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Thoughts on the 9-11 Commission
By Matt Margolis | April 14, 2004
The so-called “9/11 Commission” is supposedly trying to find out what happened, or failed to happen, that allowed the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 to succeed. But there is a big difference between trying to unearth facts about September 11, 2001 and trying to collect political ammunition for November 2, 2004 — election day.
It has become painfully obvious from some Commission members’ grandstanding, especially during their questioning of national security advisor Condoleezza Rice, that they are more interested in scoring political points during an election year than in finding out what happened before the terrorist attacks in 2001.
Sowell hit the nail right on the head here. It’s quite clear to me that the same people who have accused the White House of wanting to “stonewall” the commission for political purposes are themselves wanting the commission to be going on during the election year for political purposes. An exhausting exercise in finger pointing, and so-called “Gotchyas” the only thing that goes through my mind right now is “What must the terrorists think about us now?”
Are we resolved in fighting terror anymore? I don’t think so. We’ve gone from going after the terrorists to going after eachother, wondering who in our government is to blame, rather that keeping our sights on who’s really responsible: the terrorists.
This commission weakens us in the eyes of the world, and strengthens the will of terrorists who know a country divided will fall apart when it is attacked again. Another attack against our country will divide us further, and the 9-11 Commission gives the terrorists ample proof of this.
Our country will be at its weakest within the last two months before the election. With the 9-11 Commission and heated battle for the White House, the polarization of partisans will be at its greatest, and the ideological differences of American citizens will be even inflammed.
If the 9-11 Commission was really about finding the facts, it would be entirely behind closed doors. Being in the public eye, it just acts as a badge of weakness for all our enemies to see and become determined to exploit.
We’re not focused on the future, we’re consumed with the past. If 9-11 should have taught us anything about how to be be prepared for this enemy, its that we should quickly learn from our mistakes and do everything possible to prevent another 9-11 in the future. Dwelling on the past, we cannot prepare for the future.
As the Democrats continue to (ab)use the 9-11 Commission as a means to capture the White House in November, there is still a war on terror going on, and I believe it suffers daily because of the 9-11 Commission.
UPDATE: Hugh Hewitt’s latest on the 9-11 Commission
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April 15th, 2004 at 11:55 am
I see what you’re saying. Other countries will think we’re weak if we don’t let our leader have unquestioned power. We’d be better off with a system like Iraq had before One-Term-Bush-the-2ndinvaded, right?
April 15th, 2004 at 12:46 pm
If you paid attention at all to what i wrote, my point is this internal finger pointing game makes us look weak. This is not about “questioning power” it’s about trying to get political ammunition in an election year. and you’ve proven my point.
April 15th, 2004 at 3:01 pm
So we should not attempt to assess accountability?
April 18th, 2004 at 6:19 pm
You can’t assess accountability without credibility.
The 9/11 commissionhas obviously squandered their credibility in their partisan witch hunt and has demonstrated it to the public in a disgustingly blatant fashion.
Having failed in their attempt to assign blame to president Bush and his staff, the 9/11 commission has adjourned with the lasting memory being that Gorelick, the author of that disasterous memo which contributed more to the occurance of 9/11 than any other action (and a Clinton hack), still sits on the commission despite the obvious conflict of interest.
Yet another attempt by the democrats to defame Bush blows up in their face.
It’s getting so pathetic that it’s starting to remind me of those old Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons.
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