tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post4875686389830434055..comments2023-10-30T11:14:40.133-05:00Comments on Iddybud Journal: McCain Doctrine Draws U.S. Troops into Civil WarJude Nagurney Camwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03222096568711491361noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-47096570184945616532007-01-06T10:59:00.000-05:002007-01-06T10:59:00.000-05:00greensmile,
You've captured the spirit behind my ...greensmile,<br /><br />You've captured the spirit behind my sig perfectly. <br /><br />I saw that PBS special when it originally aired and I was reminded of George Tenet's moral weakness. He had the power - even in the final hours of October 2002 when our Senators were making a damned tough deliberation - to come out and say publicly that the intelligence was too shaky to support a preemptive Jude Nagurney Camwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222096568711491361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-68783628024359918252007-01-05T11:25:00.000-05:002007-01-05T11:25:00.000-05:00Thanks for the pointer. I will follow it.
BTW, PB...Thanks for the pointer. I will follow it.<br /><br />BTW, PBS replayed a great <I><b>Frontline"</b></i> epsisode last night on how Cheney, Scooter and others got the "facts they wanted" and subverted the mission of the CIA, making a fool of Powell, etc on the way to invading Iraq.<br /><br />I got so mad I could barely stand to watch it but it did end with an update about the resignation of RummyGreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-51851870495285137762007-01-04T16:04:00.000-05:002007-01-04T16:04:00.000-05:00Greensmile, Although I haven't seen the Jarecki fi...Greensmile, Although I haven't seen the Jarecki film yet, I'm very familiar with Karen Kwiatkowski. She's someone I highly respect. I <a href="http://iddybud.blogspot.com/2003_10_22_iddybud_archive.html#106679789431551129">introduced</a> my readers to her in October of 2003, showcasing <a href="http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/justify/2003/0803pentagon.htm">this article</a> she'd Jude Nagurney Camwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222096568711491361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-63238173904262721102007-01-03T23:14:00.000-05:002007-01-03T23:14:00.000-05:00Which is kinda like saying "how much gas do I have...Which is kinda like saying "how much gas do I have to pour on this fire to put it out?"<br /><br />As for our intelligence...Cheney actively interfered with DoD analysts work, placed his stooges among the career intel officers who knew just how weak Saddam was. After watching Jarecki's "<i>Why We Fight</i>", I looked around to see if there was any more writing from the ex-analyst Jarecki GreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-88372779952068499312007-01-03T13:02:00.000-05:002007-01-03T13:02:00.000-05:00greensmile, larry, and tomcat,
It's apparent to m...greensmile, larry, and tomcat,<br /><br />It's apparent to me that many of us "have Bush's number".<br />greensmile, you say something so important that I want to repeat it:<br /><br /><i>...not understanding all the stabilizing, if brutal, forces that we displaced or simply eliminated is the essence of our foriegn policy blunders in Iraq. The dreams of empire that propelled our blunders will Jude Nagurney Camwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222096568711491361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-21629882813573288972007-01-03T08:03:00.000-05:002007-01-03T08:03:00.000-05:00I predicted escalation before any of the MSM. I t...I predicted escalation before any of the MSM. I took the best plan and excluded it. Then I excluded the next best plan. Finally, only the worst plan, escalation remained. At that point Bush's New Way Forward became obvious.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-32642051528467058122007-01-03T00:11:00.000-05:002007-01-03T00:11:00.000-05:00McCain is supposed to be the independent soul but ...McCain is supposed to be the independent soul but in reality he has sold his soul for the Bush mantle.<br /><br />Another phony caught up in the web of deceit.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779407369074779488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754551933761875854.post-11905422321131209082007-01-02T20:37:00.000-05:002007-01-02T20:37:00.000-05:00You are correct Jude. and Sullivan is more on targ...You are correct Jude. and Sullivan is more on target than usual. There is more too: the Baath operatives embedded in Saddam's armies, intelligence and security apparatus have had 2 years to melt into the woodwork. There was a moment, and it came BEFORE the fall of Baghdad, when an attack at the rear and flanks of the massed Iraqi forces would have yeilded many more prisoners and far fewer GreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.com