KRUGMAN: Bush, Giuliani 'fake heroes' who cashed in 'on the horror'

[Dokkie]

The Years of Shame
Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?

Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd.

What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. Te atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-years-of-shame/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto

[hlthe2b]

1. ahh, nothing like Krugman unleashed...

He is fearless (and one of the few)...

[russspeakeasy]

2. Excellent...thanks...

:evilgrin:

[hay rick]

3. 9/11 was a tragedy.

The response was, and continues to be, a disgrace.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Dokkie.

[Stuart G]

5. kick