Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith

[Gaard]

Although weapons of mass destruction have yet to turn up in Iraq, Feith insisted that "no one can properly assert that the failure, so far, to find Iraqi WMD stockpiles undermines the reasons for the war."

wha?



link

 

[freegeeks]

I want some of the stuff that dude is using

 

[InfectedMushroom]

He went to the same training school as this guy. Remember him?

 

[chess9]

Freegeeks: I can't respond to your message for some reason. PM seems to be glitchy. Anyway, I asked a question that had already been answered, a fact I discovered after I posted. DUH! Two graduate degrees and I still can't read. Bloody American schools....

Does anyone expect Feith to be even remotely connected to reality? I'm sure the average conservative who hasn't drunk the NEOCON KOOL-AID probably thinks those guys are completel whacked.

He'd be right.

-Robert

 

[syzygy]

if you consult recent history there is nothing feith states that isn't factual.

for example: repeated u.n. failure to see to saddam's disarmament. we were upt o resolution 17,
and going for lucky 18, when bush scrapped the fiasco, took a bunch of his int'l friends, and spoke
the only language saddam and sons could understand.

Officials believed U.S. and U.N. efforts to contain Saddam since the end of the Gulf War
had largely failed, Douglas J. Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy, said in remarks at
the American nterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

if we all stop trying to be genuises with foresight after the fact, then the intelligence data used
to send the troops in had the support of a number of int'l agencies. some, like the germany's
bnd, was more dire than the u.s. and british services could stomach.

blix, in his own cute half-ass way, spoke of the failure of baathists to comply with the letter
and spirit of resolution 1441, and even highlighted efforts by baathists to salvage missile
tech that int'l experts had judged violated range limits.

dr. kay reported enough violations in oct. 2002 that blew under blix's nose to buil a second
ba'ath republic.

feiths predictions that iraqis will see democratic institutions is moving forward, turbulance and all,
and nothing will stop this transition from realization, no matter how hard you're rooting for those
classy insurgents and foreign fighters.

 

[Zephyr106]

Originally posted by: syzygy
no matter how hard you're rooting for those
classy insurgents and foreign fighters.

Oh wow how cute. You've really figured out the global liberal conspiracy.

Zephyr

 

[Jhhnn]

I suspect tht Mr Feith is referring to the real reasons for the war, whatever they might be, rather than the reasons given at the time. And his reference to failure to contain Saddam are pure malarkey, or at least the secretary of State said as much not too long previous to the invasion-

In Cairo, on February 24 2001, Powell said: "He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours."

From here, and a lot of other sources, as well-

http://pilger.carlton.com/print/133099

Funny how Saddam got so dangerous so quickly, particularly when the intelligence used in that condemnation was even older than Powell's statement...

By Sygyzy's reasoning, we should have invaded Israel a long, long time ago, given the number of UN resolutions they continue to violate...

 

[syzygy]

Originally posted by: Zephyr106

Originally posted by: syzygy
no matter how hard you're rooting for those
classy insurgents and foreign fighters.

Oh wow how cute. You've really figured out the global liberal conspiracy.

Zephyr

screeching cheerleaders from a half a world away and monday-morning quarterbacks, yes, exactly,
the most we can expect in substance and scope to a global liberal conspiracy.