Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1655714-2,00.html, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=913441&contrassID=0&subContrassID=0
9/11 tourretts != competence
Victoria and Fiona interview Rudy
About our ferrets:
Giuliani
But I don't remember North Koreans coming to America and killing us.
Victoria
Except that the North Koreans did fight a war with us, technically still are at war with us, and have nuclear weapons. Unlike Iraq's fictional WMD's, North Korea sat inspectors down, brought in a lead lined case, and said "Hey, look! Plutonium!"
Fiona
But wait, there's more!
Victoria
The opening shots of Bush's war on Iraq, a smart bomb attack on where Saddam was supposed to be, missed. One landed in an empty lot, the others in a residential neighborhood. The only sign of our effort to bring democracy to the Iraqi people was, until the troops showed up, the stream of dead civilians as we tried to play whack-a-mole with Saddam.
Fiona
As the height of irony, as heartfelt request from a parent, one of the bombs that demolished the neighborhood was dedicated to the memory of somebody who died in 9/11. For more information, see the documentary "Why We Fight".
Victoria
Does anybody understand why simply vowing to fight terrorists is not good enough? That terrorists will always threaten this country, because threats are easy and cheap. Terror grows the more people repeat those threats. The real, imminent threats to the country are other countries, who would have to be beyond insane to actually attack the US or its allies, or Bond-like super villains, rogue billionaires living in caves in volcanoes. Admittedly, we were expecting a nicer cave than what bin Laden gave us. The family owns a construction company, too. He really could have done better. At the least, where is the trap door to the shark room?
Giuliani
And the point of - I think it was Congressman Paul made before - that we've never had an eminent attack, I don't know where he was on September 11th.
Paul
That was no country. (Applause.) That was 19 thugs. It has nothing to do with a country.
Victoria
Thank you, Congressman Paul. I'd vote for you, if I wasn't a mustelid.
Fiona
Bush went from linking 9/11 to Iraq, to directly denying that link, to linking 9/11 to Iraq all in the same press conference. Does this not suggest that perhaps they all use this as an emotional cover story, to hide a rude grab for power?
Victoria
Don't ask me, I'm just a ferret.