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I have the idea that once the curtain is drawn back, the media will be like sharks with the scent of blood.
I remember something from Emperor Augustus, maybe even from the Anthony and Cleopatra movie, I'm not sure: "The people must not be pushed into war, they must demand it, they must riot for it. I must be forced into war." something like that.
Iran-Contra, Iran all on its own (some behind the scenes stuff from Reagan prior to his election might pop up?), the voodoo economics debate, El Salvador, Nicaragua, wherever in Latin America, Angola, South Africa (Mr Castro and the Soviets were under the impression that there were some pretty serious developments between the US and the SA regime), Congo, S&L and its build up, National Endowment for Democracy shenanigans, and then there' Bush the Elder...
If the move is really genuine - and some of the commentary I've seen says Obama has reserved the right for an archivist to bring out _any_ wrong-doing by _any_ president with currently living presidents only recourse being the courts - Then Clinton and Bush #43 could both be in for a very rough ride.
Have the country baying for blood, the media running around feverishly trying to put the pieces together and then prosecutions will be inevitable... They won't look like a witch hunt either, at least not on the part of the administration.
We'll see.
It'll act as cover for the economic strife and potentially act as leverage against elements on the hill as well...
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"I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." - Winston Churchill, 1937 --{ORLY?}--
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