Watching Bush really made me uncomfortable. Something’s unraveling. Ick!!!

My take, and my fervent hope, is that the steadfast professionals in the Intelligence Community have risen to the task and their higher ups have finally found the backbone that they lacked under the Tenet regime.

Iraq was only a stepping-stone in BushCo’s Neocon World-Dominance plan, which called for rolling-up the Middle East militarily and taking control of the Oil Resources of Other Sovereign Nations on a ‘pretext’ of Fighting the Global War on Terror.

To keep the War Wagon rolling on into Iran, Cheney wouldn’t tolerate any ‘exculpatory’ information coming from the IC – Truth-telling wasn’t appreciated if it went Counter to the Policy.

Hence, if Joe determined that Iraq didn’t buy Uranium from Niger, thereby exposing Bush’s primary rationale for Pre-Emptive, Aggressive War was Wrong, and if, in addition, Valerie’s CPD Group also determined that Iran had shut-down its Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003, then one can be certain that Cheney saw the Wilsons as Enemies of the Agenda.

The Wilsons sin was Telling the Truth, contrary to Bush and Cheney’s Lies.

Make it three of us! The Press Corpse was unusually persistent with W this morning, and I think they sensed the same level of discomfort that we have noted – rather than a docile press gallery which doesn’t want to push issues, I would love to see Bush cross-examined by someone like Pat Fitz who knows what he is doing!

But your words ‘vacant’ and ‘automaton’ synch with parts of what I saw. In all honesty, watching without the sound was more informative than having it on. (Although his speech pattern is so eerily flat that having it on does provide other… ‘information’. But it’s just so…. profoundly, eerily sad…)

Ick!!

Here’s another question for P. B.–

How does the leader of our country talk tough about military action towards another country for the last year and then state, “I just learned this intell,”?

If he led our country towards war without calling for deep intelligence analysis, he should be out of a job for questionable decision making. Obviously, the other option is that he has known all along and he has lied to the public. Playing, the “I just found out” card makes him out to be incapable of carrying out his oath of office. Likewise, the same goes for VP. Congress needs to act on both VP and Prz.

This all puts a new light on Brit pull-out of Iraq announcements in February and the beginning of the military pull-out before August. It also puts light on the minor country military support pulling out by August. Many cannot afford to be linked to another US invasion. These pull-outs are as much a diplomatic statement to the US and less for the need of Iraq independence. At least in regards to this NIE and its’ timing…

Not wanting to spread malice, and maybe I’m seeing amiss, but there’s something about just watching that guy without sound on that is just… out of synch or something.

Then, I replayed parts with the sound on — on that msnbc.com presser, at about 4:30 into it, David Gregory asks a question. You see Bush’s mouth twist in aggravation as Gregory finishes the question. (What’s that about? Last that I remember Gregory, he was ‘rappin’ with MC Rove.’ So why does Bush so dislike Gregory?) Then Gregory asks a (rather pointed) question, and Bush literally turns his body away from Gregory before he turns back to the podium to answer the question. How bizarre is that…?!

God, I adore digital video. But that’s OT.

Bush’s words and actions seldom align. Reading the body language, it looks almost as if Bush is in deep defense/denial mode; I wouldn’t put much stock in what he actually says. But he sure wasn’t making much sincere eye contact, which raises questions about how deeply he actually believes whatever words he used. His body language is… just somehow not right.

Am I nuts?
Anyone else see this weirdness…?