Gannett newspapers still linking 911 to Iraq

[goddess40]

http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050921/LIFE12/509210416/1100

By DINAH ENG
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
So I ask him where he's stationed, and he says he's just finished basic training at Fort Sills, Okla., and is on his way home for a couple of months leave before shipping out to Iraq. My heart drops.

I had chosen to fly home myself on that day - Sept. 10 - because I couldn't bear the thought of flying on Sept. 11, but here I was, seated next to someone who would be sent into a combat zone because of that terrorist attack four years ago

This article appeared in our local paper today and I was sickened by the linking of 911 to the invasion of Iraq. I will be e-mailing Ms. Eng to let her know that her lies in the newspaper are reprehensible.

Her e-mail address is at the bottom of the article if anyone else wishes to let her in on the fact that 911 isn't linked to the invasion of Iraq except as a series of lies told by the White House.

[jackster]

1. I don't necessarily agree..

It was because of those attacks that we're at war - that doesn't mean there was a legitmate connection between the two, but it was the Pearl Harbor that the neocons were hoping for. Granted, we may still have found a way to initiate this horror had it not been for 9/11, but it was the perfect catalyst for them.

To me, Eng is not saying that we're fighting terrorists that attacked us.

[goddess40]

3. They used the terrorist attack to segway into Iraq

but only based on lies. If she didn't mean it the way I read it she isn't a very good writer.

[goddess40]

2. Here's the e-mail I sent

Ms. Eng;

I was truly disappointed and disgusted to see that you linked our invasion of Iraq with the tragedy of 911. The two are only linked by the lies the White House chose to tell the rest of the world. They demanded their information gatherers supply only information that might create a link and stooped to using information they knew to be manufactured. We attacked Afghanistan because of 911 but the attack on Iraq was for greed and power. It sickens me to think of that young man you sat next to possibly being snuck back into this country during the dark of night in a body bag or coming back injured all because of lies and manipulations by the Bush and his administration. Please stick to the facts in the future.

Sincerely,