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Jul. 14th, 2004 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutKatha Pollitt on Fahrenheit 9/11:
"The odd thing is, I found the movie immensely cheering and energizing, even though I don't agree with its main thesis, drawn from Unger, that Bush's oil-business interests, particularly his close financial and personal connections with the Saudis, drove his post-9/11 decisions to go easy on Saudi Arabia and invade Afghanistan and Iraq. I think President Gore might well have invaded Afghanistan too [...] I also think that key promoters of the war in Iraq -- Wolfowitz, Perle, Rumsfeld -- were motivated by a sincere, if deranged, belief that overthrowing Saddam would usher in US- and Israel-friendly capitalist democracies all over the Middle East."
What she said.
While I'm here, I want to thank a certain Chicago host for the chance to air my true and closely-held views on this whole mess this weekend.
"The odd thing is, I found the movie immensely cheering and energizing, even though I don't agree with its main thesis, drawn from Unger, that Bush's oil-business interests, particularly his close financial and personal connections with the Saudis, drove his post-9/11 decisions to go easy on Saudi Arabia and invade Afghanistan and Iraq. I think President Gore might well have invaded Afghanistan too [...] I also think that key promoters of the war in Iraq -- Wolfowitz, Perle, Rumsfeld -- were motivated by a sincere, if deranged, belief that overthrowing Saddam would usher in US- and Israel-friendly capitalist democracies all over the Middle East."
What she said.
While I'm here, I want to thank a certain Chicago host for the chance to air my true and closely-held views on this whole mess this weekend.
