Giuliani’s iron fist
By James Carroll | Monday, October 29, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“…A run-of-the-mill political hack was transformed into the nation’s only hero on Sept. 11, 2001. While President Bush cowered in Curtis LeMay’s SAC bunker in Omaha, Giuliani was striding toward Armageddon.
For the crucial hours during and after the trauma, Giuliani provided an image of resolve and courage in which every American could glimpse a strength of character that the nation sorely needed, and for which, therefore, we were profoundly grateful. As the world’s heart opened to the United States that day, Giuliani’s unfeigned decency shone as a kind of beacon. Encouragement to rescuers, authority to panicked crowds, calm to television viewers, a man in charge – he was there with what was needed.
What followed was not so glorious: the outlandish hubris of his assumption that the transition to his elected successor should be postponed; the commercial exploitation of his accidental status; the partisan belligerence of the lesson he drew from the experience. Giuliani came out of the crisis as a man with a clenched fist – permanently outraged, and looking for a fight….”…BS
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Most people fail to remember that, shortly after 9/11, Giuliani swore that he would never “use” 9/11 for commercial or political gain. Yet almost immediately after leaving office, he began the lecture circuit. And while he might have done so anyway, he would not have been able to command the level of fees he did (near six figures, and then over) were it not for 9/11, and his “association” therewith.
And, of course, we have all seen how he has used 9/11 for political gain, milking it for everything it is worth to him.
I wonder why not one single reporter or pundit has called him on this.
Peace.
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