Paul Bremer on Bush and Terrorism

by shamatha

Posted to Poetry and Politics on 2004-05-02 21:35:00

This quote by the guy handpicked to be in charge of Iraq, J. Paul Bremer, made a few ripples in the media last week. It comes from a speech Bremer (who headed an national commission on terrorism in 1999)gave in Feb 2001, and it pretty much corroborates Richard Clarke’s assertion that the Bush Administration did not care in the least about terrorism.

“The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism.”

“What they will do is stagger along until there’s a major incident and then suddenly say, ‘Oh, my God, shouldn’t we be organized to deal with this?”‘

“That’s too bad. They’ve been given a window of opportunity with very little terrorism now, and they’re not taking advantage of it. Maybe the folks in the press ought to be pushing a little bit.”


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