of “evil” and the forces of the “ante-Christ”
in a final contest!!! As to the Bush quote, it may sound at first as a
joke. But, it has been reported in many places that GWB, in a top-secret
phone call to French President Chirac, asked for French troops to join
American soldiers in attacking Iraq, in March 2003, and presented the coming
war as a mission from God. The complete quote, as revealed by Chirac to
French journalists, is the following: Chirac recounts that the American leader appealed to
their “common faith” (Christianity) and told him: “Gog and
Magog are at work in the Middle East…. The biblical prophecies are
being fulfilled…. This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use
this conflict to erase his people’s enemies before a New Age begins.” It can be read here: There are many credible sources for the quote, but
the one that I rely the most on is a long official interview that
President Chirac gave to French journalist Jean-Claude Maurice, who reported
the tale in his new book, “Si Vous le Répétez, Je
Démentirai” (“If You Repeat it,
I Will Deny”), released in March 2009 by publisher Plon
(ISBN: 978-2259210218). To my knowledge, GWB has
never denied the quote. You have to remember that
President George W. Bush held weekly Saturday Bible sessions in the White
House and was often quoting the
Bible. He had chosen a theologian, Michael Gerson, as his main speech writer (from
2001 until June 2006 ), probably to be able to quote the Bible in his
official pronouncements. When I wrote my book
“The New American Empire” (ISBN: 0741418878), in the fall of
2002, denouncing the upcoming war, which I was persuaded was coming,
notwithstanding Bush's U.N. charade, this was before the Bush-Chirac
conversation of March 2003 took place, because I would have reproduced it. It
demonstrated vividly how improvised and how ill-advised the war against Iraq
was (besides being illegal under the U.N. charter). Nevertheless,
when all is said and done, I still must issue this disclaimer on any
particular quote: All quotes mentioned above are believed in good faith to be
accurately attributed, but no guarantees are made that some may not be
incorrectly attributed. New
What to do?
Posted, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 8:33 am So - should the US/the West simply do nothing about
Iran? And, what does 'do nothing' mean? Jon Answer
by R.T.: As
I wrote, Iran is not a paragon of democracy and human rights. It's not a
country I would like to visit. In
China, for example, I certainly do not agree with its centralized communist
government. But, I don't think we should attack China for that. Similarly,
Iran is a sovereign country and as long as it does not threaten other
countries, it should be left alone. If they violate international law, its
leaders should be prosecuted. New
Great Article
Posted, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:33 am Just read your article. Great article. Thanks. Thom New
Nuclear Option
Posted, Tuesday, March 4, 2010 6:03 pm Your article on Iran was a voice of sanity. I
thought of some equally good reasons why Pres. Obama should use the
"nuclear option" against Canada: 1. Canada has large reserves of fissionable material
that could be used to make nuclear weapons; 2. Canada has large water reserves from which
Deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen used in the manufacture of hydrogen fusion
weapons can be obtained; 3. Canada has economic relations with China, a known
trading partner of Iran and North Korea--two members of the "Axis of
Evil"; 4. China could supply Canada with A-bomb technology
as well as intermediate-range missiles capable of striking large areas of the
United States, including Washington, D.C./ and New York City(!). Residents of
these cities could well wake up looking at a maple-leaf-shaped mushroom
cloud; 5. Canada has a small fleet of private submarines
that could be used to deliver a deadly payload to the U.S.; and, 6. Canada has large strategic reserves of oil, gas,
and minerals that could be used in a prolonged war against the U.S. and that
can also aid other terrorist nations. So you see, your goose is cooked, the jig is up! Tom New
Nuclear Power Plants
Posted, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 9:54 pm I disagree that countries have the right to exploit
and develop nuclear power plants for energy. They cannot get rid of the
radioactive waste. There are many alternatives for electric power generation,
including my invention The Gyro-Generator. There are other alternatives in
renewable or green energy, such as solar, wind, and battery power. The
alternatives do not have pollution problems, or are hazardous. Nuclear has
all the problems toward waste disposal. I think all countries should abandon nuclear
weapons, and power facilities, including Iran
and North Korea. Dominic Answer by R.T.: That's a good point. Things are not black and white and the prevalent
alternatives such as coal and oil have their drawbacks also. I agree that
solar, wind, and battery energy (and possibly hydrogen) is much cleaner and
much preferable. However, presently 60% of energy needs come from oil and
gas. We are still 25-30 years before other more environmentally friendly
energy sources can replace oil and coal. New
Right On
Posted,
Saturday, May 4, 2010 2:16 pm Great article. Your
article "hits the nail on the head" as the old saying
goes. All Americans should be aware of what you wrote. Will be buying your
book. Will send along your article to friends. Walt
New
You Read My Mind
Posted, Saturday, May 3, 2010 10:34 pm
You've just read my mind in your
recently published article. We have a shared point of view of the current world
affairs. Hernan New
Not the People of the USA
Posted,
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 12:27 pm Not the people of the USA, but the
Zionist-controlled US Government has intentionally painted the US into that
corner, as a matter of policy -- likudnik policy. John New
Same Point of View
Posted,
Saturday, May 4, 2010 1:40 am I read your recent article at “Global
Research”. I had a discussion with Finian Cunningham regarding this
topic and in the course of the article
sited below we endorse and follow the same point of view. A.Mallakin New
Danger of an Anti-semitist Backlash
Posted,
Monday, May 3, 2010 10:38 am Thank you for the essay. The rise in oil prices will
not be a "spike" until the Straits of Hormuz are re-opened. It will
be long lasting, and maybe permanent because a)
the oil loading platforms of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
and Iraq are relatively few, and all easily hit targets for Iranian missiles,
and b) Iran's largest nuclear
reactor sits right on the shore of the Persian Gulf at Bushehr, loaded with
80 tons of enriched uranium. When that and other reactors are bombed, maybe with
nuclear bunker-buster bombs, then the Persian Gulf is going to be permanently
contaminated with radioactive isotopes. I am surprised how little mention there is of the
economic suicide that a new war would be. And for Israel, the new war will
probably kill their golden goose (ie, USA). There is another danger that is not talked about.
Because it is AIPAC that is pushing for this war, and because there are so
many Jewish names among the neocons who like wars, not to mention the Jewish
names among the NY bankers, that an economic collapse resulting from a new
war, or even massive military losses, like the sinking of an aircraft carrier
or two, that is likely to cause a violent anti-semitism to arise in the USA.
I think Canada, Cuba, and Mexico should have contingency plans should hundred
thousands of US Jews have to suddenly flee the USA. (I write this as a person
with a Jewish surname, Jewish inlaws, and Jewish people among my best
friends.) Looking for silver linings, note that contemporary
US wars give freedom to former regions of US colonial control. The Iraq and
Afghan wars have allowed Latin America to become independent for the first
time in 200 years. Maybe a new war on Iran would finally break the USA, and
free the world and US citizens of the dangers of its relentless militarism. I
have sometimes thought that the whole world is finished with WWII, except the
USA and Israel. They are still motivated by, and continue the militarism of,
WWII. That is why WWII films are so important for Americans. They remember
invading the beaches of Normandy over and over and over and over and over,
relentlessly, over and over for decades. They had perfectly no remembrance of
the Korean War. But Hitler and the Holocaust were so perfectly villainous,
appeasement was so perfectly a failed policy, that the WWII invocations are
so important for contemporary militarism. Every new target is led by a new
Hitler, and not attacking this new Hitler is appeasement, that will lead to a
new Holocaust unless we start a pre-emptive war. Floyd New
A Need for Serious Thinking!
Posted,
Monday, May 3, 2010 11:35 am For what it is worth, I think those at the top of
the pyramid want a complete collapse of the world's economies in order to
implement their "one world government". I also think these same
people would like to see the world's population cut by several hundreds of
millions and this includes us. People not having gas to drive to work or use their
cars at all will not disturb these people one bit. Transportation of food
across our continent will not worry them either. It
is my opinion that Canada has had Federal Governments and Provincial
Governments that have taken steps to seriously dumb us all down through
the underfunding of our public schools and allowing the Corporate media
monopoly in Canada. Eliminating significant numbers of Canadians through lack
of proper health care is a passive genocide of the old & ill.
Letting our homeless die on our streets is also a form of genocide that most
Canadians are not noticing. Our Federal Government implemented Legislation or
Regulations a couple of years ago to allow certain chemicals (re:
fertilizers and food additives), that were previously banned to now be used
in Canada... to bring us into line with U.S. standards.... which were far
lower than ours is just another indicator as far as I am concerned. As to whether Iran has sufficient democracy....well
who is living in a democracy now in most of the Western world ? Certainly not
Canada or the U.S. Perhaps Iceland? Corporations now control our Governments. Isn't this fascism? ...At any rate I hope you send your essay to Harper
and the Leaders of the Opposition. They all need to do some serious thinking... Stephanie New
Concerns
Posted,
Sunday, May 2, 2010 9:41 pm Thanks so much for the informative article. You
always write your articles where laymen and less educated persons like myself
can understand. I always forward your articles (with credits) to all of my
like minded and non like minded acquaintances. Many have come around to
your (correct) point of view except for the Christian Zionists who's
heads are thicker than the business end of an icebreaker. They will never be
convinced. These loonies spend there time worrying about a non-existent next
world instead of concentrating on the real one. I personally am convinced that since the Zionists
have overwhelming power in your backyard and here in the States in addition
to the backyard they control the side and front yards. I thought this
"J" Street outfit that sprang up a year or so back would at least
offer some opposition, but I firmly believe this is just another Mossad false
flag operation to control criticism of Israel. The anti-Semite card doesn't
have the effect it used to, thus "J" Street. I don't know how we are going to get out of this
dilemma as the Zionist literally control almost everything in the way of the
print and electronic media. We get the disinformation, editing to their
advantage or just not covering anything that paints them in a negative way.
The Christian evangelists have gone to bed with them, most of our congressmen
and senators are all dined and wined in Israel after they become elected.
When campaigning for election, they must profess their allegiance to Israel
before they can even qualify to represent us. Check out what happened to a U S representative when he
dared to oppose Israel. This so called rift between the Obama administration
and Israel is all bullshit just like this populist Goldman Sachs grilling
last week. It's all show and no go. The Demos took about 4 million$ from
Goldman and the Republicans about 1 million$. Who are they shitting?
Look who's running the country economically. The list of that
bunch looks like Roll Call at the Knesset. What a joke. The foxes in
charge of the chicken coop. Ever since the USS Liberty incident I have not
trusted Israel nor do I believe anything they write. I was in the service at
that time (Marines) and I could not imagine Pres. Johnson not retaliating.
Even back then the Israel Lobby was powerful. Sorry I sound so negative but I really don't see
much hope anymore. They won't be happy until they destroy another country and
I think ours is next. They are targeting Iran and the Chosen will get their
way. After all, they are the
"Light of All Nations". Paul New
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Posted,
Sunday, May 2, 2010 11:28 pm Thanks. Brilliant. But, I thought Pakistan and India had signed the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as well as Iran, while Israel has not. Not
so? Jim Answer
by R.T.: Unfortunately, these three states—India,
Israel, and Pakistan—have declined to sign the NPT treaty, essentially
because they developed their nuclear weapons in secret. New
Should Meet President Obama
Posted,
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:23 pm I am about to read some of your writings, as I was
intrigued with a blurb that I accidentally came upon on the web. You seem to have
a handle on the misuses and corruption of the American defense budget. I was
wondering if President Obama and you have met. I have sent an e-mail urging
this. We need more people of reason, sanity, and intellect to interact with
our leaders. I am not the only American to feel helpless about the way our
government has unraveled in its principles and conduct. Just thought I would
let you know my thoughts, and please keep up the good work. Rochelle Anwer by R.T.: No.
I have'nt met President Obama, even though I would advise him to change
course in many ways. Possibly, some of his assistants may read my blog at www.TheNewAmericanEmpire.com/blog. |