Freedom Medals

Greetings all. This is my first ever official blog post.

So the news of the day, curiously, is that former CIA director George Tenet, retired General Tommy Franks, and former overseer of Iraq operations Paul Bremer are all to receive the highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Odd that a CIA director who was essentially forced to resign, and Bremer, who was sharply critical of the administration around the time of the "handover of power" to Iraqi officials, would receive this medal. I've had a feeling for a while that the actions of the Bu-shits towards Tenet in particular would reap plentiful rewards in the form of a "yup, they did it" book (whether before or after the end of Bush's reign.) We all know how vindictive the administration is towards anyone - especially within the ranks - who raises a critical voice, and we haven't heard much out of Bremer for quite some time, so perhaps something was in the offing there. And Franks - well, perhaps he's had enough of our servicemen and servicewomen getting their asses shot off also. Ask almost amyone who has any understanding of military strategy about the Iraq war and you are almost certain to get a roll of the eyes. Perhaps Franks' conscience was starting to get the better of him. So what better way of appeasing some potential turncoats than to offer them a place on a fairly short list, forever etched in the annals of history? Let's face it, this administration will essentially stop at nothing to protect itself. They managed to survive what I thought was the endgame for them, the release of books by Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neill, former Nixon advisor John Dean, David Brock, and a vast number of books from the traditional left. They went as far as committing acts of treason in an attempt to pull the plug on Ambassador Joe Wilson. So what did they have on these three? In what ways could their futures have been ruined, or dragged through the slime? Perhaps we'll never know, but be on the lookout for someone to expose this presentation of medals as a Bush buy-off.
SoulRebel