Sunday, March 09, 2008
The Neo-Cons Win!
The Neo-Cons Win!
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Neo-con crackpot Douglas Feith, the thankfully former Defense Undersecretary for Policy begins what is certain to be the coming onslaught of "My Side"-type books from loyal neo-con Bushies, which will all endeavor to keep them out of prison and perhaps off the gallows, with breathless chapter headings such as: "How I Saved You from Saddam Hussein and French Fries."
This new screed is entitled War and Decision, two things about which Feith would appear to know precious little. It comes via HarperCollins (FOX), which most recently hit the literary dimestores with Jenna B's attempt to explain why she was too busy puking from curbs after a night of partying to ever consider enlisting in the military, or doing anything else positive for her country.
Feith, of course, is co-founder (w/Paul Wolfowitz) of the extra intelligence-gathering wing within the Defense Dept., the clandestine Office of Special Plans (OSP). While the name itself is very Gestapo- and Monty Python-esque, its dealings were even more so. These are the people who filtered the intel from the world's intelligence community, and stove-piped exactly what they wanted the facts to be, directly to Bush 19 and Cheney, without any outside interference—say, from the State Dept. or the Joint Chiefs of Staff, let alone the CIA or FBI.
These are also the people who brought you Ahmed Chalabi, the lying charlatan who wanted Iraq for his own and told Feith and Wolfowitz everything their hearts dreamed of, and Curveball, the poor rummy who Feith et al portrayed as the font of all great, true information on the evils of Saddam Hussein.
This is a 900-page attempt by Feith to blame everybody else but himself for the colossal, fatal fuck-ups of these colossally fucked up think tank wonks.
In essence, these are the Beavis and Buttheads who were able to get their hands on the levers of the most powerful country in the history of the world, and used it to send almost 4,000 good and strong American fighting men and women to their doom in Iraq. Not to mention hundreds of thousands of peace-loving Iraqis.
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Of course, as it has been from the beginning, the greatest blame sits with Bush and Cheney, who gave these guys free rein and sanctioned their murderous schemes.
So, they'll all burn in eternal damnation together—this coming flood of blame shifting notwithstanding.
posted by Gotham 7:20 PM
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