“An undeclared war”
By on Aug 18th, 2006 at 10:21 am
“An undeclared war”
is going on between the Bush administration and Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. “As is his mission, Mr. Bowen simply puts out a series of reports detailing failings in the reconstruction effort.” The Washington Times reports, “Privately, Bush administration officials tell us that Mr. Bowen’s quarterly reports and audits are too negative.”
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The bush administration is trying to hide their failings. sounds like saddam and the baath party
August 18th, 2006 at 10:24 amYeah, but are they inaccurate?
August 18th, 2006 at 10:30 amReally… like, instead of pointing out that 110 Iraqis are killed per day in Iraq, Bowen should focus on the larger number that were not killed… or is he trying to help the terra-ists?
August 18th, 2006 at 10:30 amHow about “110 Iraqi civilians get their wish to be closer to Allah on a daily basis, due in part to the American presence!”
August 18th, 2006 at 10:33 amI personally know a general contractor in Iraq. Trust me, there are “failings in the reconstruction effort.”
August 18th, 2006 at 10:35 amGeorge W. Bush and the Bush/Coulter Republican Party, The Buck Never Stops Here.
-GSD
August 18th, 2006 at 10:35 amNext time any Bush/Coulter Republicans complain about crime in America, remind them not to be so negative and to focus on the newly built post office, school or sewer project.
-GSD
August 18th, 2006 at 10:37 amWhen does “exposing rampant fruad and abuse” translate into “your report is too negative”?
It’s not negative to point out that people are ripping off money from the treasury that we don’t even have.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:38 am“An undeclared war†is going on between the Bush administration and Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.
That’s no problem…’undeclared wars’ are right up this administration’s alley.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:39 amBursting Bush’s bubble is strictly forbidden.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:43 amJeezus, these assholes are already wasting 75% of the money spent on Iraq on sub-sub-sub-contractor profits and outright wholesale theft by the venal hackocrats over there, and still it’s not enough!
I think it’s becoming clearer and clearer that no matter what the Perfidious Monstrosity does, it will refuse all accountability and hide behind batteries of lawyers.
The question is whether we, the People, shall let them get away with it.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:43 amRose colored lens implants. Bushco can’t take their glasses off because they’ve had them surgically implanted. If they don’t see it, it isn’t there in their minds. Dumb shits.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:46 amHeaven forbid facts get in the way of a good story.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:49 amWhy don’t I see more of these reports discussed either on MSM or blogs? If they are so negative, let’s see more of them.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:55 amWow – and this from the Moonie Times? Color me impressed.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:17 amThe Washington Times reports, “Privately, Bush administration officials tell us that Mr. Bowen’s quarterly reports and audits are too negative.â€
Yeah, reality tends to have a liberal bias.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:25 amSo bureaucrats in the Bush administration are still asking to see all the “good news coming out of Iraq”, even as Iraq burns?.
Reality really is inconsequential for the people who’d rather live in their own made-up version of the facts. Actually, I think “denial” is a better description of their attitute.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:48 amSounds like someone is definitely not doing a heckuva job. First Citizen Bush is most displeased.
Competence is secondary to cooperation, comrades. Walk the party line, or we’ll push you down the line in a wheelchair.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:51 amSuppressing negative reports sure beats trying to do a good job. Is everything a war to this administration?
August 18th, 2006 at 11:55 ambush/cheney: “Why does Mr. Bowden hate our freedom?”
August 18th, 2006 at 12:24 pmLooney,Yep! …Bush’s response will be, we don’t need no reconstruction. Build those damn perminent basses…..Borrow and spend, bomb everywhere and keep the populace of the US and around the world on constant “tara” alert. Win the elections by fear and constant bombardment by the reight winged baught media…..Fear and smear….a rove mindset learned well after Hitler and all other mass murderers………Blessings
August 18th, 2006 at 12:26 pmHow about “110 Iraqi civilians get their wish to be closer to Allah on a daily basis, due in part to the American presence!â€
Comment by Democratic Soldier
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Good one,DS.
I wish I could summon a smile.
August 18th, 2006 at 12:34 pmWell obviously, BushCo forgot to tell Mr. Bowen that his official title was actually Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction in Charge of Good News Only. He should have read the small print first.
Or maybe Mr. Bowen hates America because of our freedom, and that’s why he’s being so negative about our “success” in Iraq? Yeah — that must be it…
August 18th, 2006 at 12:46 pmBush is too arrogant and too stupid to face the truth. The truth is his decision to invade Iraq was a disaster for the security of this country and the Middle East. Bush is the worst US President in our history and he has done nothing but damage since the day he set foot in Office. The man is a disgrace.
August 18th, 2006 at 12:49 pmQuarterly reports and audits “too negative?”
August 18th, 2006 at 1:37 pmHas Mr. Browen forgotten how to write “War is peace,” and everything else.
Treason!
“Well then the suspect murdered her”. “Did you say murder? That’s awfully negative, couldn’t we say he interrupted her life experience?”.
August 18th, 2006 at 1:42 pmThe Bush administration loves their rose colored glasses, so they don’t have to see the ugliness of reality.
August 18th, 2006 at 2:15 pmWe actually can’t tell you about the good news, cause if we showed you every school that was built, the “sectarian faction” would blow it up. That’s real progress and real good news!
August 18th, 2006 at 2:23 pmhang on, stewart…
please, hang in there…
August 18th, 2006 at 4:32 pmThe usual Bush administration’s response to ANY critical analysis (spelled reality) of their policies is always the same.
“The latest chapter in America’s long war on drugs — a six-year, $4.7 billion effort to slash Colombia’s coca crop — has left the price, quality and availability of cocaine on American streets virtually unchanged.
The effort, begun in 2000 and known as Plan Colombia, had a specific goal of halving this country’s coca crop in five years. That has not happened. Instead, drug policy experts say, coca, the essential ingredient for cocaine, has been redistributed to smaller and harder-to-reach plots, adding to the cost and difficulty of the drug war.
Bush administration officials say that coca farmers are on the run, and that the leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries who feed on drug profits are weaker than ever. That has made Colombia, Washington’s closest ally in a tumultuous region, more stable, they say. They argue that the plan has scored important successes, like a spike in the price of cocaine last year.
But that claim was disputed by a wide range of drug policy experts, and some politicians are questioning the drug war’s results as well as its assumptions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/19/world/americas/19coca.html?hp&ex=1156046400&en=4dee6ec14ac62d99&ei=5094&partner=homepage
August 19th, 2006 at 11:28 amCoca farmers are on the run. Yeah! Look at those plants move! They’re IMPOSSIBLE to find! I mean, you can’t kill a moving plant now, can you?
Almost 5 BILLION dollars. And know what we got? New cars for the DARE program, and 12 year olds that know more about coke than many users. DARE does nothing but teach kids how to use drugs MORE EFFICIENTLY. How to find, how they’re used, what they look like, what the paraphernalia looks like, HOW TO SPOT A COP. You know, the basics!
August 20th, 2006 at 2:34 am