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I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but Bush sure has lucked out, hasn't he? I mean, damn, he was quickly becoming the laughing stock of the world, had a terrible approval rating, and was bungling everything he put his hands on (while he wasn't selling everything to the oil companies).
Then 9/11 - he makes one speech without tripping over his own tongue and his approval rating skyrockets, thanks to the collective fear of the nation.
He rides that high approval rating all the way through Enron. If Enron had come out before 9/11, or if 9/11 had not happened, he would probably be back at his ranch unemployed by now.
But the greatest part: Bush got to dismantle the Taliban, and now he gets his oil pipeline.
Now, Gore Vidal has claimed that Bush knew it was coming, and purposely let it happen - figuring a minor terrorist attack (which may have been larger than he expected) might give him an excuse to dismantle the Taliban, since their unstable government was preventing his pipeline. Gore also claims that 11 FBI agents went to the administration with information on terrorist attacks, and were told to keep quiet about it, or they would face treason charges.
When I heard about Gore's book, I thought, "Well, things HAVE definitely worked out great for George, and I WOULD believe his incompetence may have allowed this to happen, but I just don't buy into the conspiracy idea."
Well, that's still my belief... it was incompetence, not conspiracy. But maybe it IS time to at least start investigating the man, and stop putting the president above questioning. At the very least, an investigation might put some of these accusations and implications to rest.
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