Reply #263: That certainly seems to fit. I think Clarke was seen as a "good soldier."

[TahitiNut]

Clearly, Clarke's Reagan/Bush credentials made him, at a minimum, a member of the political Wehrmacht, "Gott Mit Uns" belt-buckle and all. (Lest we forget, Clinton was certainly no "McGovern Lihbrul," so good soldiers were kept on.) But, like Rommel, such "good soldiers" must be kept from the disillusionment that comes from participating in the korporate realpolitik of the insider cabal. Clarke was almost certainly the target of frequent "reassurance" ... kept around because he'd be a handy fall guy (like Tenet?) and useful for the political defensive perimeter of "we were caught unaware." He's the prototypical "good soldier" turned "disgruntled former employee." I think he was kept around as an "expendable person." (Like Tenet?)

I don't believe for a single instant that Cheney/Rumsfeld/Perle/et.al. were caught unaware on 9-11. Indeed, they were all 100% in safe locations on that day. Only Barbara Olsen, due to a last minute change in flight plans, got caught. (I wonder how many company ink wells Ted's been dipping his pen into since.) No CEO's were caught in the WTC and no flag officers were caught in the Pentagon. John O'Neill's death in the WTC was just far too convenient. Airline short sales on the options market were too well-timed and Buzzy's involvement too coincidental. The almost immediate identification of OBL, al-Qaeda, and 19 "Islamic types" as the culprits portrays a breadth and depth of preparation far, far more comprehensive than a mere "we were caught unaware" political defense would indicate. Corporations like Enron have long experience with this "plausible deniability" game plan -- and these folks are part of that bacterial gene pool.


(FWIW, I think Junior is the "last ablative" to protect the cabal. There's no question in my mind he's a sociopath ... but a total sock puppet for the cabal. As an asset, his greatest value would be seen as a martyr ... or as the highest wall encircling the Inner Circle. There's just no way in Hell he's a planner or architect of anything more complex than snack foods. All the assaults on him personally merely take the heat off the real inside powers. As long as they make sure he gets his constant Narcissistic Supply, he serves as part of Oz's curtain.)