Comments on: Bush Turns To Expert Advisers Who Slam Phased Withdrawal, Advocate Escalation In Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:46:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » White House Unable To Find A ‘War Czar’ To Own Bush’s Iraq Failures http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-3657655 Think Progress » White House Unable To Find A ‘War Czar’ To Own Bush’s Iraq Failures Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:01:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-3657655 [...] send more troops to Iraq. He was a strong opponent of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations, giving the report an “F” grade and saying, “It’s a cover story to accept [...] [...] send more troops to Iraq. He was a strong opponent of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations, giving the report an “F” grade and saying, “It’s a cover story to accept [...]

]]> By: Jeff Mack http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1287200 Jeff Mack Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:24:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1287200 How much time and energy and dollars? Is this our war? Is this the legacy "war" of our president? Iraq? Iraq? How many times? How much time and energy and dollars? Is this our war? Is this the legacy “war” of our president? Iraq? Iraq? How many times?

]]> By: Jeff Mack http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1287191 Jeff Mack Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:21:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1287191 How many billions to Halliburton instead of Isama? How many billions to Halliburton instead of Isama?

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1263135 RUCerious Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:38:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1263135 #63 - Pablo - tell em wtf stands for windows true font... #63 – Pablo – tell em wtf stands for windows true font…

]]> By: pablo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1263124 pablo Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:35:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1263124 hey all, let's write request letters to the NYT and WP for headlines to now end in ".wtf " ! I can't handle any more 'news articles' so malicious they don't even mention the main topic: horriffic stage-acting marathons. Call a soldier for the holidays. hey all, let’s write request letters to the NYT and WP for headlines to now end in “.wtf ” ! I can’t handle any more ‘news articles’ so malicious they don’t even mention the main topic: horriffic stage-acting marathons.

Call a soldier for the holidays.

]]> By: Karim http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1263094 Karim Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:28:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1263094 This disgrace of a president is now turning to people with little experience for ways to escalate this war? Absurd. This disgrace of a president is now turning to people with little experience for ways to escalate this war? Absurd.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1263023 RUCerious Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:14:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1263023 I agree that sending a blanketing swarm of American troops to crush the rebel forces is a splendid idea. Every adult who voted for Bush in 2000 or 2004, or their children, or grandchildren who are of military age should be conscripted and go. Let's put a million troops in Iraq for 30 or 40 years. That oughta do it. Do what, you ask? How the hell should I know, but the academics advising Bush surely can't be wrong? Can They????? I agree that sending a blanketing swarm of American troops to crush the rebel forces is a splendid idea.
Every adult who voted for Bush in 2000 or 2004, or their children, or grandchildren who are of military age should be conscripted and go.
Let’s put a million troops in Iraq for 30 or 40 years.
That oughta do it.
Do what, you ask?
How the hell should I know, but the academics advising Bush surely can’t be wrong? Can They?????

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262980 RUCerious Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:02:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262980 "Like most Americans, this administration wants to succeed in Iraq because we understand success in Iraq would help protect the United States in the long run," Bush said after his State Department briefing." Krikey!@ When is he going to get it? Most Americans do not subscribe to his version of "success in Iraq". Since when is "stay the course", any kind of a version of succeeding! OK, God hasn't told him about the election yet. OK. “Like most Americans, this administration wants to succeed in Iraq because we understand success in Iraq would help protect the United States in the long run,” Bush said after his State Department briefing.”

Krikey!@ When is he going to get it?
Most Americans do not subscribe to his version of “success in Iraq”. Since when is “stay the course”, any kind of a version of succeeding!
OK, God hasn’t told him about the election yet. OK.

]]> By: Spudge_Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262968 Spudge_Boy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:58:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262968 <blockquote>but the governor’s top aides cautioned Monday that nothing is definite until Bush says it’s definite.</blockquote> So, I guess Bush was the dictator of Texas before being the dictator of the US. He would have just stomped his little feet if he didn't agree.

but the governor’s top aides cautioned Monday that nothing is definite until Bush says it’s definite.

So, I guess Bush was the dictator of Texas before being the dictator of the US. He would have just stomped his little feet if he didn’t agree.

]]> By: Geoff http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262966 Geoff Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:56:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262966 So, you're going all in....thatta Bushie! (someone please help us) So, you’re going all in….thatta Bushie! (someone please help us)

]]> By: johnny http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262923 johnny Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:49:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262923 You honestly thought the Illuminati @ CFR would give up? You honestly thought the Illuminati @ CFR would give up?

]]> By: chimpeach http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262872 chimpeach Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:39:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262872 #49 cynic <em>Unless you’re a mind reader, you’d have no way of knowing that. How many other tales told by these people have turned out to be fabricated? The very fact that yours is the ‘official’ story makes it suspect in many people’s eyes.</em> What the hell are you talking about? Are you saying that Cheney lied about picking himself for VP? Or are you saying it was a lie to say that he was the one who was supposed to be picking someone for VP? There's no mind-reading about it. It doesn't even make sense that it would be a false story. What is it that you're trying to say? If it's any help, the following is from a 7/25/00 article at cnn.com: <strong>"Cheney, who has spent the past several weeks conducting Bush's search for a running mate, emerged as the front-runner for the position late Friday. An announcement was expected Tuesday in Austin, but the governor's top aides cautioned Monday that nothing is definite until Bush says it's definite."</strong> #49 cynic

Unless you’re a mind reader, you’d have no way of knowing that. How many other tales told by these people have turned out to be fabricated? The very fact that yours is the ‘official’ story makes it suspect in many people’s eyes.

What the hell are you talking about? Are you saying that Cheney lied about picking himself for VP? Or are you saying it was a lie to say that he was the one who was supposed to be picking someone for VP? There’s no mind-reading about it. It doesn’t even make sense that it would be a false story. What is it that you’re trying to say?

If it’s any help, the following is from a 7/25/00 article at cnn.com:

“Cheney, who has spent the past several weeks conducting Bush’s search for a running mate, emerged as the front-runner for the position late Friday. An announcement was expected Tuesday in Austin, but the governor’s top aides cautioned Monday that nothing is definite until Bush says it’s definite.”

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262863 Briseadh na Faire Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:37:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262863 Jack Keane is on the Board of General Dynamics, a Defense Contractor/War Profiteer. Jack Keane is on the Board of General Dynamics, a Defense Contractor/War Profiteer.

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262741 Briseadh na Faire Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:15:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262741 Elliot Cohen signed the Statement of Principles of the Project for the New American Century. It's not surprising he wants to escalate the war. Elliot Cohen signed the Statement of Principles of the Project for the New American Century.

It’s not surprising he wants to escalate the war.

]]> By: G.W.SuperChrist http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262740 G.W.SuperChrist Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:14:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262740 When are we going to stop allowing those people - that have been wrong every step of the way - to continue to make decisions? Hey Kevin - instead of focusing in on progressive or conservative credentials... how about we disqualify those people - that thought going into Iraq was a good idea - from being a part of any focus group... and how about we increase our troop numbers by putting all those people - that thought it would be a cake walk - on the front line in an unarmored Hummer? When are we going to stop allowing those people – that have been wrong every step of the way – to continue to make decisions?

Hey Kevin – instead of focusing in on progressive or conservative credentials… how about we disqualify those people – that thought going into Iraq was a good idea – from being a part of any focus group… and how about we increase our troop numbers by putting all those people – that thought it would be a cake walk – on the front line in an unarmored Hummer?

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262729 impeachcheneythenbush Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:11:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262729 Background on one of these guys: Eliot A. Cohen is a professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Cohen is the Director of the Strategic Studies department at SAIS and has specialized in strategic studies, the Middle East, Persian Gulf, Iraq, arms control, and NATO.<em> He is a member of the Project for the New American Century and was called "the most influential neoconservative in academe</em>" by energy economist Ahmad Faruqui.[1] Background on one of these guys:

Eliot A. Cohen is a professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Cohen is the Director of the Strategic Studies department at SAIS and has specialized in strategic studies, the Middle East, Persian Gulf, Iraq, arms control, and NATO. He is a member of the Project for the New American Century and was called “the most influential neoconservative in academe” by energy economist Ahmad Faruqui.[1]

]]> By: Willy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-2/#comment-1262714 Willy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:08:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262714 George Bush: Once a failure, always a failure. Again he's found failure and so it's only natural for him to "stay the course" with failed policies. George Bush: Once a failure, always a failure. Again he’s found failure and so it’s only natural for him to “stay the course” with failed policies.

]]> By: Spudge_Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-1/#comment-1262698 Spudge_Boy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:03:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262698 1991 - 600,000 troops not enough to invade Bahgdad according to James Baker, George HW Bush and Dick Cheney. 2006 - 140,000 +20,000-40,000 troops is plenty according to James Baker, George W Bush and Dick Cheney. This math doesn't make sense to me. Any of you trolls can explain this new math to me? 1991 – 600,000 troops not enough to invade Bahgdad according to James Baker, George HW Bush and Dick Cheney.

2006 – 140,000 +20,000-40,000 troops is plenty according to James Baker, George W Bush and Dick Cheney.

This math doesn’t make sense to me. Any of you trolls can explain this new math to me?

]]> By: cynic http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-1/#comment-1262693 cynic Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:02:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262693 <em>He interviewed several people and then decided the best person for the job was himself.</em> chimpeach Unless you're a mind reader, you'd have no way of knowing that. How many other tales told by these people have turned out to be fabricated? The very fact that yours is the 'official' story makes it suspect in many people's eyes. Bush 41 considered several people for the Supreme Court, and then chose the most qualified: Clarence Thomas. Oops. He interviewed several people and then decided the best person for the job was himself.
chimpeach

Unless you’re a mind reader, you’d have no way of knowing that. How many other tales told by these people have turned out to be fabricated? The very fact that yours is the ‘official’ story makes it suspect in many people’s eyes.

Bush 41 considered several people for the Supreme Court, and then chose the most qualified: Clarence Thomas. Oops.

]]> By: captain obvious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/comment-page-1/#comment-1262680 captain obvious Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:59:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/bush-advisers/#comment-1262680 stephen biddle: <em>“If you could get a political deal by saturating Iraq with American troops, then it might make sense to do it even if you do fall to much lower levels afterward. But I haven’t heard anybody put forth an argument about what these troops are going to do while they’re there that will bring that about.” </em> translation: <strong>if it'll work, i'm all for it.</strong> stephen biddle: “If you could get a political deal by saturating Iraq with American troops, then it might make sense to do it even if you do fall to much lower levels afterward. But I haven’t heard anybody put forth an argument about what these troops are going to do while they’re there that will bring that about.”

translation: if it’ll work, i’m all for it.

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