Clancy Writing a Book W/ Zinni!!! (SLAMMING the Admin!)

Beetwasher

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Fri May-21-04 01:41 PM
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Clancy Writing a Book W/ Zinni!!! (SLAMMING the Admin!)

"In his upcoming book, Battle Ready, written with Tom Clancy, Zinni writes of the poor planning in harsh terms. "In the lead-up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw, at minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility; at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption," he writes. Zinni explains to Kroft, "I think there was dereliction in insufficient forces being put on the ground and fully understanding the military dimensions of the plan.""

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thebigidea

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Fri May-21-04 01:46 PM
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1. Zinni is a powerful voice that drips competence

Edited on Fri May-21-04 01:48 PM by thebigidea

even if he looks like that guy from the Russ Meyer films and Rambo - Charles Napier.

Anyway, interesting seeing Clancy sour - I recall being sickened by him in the days post 9/11, opining up a windbag's buffet of bullshit.

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blm

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Fri May-21-04 01:48 PM
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2. When Clancy turns on BushInc then you KNOW most of the military brass

is turned against Bush, too.

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Mandate My Ass

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Fri May-21-04 02:14 PM
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7. That thought

along with the anticipation of this book, just made my week complete. Thx. :)

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reprehensor

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Fri May-21-04 02:15 PM
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8. UNREAL!

I thought Woodward was the metaphorical nail in the coffin. This is the definitive nail in the coffin.

Clancy carries a lot of weight in the Hawk camp.

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blm

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Fri May-21-04 05:15 PM
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9. Heh...Clancy is like Matthew, Mark, Luke AND John to the military.

Bush CANNOT survive this without their support and the millions of family members they bring with them.

I think Bush has completely lost even the white male voter this year. Once they realize the firemen, the cops, AND the military votes are going to Kerry the light bulbs are going to finally light up.

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barbaraann

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Fri May-21-04 01:49 PM
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3. Due out May 24!

I was worried it wouldn't come out before the election, so I checked amazon.

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rumguy

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Fri May-21-04 01:50 PM
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4. excellent

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nostamj

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Fri May-21-04 01:58 PM
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5. and don't forget...

there's still MoDo's BUSHWORLD due in August...

Zinni's going to be on 60 Minutes, IIRC this Sunday!

"a bunch of lions take in the waters at Niagara" (or something like that)

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TrogL

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Fri May-21-04 02:14 PM
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6. Clancy is a right-wing lapdog

At least in his last couple of books.

He used to be half-ways readable.

If he switches sides, he'll just switch back later when it's convenient. He's lost all credibility.

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JanMichael

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Fri May-21-04 05:25 PM
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10. I wonder if he'll go as far as le Carre did in "Absolute Friends"?

That would be something.

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