Did Rumsfeld call 9/11 "A Blessing in Disguise" ?

Les BOOGIE

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Tue May-18-04 12:06 PM
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Did Rumsfeld call 9/11 "A Blessing in Disguise" ?

This thought-stopping equation of patriotism with unquestioning acceptance of the present administration's policies has played into the hands of those presidential advisors who have seen 9/11 not as a national tragedy but-in the phrase used by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a TV interview with Jim Lehrer on the second anniversary of the attacks-"a blessing in disguise."

The New Pearl Harbor
by David Ray Griffin
page: forward IX

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Minstrel Boy

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Tue May-18-04 12:10 PM
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1. Indirectly yes. Here's the transcript:

He approvingly quotes an unnamed official:

JIM LEHRER: I mean, do you think about those moments?

DONALD RUMSFELD: Sure, you bet. And I also think about the statement that was made to me shortly thereafter when I was in the Gulf and a senior leader there said to me, Maybe that was a blessing in disguise. Maybe that will wake up the world to the fact that there are people out teaching people to kill innocent men, women and children.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/rumsfeld_09-10.html

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boobooday

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Tue May-18-04 12:12 PM
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2. Now the PSEUDO-RIGHTEOUS shall arise

And have an excuse for creating chaos and mayhem across the globe, claiming that they do so under a "blessing."

http://www.wgoeshome.com

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Veggie Meathead

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Tue May-18-04 12:44 PM
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3. Could the Gulf he refers to be the Gulf of Texas and the

Senior Leader he so approvingly quotes be one whose name starts with a B?

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frylock

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Tue May-18-04 01:10 PM
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4. i just bought a "loaner copy" of the new pearl harbor..

to pass among my friends and family. I didn't want to risk losing mine!

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