13-09-2009, 02:44 PM
Peter Presland Wrote:I'm no fan of Ms Miller either but I thought Nadler's take on her interesting: First she makes serious and VERY unwelcome waves for the 'Bio/Military Industrial Complex'; next she becomes the darling of a gaggle of Neocon cheerleading mouthpieces; next she is discredited when her cheerleading has served its purpose. Has a certain elegance to it don't you think?
I agree about the elegance, Pete, but I'm damned if I can conceive of Ms. Miller writing anything that wasn't cleared by the same people who fed her all that guff about Iraq etc. Looked at that way, doesn't the piece on the BMIC just amount to some intelligent credibility-building?
Peter Presland Wrote:Also, on the David Kelly business. I'm agnostic. I finished Norman Baker's book about 3 weeks ago. One thing that jarred with me in Nadler's piece was his pointed assertion of its title "The MURDER of David Kelly, whereas the actual title is 'The Strange Death of David Kelly'. That said DK's discomfiture over the Gilligan broadcast followed by his H of C committee grilling could arguably have provided a not-to-be missed plausible cover for any group already contemplating his elimination.
I've never got round to finishing Baker's book after listening to him solemnly hypothesize that Iraqi agents terminated Kelly. Good grief, what an insult.
Paul