Friday, April 27, 2007

Wow!

An active duty Lt. Colonel speaks out on the Iraq debacle and the Generals' complicity. Aravosis has a summary of a few high points if you don't want to read the whole thing.

And then there's Tenet's book on pre-war intelligence about to come out next week. From today's NYT (They got hold of a pre-publication copy.)

George J. Tenet, the former director of central intelligence, has lashed out against Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials in a new book, saying they pushed the country to war in Iraq without ever conducting a “serious debate” about whether Saddam Hussein posed an imminent threat to the United States.
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“There was never a serious debate that I know of within the administration about the imminence of the Iraqi threat,” Mr. Tenet writes in a devastating judgment that is likely to be debated for many years. Nor, he adds, “was there ever a significant discussion” about the possibility of containing Iraq without an invasion.


What will it take for the press and the remnants of the public still supporting the war to wake up, realize what a criminal enterprise this has been, and demand that we get the troops out? Suspect one of the big problems is that the true believers only see what they want to see and the press is reluctant to take responsibility for their complicity. We can only hope that the Republicans in Congress look at polls even if the President doesn't.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tommy Frank. In this administration, to find the f__ups, follow the trail of Freedom Medals. Spaseba,comrades!

lcr said...

George sure can pick them! Wonder when Gonzo will get his MOF?