A very weird profile of the most senior Administration official dedicated to Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/washington/12osullivan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Adviser Has President's Ear as She Keeps Eyes on Iraq
By ELISABETH BUMILLER

WASHINGTON, June 11 — At the end of each day, President Bush gets a three-to-four-page memo (that long?) from the National Security Council staff about developments over the previous 24 hours in Iraq. The document, said to be written in the crisp, compelling style that the president prefers, can cover a range of issues — the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, new nominees for cabinet posts or the progress, or lack of it, in ending the three-year insurgency.

The person responsible for the memo is someone who is largely unknown outside the administration, but who colleagues say is instrumental in shaping Mr. Bush's views: Meghan L. O'Sullivan, the 36-year-old deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, and the most senior official working on those nations full time at the White House.

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Ms. O'Sullivan, who was crisp and wary in a recent interview in her office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, would say little more about her conversations with Mr. Bush. But people who have seen her brief the president say she has been succinct, unpretentious, full of facts and cheerful (i.e. written on a third-grade level) — exactly what Mr. Bush likes.

Colleagues say that Ms. O'Sullivan holds to the view, reflected in the president's public statements, that rebuilding Iraq's civic institutions and persuading Iraqis to accommodate one another politically is a way out of the sectarian violence. She is more optimistic about the political process than others in the administration. (Might as well be optimistic, that's what makes you popular with Bush.)

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In Baghdad, American Embassy officials sometimes use the phrase, "Let's not Meghan-ize the problem," meaning, let's not try to impose order on the chaos of Iraq with one of her five-point presentations. Her supporters counter that she is more aware of the reality on the ground than many others in the administration.

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So so much.

I think Karl writes this crap for her.

Fluffer DeLuxe.

and is very impressed by "no-nonsense", "down-to-earth" people like Meghan. :eyes:

:kick:

You know hardly anything about what goes on behind the closed doors. Then, suddenly, someone surfaces who you've never heard of, and they've been "in the loop" the whole time.

Harriet Miers is a good example. I was stunned when she was suddenly being nominated for the Supreme Court. I thought, "Who is she?" Has she been there all along? I'd never heard of her.

Same thing with all the rest of them. They're shadowy people. They never appear unless there's some reason for it.

lies they feed to us on a daily basis. I don't for a minute think that Bush reads anything daily, much less reports.

written by actual military leaders... or people who are actually IN Iraq?

The Emperor is not Wearing Clothes....

The corporatist positive attitude in action.

Meghanosophy.

Must she stoop to a level that a pre school teacher may do in order for her pupil not to pout or stomp their feet when something said goes against the grain??? When you deal with issues of war how can you find anything cheerful?

1) over 6 billion people did not blow up today
2) nor were they maimed
3) there was not one public accusation of torture
4) Water was flowing to many homes and businesses, as was electricity
5) God loves you

Page 1

Once there was a bad man named Zarqawi. Picture of Zarqawi

Page 2

He liked to make bombs picture of IED exploding

He liked to kill people. picture of Berg beheading

He liked to make movies of himself shooting guns Picture of Zarqawi with machine gun

He was the worst person in the world. (We're just not going to talk about Osama You Know Who)

Page 3

American soldiers found out where Zarqawi lived. Picture of house before bombing

They dropped a great big bomb on Zarqawi's house. KABOOOM! KABLAM!

Page 4

The American soldiers yelled hooray!

The Iraqis yelled hooray (the ones who weren't dead)

"President Bush is the greatest war leader in history!" They said.

Picture of Bush in flight suit pointing to the framed head of Zarqawi.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH