Frontline starting in Houston now, PBS, Endgame (Iraqi Surge). nt

[babylonsister]

[w8liftinglady]

1. I'm watching now,too

[babylonsister]

2. Excellent! nt

[Olney Blue]

3. I'm watching it in DC area- this is a devastating expose.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

4. it will make you sick

i wanted to reach thru the tube and strangle freddie kagan.

[Olney Blue]

5. Rumsfeld chose Casey to take over from Sanchez- but nobody knew

anything about him and he had never led troops in battle.

He was supposed to keep a lid on things during political season.

[Olney Blue]

6. Col William Hix is interviewed (assistant to Casey)

[Olney Blue]

7. "light footprint"- the directive from Rumsfeld to Casey

[Ilsa]

8. In the first five minutes, some knucklehead said that Rumsfeld

was passive, as is the position of SecDef. ridiculous. Every other account of Rumsferatu indicates he is a bully.

On edit: the knucklehead was Zelikow, State Dept.

[Olney Blue]

9. al sadr went on a rampage- got a deal with the Americans-

casey spent millions buying back weapons and reconstruction costs

[Olney Blue]

10. Oh man, they play clips of the chimps voice as the strategy kept changing....

[Olney Blue]

11. Oh, monkeyman, I miss you tonight

[Olney Blue]

12. Shrub thanking the "architect" Karl Rove after the election

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

Meanwhile, back in Iraq- violence escalated- most intense combat since Vietnam war

[Olney Blue]

13. Fallejah resulted in a resurgence of optimism- Chimp gloats and thought

they had beaten the insurgency for good....

then U.S. soldier shooting an unarmed man... heartbreaking....

this turned insurgency even stronger against U.S.

[w8liftinglady]

14. This is excellent-Bush looks like the lying piece of shit that he is.

they all look like evil,soulless bastards...rice,rumsfeld.will anyone notice now?

[babylonsister]

17. Who will see this? I'm really sorry I didn't send a link to my 'friends'

who think this 'war' is going swimmingly.

[w8liftinglady]

19. I have tivoed it....will supply copies for anyone who misses it...within reason ;)

[babylonsister]

15. Where is Casey tonight? Why hasn't he bared his soul for the shit

that transpired in his name?

[Olney Blue]

16. Rice jumps in the fray- goes up against Rummy on the talk shows.

[Olney Blue]

18. the "clear, hold, and build" strategy was effective

Lesson of Talafar- McMasters did it the right way

[Olney Blue]

20. Rice promoting "clear, hold and build" on Hill was an unprecedented challenge

to Sec of Defense- Rummy and Casey didn't like it

Insight into the disarray of the administration.

Chimps voice: "We are winning"

[babylonsister]

21. The DIM ONE sounds so intolerably STUPID in the midst of the carnage!

Talking about democracy and freedom, when that's the last thing that's happening.

[w8liftinglady]

23. I was thinking the same thing.what a piece of pure,unadulterated ...well,you know.

[Olney Blue]

25. Oh, history is not going to be kind.....

[Olney Blue]

22. The denial in WH began to crumble- chimps ratings in free fall

[babylonsister]

26. Yet here we are. Fucked up, or what? nt

[w8liftinglady]

27. I was just thinking...I say "Fuck" a lot more these days

[babylonsister]

28. Hugs, because I 'NEVER' did, until I met DU and dimson. nt

[bananarepublican]

41. Whenever I see a Republic*nt on the tube I now go into 'Terret's' mode!

An uncontrollable stream of abuse is hurled at the TV set.

[babylonsister]

24. The blivet's 'inherent unwillingness' to consider any other course.

Staying The Course.

[babylonsister]

29. Here's the crux: the 'surge'. nt

[Olney Blue]

30. The Republicans were BEGGING the blivet to throw Rumsfeld overboard

before the 2006...

Bush's "thumping" speech... Rumsfeld discarded

[rodeodance]

32. did you catch the irony--Rumsfield was the strongest Dem allie--as Rummy did

not want more troops.

[Olney Blue]

35. Yes, but the emotions were so high and people were so angry it

seemed like a great breakthrough at the time.... "who knew" they were about to surge- the opposite of what Americans wanted

[Olney Blue]

31. The "surge" was supposed to be a "clear, hold, and build" strategy

[Olney Blue]

33. Dick Cheney is "Moby Dick" of the administration-

OMG, confirmation that Cheney calls the shots

[babylonsister]

34. General Keane & Frederick Kagan talked to *, then went to VP:

meeting was decisive, the surge was on, but it's called 'a dribble' by one knowledgeable man.

Jeebus! Why was Kagan even there?

[Olney Blue]

36. "Army Chief of Staff" is consolation prize for firing Casey

[Olney Blue]

37. Surge will be at full force by July 4- no one knows how it will end

So much at stake....

[Olney Blue]

38. I want to scream in frustration after watching this

[w8liftinglady]

39. Join the club...do like I do-"scream" in print...my latest ltte

http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2007/06/19/dailylight/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter2.prt

[Olney Blue]

40. Great letter, w8liftinglady.