The Bushes are appeasers and enablers of terrorism

[ithacan]

on Democracy Now! interview with Craig Unger, author of House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties, which documents the very tight relationships between the Bushes and the Saudi ruling regime.

And how that relationship has compromised the Bushes, allowed terrorism to flourish, and make Bush unable to combat terrorism effectively.


Summary of book from amazon.com

Book Description

Newsbreaking and controversial -- an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud and explains its impact on American foreign policy, business, and national security.

House of Bush, House of Saud begins with a politically explosive question: How is it that two days after 9/11, when U.S. air traffic was tightly restricted, 140 Saudis, many immediate kin to Osama Bin Laden, were permitted to leave the country without being questioned by U.S. intelligence?

The answer lies in a hidden relationship that began in the 1970s, when the oil-rich House of Saud began courting American politicians in a bid for military protection, influence, and investment opportunity. With the Bush family, the Saudis hit a gusher -- direct access to presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. To trace the amazing weave of Saud-Bush connections, Unger interviewed three former directors of the CIA, top Saudi and Israeli intelligence officials, and more than one hundred other sources.His access to major players is unparalleled and often exclusive -- including executives at the Carlyle Group, the giant investment firm where the House of Bush and the House of Saud each has a major stake.

Like Bob Woodward's The Veil, Unger's House of Bush, House of Saud features unprecedented reportage; like Michael Moore's Dude, Where's My Country? Unger's book offers a political counter-narrative to official explanations; this deeply sourced account has already been cited by Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer, and sets 9/11, the two Gulf Wars, and the ongoing Middle East crisis in a new context: What really happened when America's most powerful political family became seduced by its Saudi counterparts?

[ithacan]

1. someone's GOT TO make an anti-Bush TV ad based on this

the evidence is clear, and it is SO damning!!

[readmylips]

2. If you read Baba Bushe's Bio....

she brags and takes great pride in having the ultimate connection with the Arab kingdom. She talks about her little black book of world powers that she can call, and they'll be at her service instantly.

Baba mama presents herself as the queen mother of the United States. She has used her role as first lady to build a world dynasty for her sons. She's the force behind George Sr, the wimp. The woman also holds the worse grudge on earth vs. Satan.

[Octafish]

3. Kick to the pants of the BFEE!

:kick:

[LeinesRed]

4. MIchael Moore

did such a good summary of this in his book...sort of like the Idiot's Guide to the Bush/Saud connection. He lays it out in the first chapter. I'm certainly going to check this book out. Thanks!

[ithacan]

5. they're working together on Moore's move on 9/11

Fahrenheit 911.

Should be excellent. I just hope it's released by mid September

[ithacan]

6. it's a Buzzflash premium book!

go here to get it from Buzz:

http://www.buzzflash.com/premiums/houseofbush.html