I don’t have a lot to add to what I wrote last year about the anniversary of 9/11. And I still miss Phil, dammit! [Warning: 25MB MPEG4.] And I’m not alone – see this heartfelt piece by Rich.
Last year, I talked about my feelings, and concluded:
But having said that, I am deeply angry that Cheney and his gang have used and abused these emotions for their own bloodthirsty and inexcusably thoughtless warmongering. … I’m not naive – I understand how politics works – but the visceral reaction to those scumbags won’t go away. Nor should it.
And the latest example of that cynical exploitation continues today:
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said during a Senate hearing on the future of Iraq with Army Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, that… “I think we should not have had this discussion on 9/11 or 9/10 or 9/12… It perpetuates this notion that the original attacks had something to do with going into Iraq.”
I agree with the Senator. The unmistakable odour of Rove hangs over the whole thing.