Stranger Than Fiction: Rumsfeld Planning 9-11 Party/Country Music Concert

[G_j]

in case you missed this story

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0810-06.htm

Published on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 by the New York Daily News

Pentagon to Host 9/11 March, Show
By Michael McAuliff

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will hold a massive march and country music concert to mark the fourth anniversary of 9/11, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an unusual announcement tucked into an Iraq war briefing yesterday.

"This year the Department of Defense will initiate an America Supports You Freedom Walk," Rumsfeld said, adding that the march would remind people of "the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation."

The march will start at the Pentagon, where nearly 200 people died on 9/11, and end at the National Mall with a show by country star Clint Black.

Word of the event startled some observers. "I've never heard of such a thing," said John Pike, who has been a defense analyst in Washington for 25 years and runs GlobalSecurity.org

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story also discussed today on Democracy Now!

www.democracynow.org

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1. Well, here's the script for the rally!

VERBATIM QUOTES FROM WHEN CLINTON WAS COMMITTING TROOPS TO BOSNIA:

"You can support the troops but not the president."
---Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."
---Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"
---Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

" President . . . is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."
---Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy."
---Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
---Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."
---Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today"
---Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
---Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)

[Theres-a]

3. Thanks

The last one is my favorite.

[FightingIrish]

6. They can't afford to properly equip the troops but..

they can throw a party to perpetuate the fiction that Saddam was connected to 9-11. This is about as Third Reich as anything they have done yet. Maybe Rummy is in Crawford to get *'s song picks for Clint Black to sing.

[Theres-a]

8. I'm sure he'll be singing his own material

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1690216&mesg_id=1690715

[timber84]

2. Why is it always country music?

You never hear of a hip hop or alternative music concert? I'm suprised Toby and Leanne did not sign on?

[Theres-a]

4. Turdstock

[unrepuke]

5. Good One! LOL

Rummy has a lot to celebrate for.x(

[Theres-a]

7. Here's the original thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4303727&mesg_id=4303727

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

9. head-of-wood-stock n/t