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US AIR FORCE COLONEL BUSH SEPT 11
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16:23 2002-06-05
US AIR FORCE COLONEL CHARGED GEORGE BUSH WITH SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK
Colonel Steve Butler of the American Air For Force called President Bush a parody
and claimed that Bush let the events of September 11 happen because his
presidency was leading the country to nowhere.
Butler (the deputy head of the institute of military interpreters in Monterey)
sent a letter to The Monterey Herald newspaper on May 26, in which he wrote that
the president had not done anything to warn the Americans, because he needed the
anti-terrorist war.
The colonel asserted that George Bush was perfectly aware of terrorists’ plans,
but he did not do a thing to prevent from their implementation. Here is a piece
of his letter: "Of course Bush knew about the impending attacks on America. He
did nothing to warn the American people because he needed this war on terrorism.
His daddy had Saddam and he needed Osama.” Butler believes that Bush approved
those acts of terrorism due to his political reasons: “ His presidency was going
nowhere. He wasn't elected by the American people, but placed into the Oval
Office by the conservative Supreme Court, the economy was sliding into the usual
Republican pits and he needed something to hang his presidency on."
On May 29 Colonel Steve Butler was relieved from duties, and he may face the
court soon. His wife said in an interview to local media that military men were
threatening him, asking Butler to refuse from what he had said. She added that
there were several phone calls from strangers, who totally supported his actions:
“A lot of our friends sympathize with the colonel, but they do not say this out
loud since they are afraid of losing their jobs.”
Steve Butler made a decision to quit his army career after 24 years of extensive
experience in the US Air Force. Article 88 of the Military Justice Code says that
any officer, who uses obscene words against the president, vice-president,
defense secretary, congress on duty, is supposed to be punished. This article was
applied in 1965, when a lieutenant was punished for his participation in the
anti-military protest in Texas. Bill Clinton’s scandal with Monica was judged
under the same article.
Dmitry Chirkin
PRAVDA.Ru
Translated by Dmitry Sudakov
