Comments on: Upcoming Book Salon: Andrew Cockburn on Rumsfeld

By: Doctor Rickles

Doctor Rickles — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:29:18 +0000

Another Rumsfeld/Pharma scandal concerns the Avian Flu remedy Tamiflu. The original patent for Tamiflu was owned by Gilead Pharmaceuticals at a time when its CEO was none other that Rummy himself. So it’s probably not a coincidence that the Bush administration has committed billions of dollars to stockpiliing Tamiflu, rather than look into other approaches to preventing viral infection.

By: Toby Martin

Toby Martin — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:25:42 +0000

Well, it’s about time! I’ve known about Rumsfeld, Bush I and Team B for many years through my research into the power origins of the Bush family and their history in the weapons trade (although Wolfowitz’ involvement is a new but unsurprising fact to me), and when I first heard Rumsfeld’s name mentioned in connection with the then-new Bush II administration and the pending Rumsfeld confirmation hearing, I tried to tip off various papers and officials about the history of Team B and my fears that Rumsfeld couldn’t be trusted. Most ignored me or asserted they had never heard of Team B, including Tom Teepen, the supposed liberal editorial editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

Then, when I saw the way the Iraq threat was being similarly inflated on flimsy grounds, I smelled another Team B production and tried again to raise the alarm. Again, nobody was interested in writing about it. So, we got Iraq.

I’m delighted that the story and the connection are finally being brought to light, alas too late, and fervently hope that this will finally prompt some consideration by the MSM of how this tactic has now been used, at least twice, to needlessly funnel hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money straight into the pockets of the military industrial complex, the only ones who benefited from either of these phony threats. After all, we now know that Saddam was no threat to us, and the Soviets at the time couldn’t even get bread to their people.

When will we ever learn? When will these bastards and their weapon-selling buddies ever get punished?

By: Harold

Harold — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:38:45 +0000

I feel the same about Cockburn’s hit pieces on prominent leftists. In fact I wonder who funds these guys.

Still, he sometimes passes on real information.

By: Half Nixon

Half Nixon — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:20:25 +0000

More of that Nixon Meme

Bush and Nixon: Because what else compares?
…

By: professor rat

professor rat — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:10:02 +0000

I don’t know much about Andrew and Patrick but I do have ‘too-much-information’ on father Claude and son Alexander. Both are demonstrable red fascists and that can be easily seen from their writings about
a) Claudes Stalinist rantings about Spain in 1937
b) Alex repeating as farce with the ‘Nasrallah’ circus.
So I reserve judgement on the other brothers but there is that cloud over Claude and Alexander.
Sorry to be a wet blanket - I ordered Marcies book yesterday and will check out Andrews.

By: Littleleroy

Littleleroy — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:08:55 +0000

Cockburn is a hypocritical arse. He loves to skewer people on their hypocrisy, but refuses to address his own. Case in point: he published a scurrilous, inaccurate hit piece on Allen Ginsberg and would not allow anyone to respond in Ginsberg’s defense. It was one of the most outrageously corrupt acts of irresponsible journalism I’ve ever seen. His motive? Ginsberg wasn’t enough of a card-carrying Marxist to suit him, so Ginsberg must be denied membership in the radical lefty club. And who did more to change this country for the better? Ginsberg or Cockburn? Hmmmmm. Have to think about that one for a little bit. Not.

By: Kalliope

Kalliope — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:41:59 +0000

perris @ 59

you know what?

the members of the pnac are sick maniacs and they are morons

Yes, and the amazing thing is: They are heading us right into WW III, any day now, without missing a beat.

IMPEACH!
IMPEACH!

with pots and pans into the street, as Molly Ivins said.

By: wtlloyd

wtlloyd — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:41:34 +0000

Cockburn interview - 3 hours Book TV over at Cspan from last weekend, streaming now: http://www.booktv.org/feature/.....chedID=482

By: fahrender

fahrender — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:38:07 +0000

Woodhall Hollow (#57):

would that we had the best instead of fuckwad, cheneycakes, rumsfailed, wolfowitz, feith, etc ……..

By: fahrender

fahrender — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:34:54 +0000

selise @
54

David Ehrenstein @ 50

Meanwhile. . .There’s no place like Noam!

Democracy promotion at home?

what a nice idea!

Russ Feingold for President. Noam Chomsky for Secretary of State.