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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:55 PM Original message |
New book from former Bush adviser: Iraq was on the table from the outset of the administration |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Does Mr. Haas thinks we will be surprised by this news? (eom) |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. File this under "No DUH!" |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I was just going to say "File this under 'No Shit, Sherlock'" |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. 2006? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. 2001 for the true observers. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Yep...n/t |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Right after Cheney's secret meetings with the oil barons. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I meant known outside of us wonkers |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is anyone...anywhere...shocked? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. "he appeared totally at peace with what he had decided" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. "he appeared totally at peace with what he had decided" |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Why not feel at peace? It was Cheney and Rumsfeld who ran the Gov't. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Bush had the power to stop Cheney and the rest and did |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Candidate for President |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. He talked about it in 1999. nt |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gee, you mean this was on the table before they took office, and they used 9/11 as the excuse? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R PNAC |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. and I second that PNAC k&r! nt |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Haass in a meeting with Condi in July 2002 |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Give an idiot a really large can of paint |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Major revelation in Haas' next book: |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. It was the REASON for the malAdministration |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Makes 911 look even more fortuitous. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Never underestimate the power of denial |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. We pretty much knew this. Richard Clarke covered it in his book. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Looks interesting, but this is ancient news, I think. Hasn't it been covered by |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. Haas is also an Obama adviser? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It was rumored that he would be appointed as an envoy- but he wasn't |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. thanks |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Nope, not too terribly disturbed. Haas believed Iraq had WMDs and Saddam was an eeevvuuul dictator. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Duh. It was part of the 2000 GOP platform |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. BOTH IRAQ WARS WERE UNNECESSARY. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
29. Shocker! |
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wildflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Liberating Afghanistan was a start, but in the end it didn't scratch the itch." |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well, surprise, surprise, surprise. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. MIHOP. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thanks. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. i'm grateful another person came forward to help connect dots, BUT |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. There is a good side |
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