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My apologies, but I have been away on business all week and not able to post.
I did take a moment to read Charles Krauthammer's pieces in the Post about George Tenent's book. (www.washingtonpost.com) Listen, if his 60 Minutes appearance is any indication Tenent does do some pathetic cover seeking but the evidence suggests he is dead on in suggesting that the invasion of Iraq was a foregone conclusion. (I have little sympathy for Tenent because, as my mother would say, that is what you get for hanging with the wrong crowd.)
I notice that Charles makes the following statements in his attempt to undermine Tenent:
Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld are not neo conservatives. No. They just believe everything neo cons believe and hire prominent neo-cons into their Administration.
Thomas Friedmann is a liberal. Why? Because he doesn't kick puppies?
Iraq was a major threat to our national security after the 1992 Gulf War. Oh please. Iraq was a paper tiger with no military capabilities. (Remember our collective chuckle over Saddam's vaunted Republican Guard?) It was constantly patrolled and at times bombed by US and British war planes, it was the subject of almost punitive sanctions that left it so isolated it had to rely on the "oil for food" fiasco to feed its people (and line Saddam's pocket).
He also suggests that there was an internal debate within the Administration because the President acknowledged that "some people" disagreed with him. So there was a debate because the President said so? Oh well. I feel better now.
I did take a moment to read Charles Krauthammer's pieces in the Post about George Tenent's book. (www.washingtonpost.com) Listen, if his 60 Minutes appearance is any indication Tenent does do some pathetic cover seeking but the evidence suggests he is dead on in suggesting that the invasion of Iraq was a foregone conclusion. (I have little sympathy for Tenent because, as my mother would say, that is what you get for hanging with the wrong crowd.)
I notice that Charles makes the following statements in his attempt to undermine Tenent:
Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld are not neo conservatives. No. They just believe everything neo cons believe and hire prominent neo-cons into their Administration.
Thomas Friedmann is a liberal. Why? Because he doesn't kick puppies?
Iraq was a major threat to our national security after the 1992 Gulf War. Oh please. Iraq was a paper tiger with no military capabilities. (Remember our collective chuckle over Saddam's vaunted Republican Guard?) It was constantly patrolled and at times bombed by US and British war planes, it was the subject of almost punitive sanctions that left it so isolated it had to rely on the "oil for food" fiasco to feed its people (and line Saddam's pocket).
He also suggests that there was an internal debate within the Administration because the President acknowledged that "some people" disagreed with him. So there was a debate because the President said so? Oh well. I feel better now.
posted by Jack Reed at 1:14 PM
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