BuzzFlash Readers Catch Donald Rumsfeld Pulling the Wool Over the Media's Eyes on the Carlyle/Crusader Missile
May 7, 2002
It seems as if Rummy is using the Crusader tank issue as the pretext for axing Army Secretary White (when we all know the real issue is the huge Enron conflict of interest). It got me thinking -- didn't Rumsfeld support the Crusader purchase? Why is he suddenly pretending he and White are at odds over this? I did a search and found this recent article from the Village Voice that puts to rest Rummy's supposed opposition to the program. How dumb do they think we are?
The Carlyle Connection: How the Pentagon Learned to Love the Weapon No One Wanted
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0218/gray.php
Late this March, as part of the post-9-11 military buildup, Donald Rumsfeld gave United Defense, Carlyle's subsidiary, the full monty: over $470 million to continue development on the problem-riddled Crusaders, puzzling some military analysts.
Let's put the big lie out there!
Patsy
Rogers
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It's a tale of big guns and a big gun. It's a Bush family melodrama, a story of personal connections, possible backstabbing and multiple intrigues, a Washington soap opera. And it's all about an 80-ton mobile artillery system dubbed the Crusader.
Crusader: Intrigue and Backstabbing In the House of Bush
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=53
VGDesign
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Buzz,
Is
there more to this than meets the eye? Are Rumsfeld and Bush using White
as a fall guy? Were they getting too much heat over the Carlyle/Crusader
connection, being Bush, Sr. works for Carlyle and Frank Carlucci, CEO,
is Rumsfeld's ex-college roommate and good friend still? Is this kill
two birds with one stone? Get rid of White because of the Enron connection
and his use of a private jet for personal use? The guy's got a lot of
baggage so
might as well let him take the blame for the $453 million Crusader contract.
I am always suspicious when Bush or anyone in his administration try to
take the high moral ground. They are much too corrupt for that.
Gigi
Army chief, Rumsfield, clash over Crusader artillery system
http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2002/05/06/crusader/index.html?x
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For more on the Bush/Carlyle Group/Rumsfeld/Crusader web of insider deals and highly questionable behavior (Where is that "dignity" they were going to return to the White House?), you can also read these stories:
Carlyle's way: Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government, and industry.
http://www.redherring.com/vc/2002/0111/947.htmlArms Buildup Enriches Firm Staffed by Big Guns http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-011002carlyle.story
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