This is a clip of Jodie Evans on the “Conscience of Kansas” radio show, arguing that the attacks of 9/11 were orchestrated because we had bases in the middle east. She equivocates on this point, saying that she is not justifying the attacks (she is against all forms of terrorism, she claims), but rather pointing out our need to negotiate, or, as she would say, “listen” to why people are trying to blow you up.

From the Codepink website………………

WE NEED DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN, NOT WAR

The same people who advocated the invasion of Iraq are once again raising the drumbeat for military action against Iran. The Bush administration, echoed by presidential candidate John McCain, is now beefing up their justifications for war by labeling Iran one of the greatest threats to American security, and blaming Tehran for the difficulties American troops face in Iraq.

But Iran has not threatened to attack the United States, and there is no compelling evidence that Iran poses a real and imminent threat to the security and safety of the United States that would justify an unprovoked unilateral pre-emptive military attack. In fact, a 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), representing the consensus view all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, concluded that Iran froze its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and an earlier NIE concluded that Iran’s involvement in Iraq “is not likely to be a major driver of violence” there.

The effects of the NIE Estimate of 2007 on American Relations in the middle east can be seen in this report from linktv’s mosaic.

The absurd methodology and the mind-boggling haste of creating the National Intelligence Reports.

This is over an hour long, so just sample some of the nuggets. Listen to the guest speaker in the first 5 minutes for the best stuff.