Path to 9/11 sounds a stinker, after all that

At least according to this review.

I’ll still argue that protesting a flic – particularly when it is a docuDRAMA, meaning a writers personal vision, much like Oliver Stone’s “JFK,” and not a docuMENTARY (which is supposed to be factual) – is one thing and threatening to pull a license is something else.

And I’m arguing that Clinton would have, in the end, been much better off ignoring this flick, especially if it’s (as it sounds) a stiff.

Ah, well. It has been interesting, though, noting how this issue overtook every other story in the news. Okie on the Lam reminds us that the Clintons always suck the oxygen out of a room…mostly because we and the press allow them to.

Aside: For the record, because it’s been a long time since I said this, I don’t “blame” Clinton or Bush for 9/11. I “blame” the terrorists. But America was not dynamic in responding to terrorist attacks from the Middle East – had not been since as early as the 1970’s (Iran, anyone? Hostages? Deposed Shah?)…and every president and every administration has to be willing to acknowledge that they did not do enough. Blaming is useless. But feathers are easily ruffled due to the polarization of this nation and the tenor of the times. And that polarization did not begin on January 21, 2001. It started, really, with Vietnam, grew through the 80’s and 90’s and now it is very nearly consuming us.

All that said, Flopping Aces has posted a video of a news account I’d forgotten all about. It’s from NBC, and quite balanced, I think. It’s worth watching and remembering, and thinking how far we have come from this sort of passionless, unprejudicial reportage in much of the MSM.