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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRumsfeld breaks with Bush on Iraq
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rumsfeld-breaks-bush-iraqFor much of the Bush/Cheney era, as conditions in Iraq deteriorated, then-President George W. Bush had some standard rhetorical lines. It wasnt unusual, for example, to hear the beleaguered Republican president say something like, Some people say an Iraqi democracy is a bad idea. I disagree.
It always seemed like a straw-man argument, but as it turns out, perhaps Bush was referring to members of his own national security team. MSNBCs Amanda Sakuma reported today:...
Hmm. Its been 12 years since Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld launched their disastrous war. Its been nine years Rumsfeld gave the nation a reprieve and walked away from the Defense Department post.
Hes only now getting around to saying out loud that hes always been concerned by Bushs stated rationale for the catastrophic conflict?
It always seemed like a straw-man argument, but as it turns out, perhaps Bush was referring to members of his own national security team. MSNBCs Amanda Sakuma reported today:...
Hmm. Its been 12 years since Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld launched their disastrous war. Its been nine years Rumsfeld gave the nation a reprieve and walked away from the Defense Department post.
Hes only now getting around to saying out loud that hes always been concerned by Bushs stated rationale for the catastrophic conflict?
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Rumsfeld breaks with Bush on Iraq (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jun 2015
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)1. Maybe he's looking to be tried separately from IdiotSon.
elleng
(131,459 posts)2. Rumsfeld's and PNAC's goal was
"to promote American global leadership".[6] The organization stated that "American leadership is good both for America and for the world," and sought to build support for "a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity".[7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century
Had NOTHING to do with Democracy in Iraq.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Ah yes, PNAC.
It has resurfaced as the "Foreign Policy Institute".
http://www.foreignpolicyi.org
elleng
(131,459 posts)5. Kagan and Kristol on the Board:
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)6. You got it.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)4. 9/11 was the golden opportunity
and they used it for a launching pad.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)7. I wonder if he recently found out that he's terminal
And is now admitting his sins so he can perform his last minute get right with god act.