Monde selon Bush, Le (2004) 7.9

CIA official: [about the Bush Administration] They were thinking about 9/11 not as an attack but as a gift.

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Robert Byrd

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: This administration has turned the patient art of diplomacy into threats, labeling and name calling of the sort that reflects quite poorly on the intelligence and sensitivity of our leaders, and which will have consequences for years to come. Calling heads of state 'pygmies'? labeling whole countries as 'evil'? denigrating powerful European allies as irrelevant? In only the space of two short years this reckless and arrogant administration has initiated policies which may reap disastrous consequences for years. Robert Byrd: This administration has turned the patient art of diplomacy into threats, labeling and name calling of the sort that reflects quite poorly on the intelligence and sensitivity of our leaders, and which will have consequences for years to come. Calling heads of state "pygmies"? labeling whole countries as 'evil'? denigrating powerful European allies as irrelevant? In only the space of two short years this reckless and arrogant administration has initiated policies which may reap disastrous consequences for years. [first lines] George W. Bush: To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you, too, can be President of the United States. Norman Mailer: We have the worst President in America's history. He's ignorant, he's arrogant, he's stupid in all ways but one: which is that he's immensely shrewd about the American people, particularly the less intelligent half of America. Because they're very happy with him in that they realize how stupid he is, and they say to themselves, "Wonderful! If that stupid guy can be President, so can I." Robert Steele: We have elected a puppet for President. Actually, we didn't elect him: he was appointed. His brother Jeb stole 50,000 votes in Florida, and his father's Supreme Court appointed him. Michael Ledeen: You know, if God has spoken to you and said you're going to be President, you don't have to worry about court decisions or recounts or things like that. All right, so he became President, but he didn't know why. And on September 11th, he discovered why. [last lines] Narrator: George W. Bush eventually agreed to set up an independent commission of inquiry into the existence of WMDs, which had been the backbone of Washington's justification for the war against Iraq. But the commission is due to report in 2005, after November's Presidential elections.