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'Money Trumps Peace' (Mary Lyon)

Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust

Feb. 19, 2007 -- Oops, he did it again. That’s twice now, at least from what I can remember off the top of my head, since George W. Bush ascended to the top of the ziggurat. He gave away his game. I’m absolutely certain it was inadvertent, but that’s exactly what he did. Lucky for him, both times now, few of the people who should have been paying attention actually did so, because his blunder hardly moved the needle. But it sure smacked me upside the head. “Money Trumps Peace.”

Here it is, in context, from the latest news conference Junior so imperiously granted, on Valentine’s Day, 2007, no less (some valentine):

BUSH: It’s an interesting question. One of the problems, not specifically on this issue, just in general, that -- let’s put it this way: Money trumps peace, sometimes.

In other words, commercial interests are very powerful interests throughout the world. And part of the issue in convincing people to put sanctions on a specific country is to convince them that it’s in the world’s interest that they forego their own financial interest.

And that’s why sometimes it’s tough to get tough economic sanctions on countries, and I’m not making any comment about any particular country, but you touched on a very interesting point.

Specifically, this was a response to a reporter’s question about possible pressure our country might put on European allies who do a lot of business with Iran. But its true meaning went a lot deeper -– like just maybe, to the heart of the matter. Ladies and gentlemen, we have now seen Bush’s hand fully tipped. And he couldn’t have been more concise. To him, that’s the whole ballgame: “Money trumps peace.” That’s why he lied and cooked the books to get us into war to begin with. That’s why he’s surrounded himself with Dick Cheney/Doug Feith/Scooter Libby/PNAC types who worship at the altar of worldly riches and ruthless conquest to ensure those riches. That’s why he lusts after war in Iran. Sure, he SAYS he doesn’t have any plans or intentions to pick a fight with them, too, but that’s what he said about Iraq a few years back, even while the finished “plans” had already been approved and forwarded to those in charge of implementing them. But at least he’s finally admitted his motivation.

If we can step back in time a little bit, to the dawning of this Era of Horror, Young George tipped his hand back then, too:

Transition of Power: President-Elect Bush Meets With Congressional Leaders on Capitol Hill

Aired Dec. 18, 2000 -- 12:00 p.m. ET

GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENT-ELECT: I told all four that there were going to be some times where we don't agree with each other. But that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.

The really sad part is that these are the only two documented cases in which Junior has actually told the full truth about his take on major policy-making. Yeah, he might also be honest when he speaks about Laura, or Barney, or Drunk and Disorderly, his miscreant twins. He may even be speaking a version of half-truth about how he really wants to work with the Democrats and believes so heartily in bipartisanship. What he leaves out, provided he isn’t standing there with his fingers crossed behind his back as he speaks, is that bipartisanship is just peachy –- provided both sides of the political spectrum simply come together to do it all his way. The rest is all lies, fairy tales, lies, exaggerations, lies, misstatements, lies, smokescreens, lies, distractions, lies, and talking points -– also known as more lies.

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