This morning over at the TheSmirkingChimp.com is a interview by Dean Kuipers of Gore Vidal. In it Gore talks about the National Amnesia. Gore Vidal is one of my favorite national treasures, as mentioned in one of the comments below the article. He has never failed to call a spade a spade. Here are a few excerpts. When asked if Bush went into Iraq to spead Democracy Vidal had this to say
Gore Vidal: Of course not. Why should they do anything like that? They go in out of greed. There's been very little altruism in all of our history. We go into things for profit,...
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When asked if
Corporate influence in politics seems more raw and apparent now than ever before. He answered it this way ( shorten )
Of course it is. And it was all due to the "good luck" -- those two words I have just used ironically -- of 9/11. "I'm a wartime president! I'm a wartime president!" Well, he fucking well isn't. He's an accidental president.
Another question he is asked is
Now Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war. Is it a good idea to pull the troops out? I would pull them out before they're killed, yes. We have nothing to gain by being there.
He continues to go farther about this but in favor of fair use, you should go read it yourself. He answers many more questions which I think many here would love to read.  http://www.smirkingchimp.com/index.php