Tonight on FRONTLINE

“Rice seemed semi-competent only by comparison.

It was darkly hilarious how Rumsfeld reminded me so much of Saddam's PR guy..... just one ridiculous claim after another.”

“They were also pretty lenient on Bush I thought - portraying him as being somewhat above the fray.

But the way he allows this farce to continue for years is illustratvie of why he's been a poor President. He's unable to pull together four people at the top of his administration to unify behind a policy.

It also demonstrates how his sheltered upbringing has led to a lack of understanding of the world and ened up with him being led around by the nose by Cheney and Rumsfeld. We joke about him not being smart - but I think this is an example beyond the verbal gaffes.

If I could sit here before the invasion and say the 'war' would be over in short order, but it was the post war situation that was the problem, then why the hell couldn't the most powerful man in the world.

Seriously - what sort of fool have you got to be to buy into a scheme which goes against evidence from every other conflict in history?

He obviously knew nothing of the history of the region, or the extent of Islamic fundamentalism.

Rumsfeld and Cheney I think just spent too long in the corridors of power to see how the world works outside the boardroom - like most CEOs they sit on mount Olympus saying 'make it so'.”

“... and all of those yes men ended up with bus tire tracks across their backs.

Some of the "intelligence" was pretty pitiful. It's a foregone conclusion that you don't act on unconfirmed reports from untested sources without some form of corraboration. And none of that "intelligence" came from the established intell community. It was all from Chalabi cabal.

The funniest thing to me was the intell about Sad Sack Insein being at some building. By the time they scrambled the 117s and flew them to Iraq, he would have gotten tired of twiddling his thumbs and left. An instant cruise missile strike might have done it.”

“I always thought Sir Charles threw Barney under the bus.”

“Someone needs to now check the TT archives and see just how far off we were about this crap.”

“In late summer 2002 as they beat the war drums I could see how the U.S. Congress was set up very much like they were set up just before the election of 1964 with the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution.

To vote against it would have been the right thing to do but it would have been political suicide as well.”

“In late summer 2002 as they beat the war drums I could see how the U.S. Congress was set up very much like they were set up just before the election of 1964 with the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution.

OK XL!

[runs away]”

“I remember the crap about Saddam starting in the news about a month after 9-11 with Bush's “announcement” in front of the cameras at Camp David that a report by the IAEA stated Saddam could have a working nuclear device within twelve months.

The al-Baradei responded with hours that Bush was completely full of crap, but on Monday Bush's crap was on page one across the country and al-Baradei's response was on page 17 (below the fold).   And it went downhill from there.

Remember the box of papers buried under that rosebush -----

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“No one has the balls to keep this alley rolling or are they waxing the lanes?”

“Powell was used.

What a friggin immoral way to treat a guy with his background.

I pray every night for GW's health. The mere thought that that #&%!$ing Cheney might ascend to the Presidency makes me more nervous than a whore in church.”

“Powell: he coulda been a contendah.

Cheney: I hate the constant smirk more than I hate Bush's monkey grin.”

“hmmm, part 1 seems to be on other PBS station now.”

“FRONTLINE.... NOW       DO   IT.

(gotta go ----)”

“the DVR is running”

“http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/

They said to check the website over the coming weeks and months because more video will be posted as it comes in from the guys.”

“Cool.

Tilt, for another perspective from some Marines go to www.Patdollard.com some powerful video for sure.”

“I'll check it out ---- Thanks.

There are some Military blogs of experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan that have been published as books lately.   I just caught part of the segment on C-SPAN about that a month or two ago --- wish I had some links.   It was riveting.”

“Blood makes the grass grow

Was written by a GI in Afghanistahn. I have yet to read it but it comes highly recommended.

Post some titles if you find em...”

“Still looking..... but the keyword is milblog.”