30-06-2009, 08:19 PM
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:Rather amusingly, I once heard a BBC correspondent describe James Baker as the "Bush family consigliere".
Spot on for my money. Reminds me of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911; those scenes showing Bush Snr visiting Saudi and fawning over assorted House of Saud members. For anyone wanting an insight into the true nature of the US-UK/Saudi relationship, that film beats hours of study with James baker doing the Consigliere bit to a tee.
Here is a 2 minute clip of one of the most puke-inducing bits
As an aside, I had some trouble viewing that and other Fahrenheit 911 clips with 'down for maintenance', 'there is a fault' or 'soundtrack disable for copyright reasons' messages. Maybe they were genuine but if they were as persistent as I found then it would seriously impact the viewing stats of those clips. (I guess I'm becoming paranoid in my dotage :afraid: )
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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