Harry Hope wrote:
http://www.airamericaradio.com/weblogs/alfrankenshow/index.php?/franken/bush_rejects_bad_news
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
BUSH REJECTS BAD NEWS
The Nelson Report is a daily political tip sheet and analysis written
for the past 20 years for the (US and Asian) corporate and government
clients of Chris Nelson, a former Capitol Hill staffer and UPI
reporter.
(He was actually the first to break the looted explosives story
before
the election; Josh Marshall then posted it to his blog.)
This Monday, he wrote:
There is rising concern amongst senior officials that President Bush
does not grasp the increasingly grim reality of the security
situation
in Iraq because he refuses to listen to that type of information.
Our sources say that attempts to brief Bush on various grim realities
have been personally rebuffed by the President, who actually says
that
he does not want to hear "bad news."
Rather, Bush makes clear that all he wants are progress reports,
where
they exist, and those facts which seem to support his declared
mission
in Iraq...building democracy.
"That's all he wants to hear about," we have been told.
So "in" are the latest totals on school openings, and "out" are
reports from senior US military commanders (and those intelligence
experts still on the job) that they see an insurgency becoming
increasingly effective, and their projection that "it will just get
worse."
Our sources are firm in that they conclude this "good news only"
directive comes from Bush himself; that is, it is not a trap or
cocoon
thrown around the President by National Security Advisor Rice, Vice
President Cheney, and DOD Secretary Rumsfeld.
In any event, whether self-imposed, or due to manipulation by
irresponsible subordinates, the information/intelligence vacuum at
the
highest levels of the White House increasingly frightens those
officials interested in objective assessment, and not just selling a
political message.
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Goodness, the presidunce doesn't wanna hear all that mean ole, nasty
ole bad news. How about that.
Typical Enron-style management. Worked great for Enron.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton
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