Terrorism and The War on Health

When Robert Parry writes an article take notice. He is an excellent journalist, digging through the layers of obfuscation that hide the real reasons behind and the misrepresentations underlying policy.

This is his newest article:

Who's Helping the Terrorists? By Robert Parry

Parry analyzes a recent Washington Post article by Liz Cheney. In the article Cheney insists that we must stay firmly behind Bush's war on terror and occupation of Iraq. Parry digs into the false assumptions in Cheney's way of thinking.

excerpt:

1. "...U.S. intelligence knows that al-Qaeda’s public statements must be taken with a grain of salt."

2. "...even as al-Qaeda baits the United States about leaving Iraq – the group actually worries that a sudden U.S. withdrawal could collapse its position."

3. "Intelligence analysts estimate that al-Qaeda's forces account for only five percent or less of the armed opposition fighting U.S. and allied forces ..."

4. "...Bush and fellow hard-liners, like Liz Cheney, are selective in deciding when Americans should heed the words of al-Qaeda and do the opposite, i.e. only when that matches what the administration wants to do in the first place."

5. "...the “logic” behind Bush’s insistence that Americans must do the opposite of what al-Qaeda wants was...a rhetorical device to intimidate Americans into falling in line behind Bush – or they would face the intimidating question...Why are you trying to “help the terrorists”?"

More on how Bush's health care proposals cut out employee benefits. This gets back to the idea of finding the distinct difference between what Bush says, as in his State of the Union address recently, and what he actually means.

Experts See Peril in Bush Health Proposal