Ron Suskind: U.S. Deliberately Bombed Al Jazeera
The author of the controversial new book "The One Percent Solution" charges in a TV interview that American forces purposely bombed the Arabic-language TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, to "send a message."
The author of the controversial new book “The One Percent Solution” charges in a TV interview that American forces purposely bombed the Arabic-language TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, to “send a message.”
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Ron Suskind appeared on “The Situation Room” today to talk about his new book “One Percent Solution,” and said that the US took out Al-Jazeera office in Kabul purposefully.
Ron talked about Cheney’s almost “Presidential-Vice Presidency” and claimed that the CIA determined the Bin Laden tape released the weekend before the ’04 election helped Bush and that Osama wanted Bush reelected.
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Colbert: "One percent? Shouldn't it be a zero percent doctrine? I mean even if there's no chance that someone's a threat to the United States, and they just look at us funny, shouldn't we just--[beats a fist into his palm]--tag 'em?"
Truthdig salutes Ron Suskind, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose most recent book, "The One Percent Doctrine," stripped down Vice President Dick Cheney's counter-terrorism philosophy to its Strangelovian essence: If there is a 1% chance of a terrorist attack, America must respond as though it is a 100% certainty.
Click here for disclosures from the book, Suskind TV appearances, links to other writings and biographical information.
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