[Humble Janitor]

Originally Posted by Steve_A

Hi Humble Janitor,

Your view is exactly why the documents were released in the first place.

We all know where bush will be heading if the going gets hot, so he's not that bothered. I'm sure that the rest of the 'Gang of Eight' will also have made other arrangements.

Other people in this thread have said that there are always the right people in the right places and if this was the case for Bush, those documents would never have been released in the first place. But they were. Why? Several reasons.

Firstly, nationally; because of the economic crisis being felt in the US. This story will set up a smoke screen to defuse the reporting on the economic crisis, the corruption of the TARP money, underhand moves by the banking sector etc., even for a short time.

Secondly, internationally; the US has lost a lot of it's pulling power among other nations of the world. As the US suffers, the injured dog is being kicked and it's beginning to hurt. It's one of the reasons why the US hasn't reacted so much about North Korea, Iran and the like, wanting to concentrate its' newsworthy energy to the fifteen year old pirates in Somalia.

Obama is a very good diplomat and is needing to change a lot of US stance around the world. He knows that the political arrogance sent out by the US government in the past will come back and bite it on the touchas.

Eventually there will be more documents released to side track the American and world public to keep the minds off the unemployment, foreclosures, credit crunch and corruption that is now starting to appear between the cracks in the US government, which with all said and done is done most of the time without the prior knowledge of the President, whomever it may be.

Best regards,

Steve

I don't fully understand where you're coming from but I don't consider it a distraction.