Comments on: Paul Wolfowitz: ‘I’m Not An Architect Of Anything’

By: Nathan Florea

Nathan Florea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:43:33 +0000

The reference to the civil war in El Salvador and the implication, in the context of our current involvement in Iraq, that we helped bring about their democracy made me sick to my stomach. The U.S. has a majority of the blood from that civil war on its hands. We trained the military and paramilitary death squads, we provided huge amounts of financial aid to keep the regime propped up, and we turned a blind eye as religious leaders, civilians, and even American citizens were slaughtered. Here is a quote from Wikipedia: “According to the 1993 United Nations’ Truth Commission report, over 96% of the human rights violations carried out during the war were committed by the Salvadorian military or the paramilitary death squads.”
Our participation in El Salvador’s civil war is one of the most disgusting episodes of our shameful history in Latin America.

By: Harriet Mullaney

Harriet Mullaney — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:27:59 +0000

Clearly Mr. Wolfowitz knows nothing of the realities of the Salvadoran experience, neither details of the 12 year war nor its lasting imprint on this society. El Salvador’s current economic gap between its oligarchy and the rest of the population is enormous. Its lack of economic growth makes it one of the least successful Central American economies. And that’s saying something!

By: Duckman GR

Duckman GR — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:30:49 +0000

Wolfie, see, he plays that absent minded professor schtick, not that well, but he plays it for all he’s worth. Maybe because he see’s a pair of glaring red lights, eyeball size, at the foot of his bed every night as he tries to settle down into his nest of pillows and blankets that comfort him with the soft caress of silk and satin, and this gives him the energy to continue with his evil lies. Him and Dougie and Dickie and Georgie and Condi and the rest of the lot.

The best thing that can happen is that the demons he unleashed turn their gaze on him, and torture the ever lovin shit out of his warped, dark, little mind.

He’s not a bubble boy, he’s not misguided or pathological, he’s a nasty, disgusting, disagreeable prick who has far exceeded his competence level, a sadistic little creep who deserves a fate worse than death, losing everything he “values,” his face rubbed in the consequences of his stupid and selfish wet dreams every day. Every effing day for the rest of his miseraable life.

By: Merlin

Merlin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:38:39 +0000

#61 Comment by bushfatigue â€” May 31, 2007 @ 10:26 pm

Robert Zoellick… was one of the neo-cons who signed the 1998 PNAC letter to Clinton, demanding an attack on Iraq.

EXACTLY!
Plan A, better known as world domination, through complete control of the Middle East and the oil it contains. There is no Plan B folks, because they feel they are on track with Plan A. With Zoellic there is “change without change.”

Don’t be fooled by the magic.

Bush said it today…It is our “destiny.” Condi indicated it before a Congressional committee a short while ago.

By: jurassicpork

jurassicpork — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:36:37 +0000

Ah, yes. Nothing quite spells out credibility like a recently disgraced, comb-licking little partisan troll.

By: bushfatigue

bushfatigue — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:26:07 +0000

Wolfie and the neo-cons may be shameless, incompetent war criminals, but they’re not down and out just yet. As the media goes goo goo over Bush’s new honcho at the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, they’ve failed to note that he was one of the neo-cons who signed the 1998 PNAC letter to Clinton, demanding an attack on Iraq.

By: JerryTheAngel

JerryTheAngel — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:29:19 +0000

There is NO analogy between the conflict in Korea and iraq. This is the same kind of warped thinking that has gotten entangled in Iraq.

Ya see, Dumbya, The North had uniforms and the south had uniforms. Yes, perhaps, there is a slight analogy in that the Chinese were funding and training the North Koreans, like Iran is assisting the Shia in Iraq.

It stops right there. There were no tribal wars inside of Korea. We KNEW who the enemy was and what they looked like. Over in that hellhole Iraq, our brave soldiers could be training an Iraqi National Army member during the day and at night they become insurgents who plan ways to kill our troops.

IT’S NOT WINNABLE.

North Korea did not have thousands of men who were willing to blow themselves up in a suicide mission.

W BUSH IS A LUNATIC: He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of â€œour countryâ€™s destiny.â€

What does this sick and demented war criminal mean by this? What could he possibly do to be able to backup that statement?

Does anybody get what he means here? Please respond if you do. Whatever it is, it would have to be a very chilling proposition.

By: Tom - Daai Tou Laam

Tom - Daai Tou Laam — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:07:13 +0000

It wasn’t stated in the article at the ucla.edu link, but El Salvador’s top industry now is remittances from the US. In other words, the domestic economy of El Salvador is such a flop that the biggest money maker is to have people leave the country and work in the US and send money back to El Salvador.

This situation also leaves the Salvadorans at the mercy of the US government as Bush Administration meddling in Salvadoran elections has shown. Bush Administration officials televising election commercials in El Salvador basically stating, “Elect a pro-Bush government or we’ll will shut off the flow of remittances from the US and grind your country’s economy in to the dust.”

By: tubino

tubino — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:26:57 +0000

so, does that mean wolfowitz sees the value of el salvadorâ€™s truth commission.

Worth repeating. As are many of the observations here about the US role in training death squads in El Salvador. Sometimes I feel like the only who recalls the massacre at El Mozote.

Some months I read a blog post where a guy flying into Washington DC mentions the Butcher of El Salvador International Airport. Good one, eh?

By: Bubba

Bubba — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:18:13 +0000

I cannot believe that America’s most honorable warriors were sent to war by such cowards.

By: pdq

pdq — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:05:38 +0000

Ummm…Wolfie says five percent of the US population is 13 million?

300 mil x 0.05 = 13 mil? (not.)

Maybe that’s why he didn’t do so good as a (world) banker.

By: azbill

azbill — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:58:09 +0000

Put a helmet on his pointed head and send his ass to Iraq for the summer. He might as well get a first hand look at the killing he is responsible for. These neo-fascists don’t have to look at the horrors of war, they only watch their bank accounts fill up.

This guy is a traitor to America and should be in Iraq fighting for what he sold the American public. There will be no end to the “surge” in September. They just want the war to go on and on so their buddies can clean up while our troops are killed.

Shameful Americans!! War profits are part of the RepubliCON party.

By: KevinNYC

KevinNYC — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:53:28 +0000

El Salvador’s civil war had about 70,000 deaths over about 12-14 years.

El Savador is about 1/4 the size of Iraq.

So make that 280,000 deaths over a dozen years. That’s a death rate of of 23,000 a year.

How does that compare to Iraq? (Anyone know a way of coming up with accurate figures?)

The El Salvador figures do not count what would have to be an American security force of about 40,000. Anyone think a force that size couldn’t keep peace in El Salvador? The Iraq war by any standard is one of the most violent civil wars we have seen.

By: veritas

veritas — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:43:54 +0000

Korean model? 50 more years? Just goes to show how demented and out of contact with reality this fool on the hill actually is. His pathology is reaching embarrassing proportions now that he feels the need to exonerate himself and further convince others that he is right. There’s no fool like an old fool and there’s nothing more dangerous than a psychiatrically compromised individual in the white house.

By: veritas

veritas — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:28:00 +0000

#30 – Hi Kay!
I’ve been out of town for a while and am just getting back into the political landscape here. In reality, the reprieve from all of the scandals and criminal behavior being outed daily was balm for my soul. Now it’s time to get back to reality, however, and, unfortunately, our reality is not a very appealing, pretty picture these days. The down side of “dropping out entirely”, however, becomes total apathy which doesn’t serve anyone very well. Thank you for your compliment. I attempt to think my comments through and base them on fact when/where possible and I’m thrilled that you take the time to read them and enjoy them. I try to ignore the pesky trolls but recognize that they, too, probably have a place in the landscape and may actually bring greater insight to readers merely by their lack of comprehension of the facts, their blind, lockstep thought processes, and their bigoted, hatefilled commentary. Perhaps they are the best recruiting tool the Democrats and Independents have these days so, in that respect, they, also serve a greater purpose.

I firmly believe that everything occurs for a reason (as Eclesiastes and “The Birds” (haha) stated (am I dating myself?)….and the lessons of violated trust and betrayal by those whom we’ve placed in the highest offices of power in this country will, undoubtedly, have a positive effect ultimately. Unfortunately, the regression we’ve experienced over the past 6 years both nationally as well as internationally will not be undone probably in any of our lifetimes. The days of the United States superiority are over now, thanks to the crooks and liars in whom we placed our trust. All we can do now is hope….and learn from these horrendous mistakes….and never again repeat them.

I content that unless/until the bush cabal is brought to the level of justice they deserve, this country will continue on it’s downward spiral into the abyss of irrelevancy and ultimately takeover by a foreign power. All we can probably do right now is say that “we allowed it” – just as we question those whom allowed the incinerations at the concentration camps, we’ve sat back and allowed this dictator carte blanche to destroy this country, kill our youth (genocide?), and reduce the morality of this country internationally to that of a pariah.

Thanks again, Kay….I enjoy all of your posts as well. Have a great evening!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:16:37 +0000

OMG, what a whiner. This man is not responsible for anything he has done. Well, karma’s a bitch and he is going to get his in the end. He already lost his job and his girlfriend. There’s no where to go but up for him and I seriously doubt that he is going to convince the public that he is anything other than a giant screw-up.

By: Wil Burns

Wil Burns — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:31:07 +0000

Beginning in late December 2001, President Bush met repeatedly with Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks and his war cabinet to plan the U.S. attack on Iraq even as he and administration spokesmen insisted they were pursuing a diplomatic solution, according to a new book on the origins of the war.

The intensive war planning throughout 2002 created its own momentum, according to “Plan of Attack” by Bob Woodward.

By: El Cid

El Cid — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:24:08 +0000

It really says something about the intellectual quality of our society and the pundit class’ worship of Reagan’s nightmarish and genocidal rampage through Central America (and this a qualitatively bloodier development of previously murderous policies) that anyone can react to a suggestion of El Salvador as a role model with anything other than projectile vomiting.

By: rico

rico — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:19:40 +0000

You are all in denial about who is responsible for what’s going on in the world for centuries.
Read about The Russian Revolution and get a clue.
The Russian names masked their true identities.
After the slaughter of Russian Christians, anti-semitism was punishable by death.

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:18:15 +0000

Success has a thousand fathers . . . failure is an orphan.

Comment by Outis â€” May 31, 2007 @ 3:07 pm

A whopping number of Iraqi orphans at that!