This and That ... or ... Reality Bytes

posted by The Vidiot @ 7:03 PM Permalink

Since the Pathology to 9/11 Movie is all the rage I thought I'd show examples of how fiction isn't limited to Made for TV movies.

There's this fiction:

We've kept homeland safe, declares Bush

And then there's that reality:

Report: U.S. not ready for disaster

There's this fiction:

'There's progress in war on terror'

And then there's that reality:

Baghdad morgue tally triples August death toll

It turns out the official toll of violent deaths in August was just revised upwards to 1535 from 550, tripling the total ...this means that a much-publicized drop-off in violence in August – heralded by both the Iraqi government and the US military as a sign that a new security effort in Baghdad was working – apparently didn't exist.

But wait, there's more!

Suicide bomber attacks U.S. convoy in Afghanistan, killing 18

KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. military convoy Friday morning, killing two U.S. soldiers and at least 16 Afghans.

At least 29 people were injured, including the two U.S. soldiers. The blast was the deadliest in the country's capital since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001.

There's this fiction:

Bush: Iraq Central In War On Terror

And then there's that reality:

Saddam not linked to al-Qaeda

a senate report on pre-war intelligence [...] discloses for the first time an October 2005, assessment by the central intelligence agency (CIA) that prior to the war Saddam's government "did not have a relationship, neither harbour, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi and his associates".

And a bonus track:

Republicans issue report criticizing Bush's decision on Iraq

President Bush announced Friday that he will address the nation Monday, on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. But members of his own Republican party issued a stinging report, essentially accusing the President of a major post-9/11 error: taking the nation to war with Iraq by erroneously linking Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda.

Jeebus, it only took the rethuglicans five years to catch up to reality ... they must really be worried about the election!