Good way to remember 9/11

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"9/11: For the Record" addresses a critical question that continues to haunt America's national psyche: how could the most powerful nation on earth have been so utterly unprepared to protect its homeland? On the eve of the third anniversary of 9/11, NOW analyzes the commission report and connects the dots of what happened that day and the warning signs leading up to it. Bill Moyers once again teams up with a long-time colleague, the award-winning producer Sherry Jones, to take a look at what the 9/11 Commission found. Jones, whose credits include, "Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History," highlights the agonizing close calls, missteps, and outright failures of two administrations and America's intelligence and security agencies in the months and years leading up to 9/11.

Catch Bill Moyer's show NOW this week, which is about 9/11: you cannot but come to the conclusion, reached in a sober and rational way (what else for Moyers?) that the Bush regime fumbled the ball NUMEROUS times regarding 9/11, and al Qaeda, and places the blame sequarely where it belongs for the failure of Clinton to catch bin Laden: at the feet of the Republicans, who were screaming "wag the dog" at every opportunity, that Clinton feared for the political damage if innocent civilians were hurt.



But there was no such political liability for the Bush regime- and their incompetence and malfeasance leading up to 9/11, and attempting to cover up their incompetence have made America less safe.

It is clear that the "managerial" (and I use that word because no other comes to mind) style of Bush- supporting subordinates regardless of their behavior as long as they're "loyal," the authoritarian, "top-down" style of management, the presumption of non-accountability (remember, Bush's behavior with Harken, the National Guard, Cheney's with Halliburton, etc.) and a complete lack of regard for independent oversight are the real causes of 9/11: the mistakes of 9/11 happened because of the essential character of this regime.


And there isn't a damned thing that righties can do that will un-spin this.