Skelton to Army: Release the Rand report.
By on Feb 11th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Skelton to Army: Release the Rand report.
Today, the New York Times revealed that the Army tried to bury a Rand Corp. post-war study of the Bush administration’s failures to plan for Iraq. “[T[he study’s wide-ranging critique of the White House, the Defense Department and other government agencies was a concern for Army generals, and the Army has sought to keep the report under lock and key,” the Times wrote. Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) wrote to Army Secretary Pete Geren calling on him to “rectify this mistake” by releasing “the full, classified version of the report” to Congress and “to allow the publication of the unclassified summary of the report.”
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Those chickenhawks won’t do it, they know that truth is their enemy…
February 11th, 2008 at 7:40 pmrepublicans are the world’s leading hypocrites.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:40 pmThey sent another letter.
That will get them good.
Yeah.
Right.
**sigh**
February 11th, 2008 at 7:41 pmWow if only it could happen….but this administration just refuses and Congress lets it go.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:42 pmDon’t hold your breath Ike Skelton!
These criminals are not going down quitely!!
February 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pmComment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 7:41 pm
Don’t get too discouraged, Wayne. I hear this letter had a lot of exclamation marks in it!
February 11th, 2008 at 7:48 pmThe unclassified report is damaging enough. One wonders what is contained in the classified version.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:52 pmDon’t get too discouraged, Wayne. I hear this letter had a lot of exclamation marks in it!
Comment by ralph the wonder llama — February 11, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
But did it include underlines?
February 11th, 2008 at 7:54 pmInquiring minds want to know. =D
I like THIS Ike Skelton BETTER than the
February 11th, 2008 at 8:01 pmTREASONOUS DoD PSYOP who posts here as Ike Skielton.
The poor planning had “the inadvertent effort of strengthening the insurgency,†as Iraqis experienced a lack of security and essential services and focused on “negative effects of the U.S. security presence.â€
I still cannot believe Impeachment is still “Off the Table”
They won’t even enforce their subpoenas.
Its like a nightmare you can’t wake up from.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:02 pmComment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 7:41 pm
They sent another letter.
That will get them good.
Yeah.
Right.
**sigh**
With the new Democratic Congress and a new Democratic President, all these things (letters, subpoenas that don’t go anywhere, etc) might be the precursor (and the groundwork) for actually getting things done in 2009. What do you think?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:04 pmStrange how all reports that are contradicting bush agenda even those he ordered, get held up or need rewritting before allowing the public to read.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pmWhat do you think?
Comment by Merlin — February 11, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
We will see.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pmI remember Watergate and Iran/Contra though, so I am really very skeptical. I have not been impressed with the110th at all.
They have caved at almost every turn.
I really hope they actually do something this time, it has gone way too far.
Comment by texaslady — February 11, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
Strange how all reports that are contradicting bush agenda even those he ordered, get held up or need rewritting before allowing the public to read.
Yeah, as I mentioned in #11, 2009 could really be something. There is so much of this garbage under the WH furniture it will take dozens of dumptsters to hold it. With no veto problem from the new WH and Democratic control of the votes, it could be like shooting fish in a barrel. (apologies to the fish.)
February 11th, 2008 at 8:13 pmWayne 8:12 How sad we are all getting so cynical about truth being reported by any of the media. We get more news from outside the country media than our own.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:14 pmComment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 8:12 pm
We will see.
I remember Watergate and Iran/Contra though, so I am really very skeptical. I have not been impressed with the110th at all.
They have caved at almost every turn.
I really hope they actually do something this time, it has gone way too far.
Watergate was awesome! I did not miss a day of it. I too am skeptical, but prefer to come down on the “hope” side. If nothing is done then, I will join your chorus of alienation, hurt, crushed desires and anger. There is some excuse now, due to the current makeup. But in 2009… None in my book.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:19 pmThere is some excuse now, due to the current makeup. But in 2009… None in my book.
Comment by Merlin — February 11, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
I have always voted Democrat, or independent ( in local races ).
February 11th, 2008 at 8:26 pmI will vote Democratic this time as well, because any other alternative right now is just vile.
If 2009 goes like the last 2 years.
We need a new party.
Comment by texaslady — February 11, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
How sad we are all getting so cynical about truth being reported by any of the media.
I’m not sure I would call it “cynical.” It is a fact that we are not getting truthful reporting from the MSM any more. With only about 6 media conglomerates owning it all and having a very powerful and, at times, stated agenda (like faux being the megaphone for the neocon agenda) it is hard not to see the facts. Not expecting the truth from the media is reality.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:30 pmWe get more news from outside the country media than our own.
Comment by texaslady — February 11, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
Overseas press is the only place we can get almost any news of Afghanistan. Bush doesn’t want us to know he really messed up there. US media plays along.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:38 pmComment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
If 2009 goes like the last 2 years.
We need a new party.
I would agree. Interestingly (to me at least) I found that, based on platform and positions taken, I am totally aligned with the Green Party. Sadly, (for me) it is necessary to vote Democratic, or my vote will not only be wasted, but along with others (think Nader), could make the country worse off. I have voted Democratic since 1956.
So how do we turn the political environment around so there is a viable 3rd party that we can happily vote for? I won’t waste my vote on a protest vote as much as I might like to.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:39 pmComment by texaslady — February 11, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
We get more news from outside the country media than our own.
Absolutely! It has only been since BushCo that I feel like I’m living in a fishbowl. Or a glass house that everybody outside lines up at the fence to watch. And there is all this crappy stuff going on in the house, that I have nothing to do with, and there is no where to hide. The “outsiders” can see the truth and they know everything. I’m supposed to do something and there is nothing I can do. Very awkward indeed.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:46 pmSo how do we turn the political environment around so there is a viable 3rd party that we can happily vote for?
Comment by Merlin — February 11, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Thats the $64,000 question.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:49 pmSecrecy. The only thing this administration is rich in..
If it were an asset we’d be rich.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:08 pmSo how do we turn the political environment around so there is a viable 3rd party that we can happily vote for?
Comment by Merlin — February 11, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Three party systems might be even more troublesome than the two-party system. If two parties can cooperate, then the will of the people can be effectively represented. But if not, then the two more liberal parties, for instance could split their influence and their votes and the third, more conservative party could take power with a little more than a third of the constituency in support.
Viable third-party candidates in presidential elections ALWAYS hurt the party from which they spring.
Yeah, the system we have sucks — extremists wield a disproportionate amount of power, at least on the right, and the center gets dragged back-and-forth, depending on who tells the more convincing lies. But until we can achieve a system that depends on cooperation and that rewards truth and results, we’re still fu(ked.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:56 pmSay no more:
February 11th, 2008 at 11:01 pmDoin’ what the Bush gang does best! Keepin’ it secret, callin’ on the Secret’s Act, lyin’ and sayin’ it’s in the interest of National Security or here’s the best one by Dark Dick, “I’m not a full time VP I’m also a President of the Senate so the rules for the executive are not for me!” If it wasn’t so f***in sorry and just plain lies, it would be funny. These guys are need some incentive to get out of office early; can the congress say impeachment. C’mon congress you can suck it up and find the courage.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:32 pmComment by justasking — February 11, 2008 @ 11:06 pm
That’s what’s wrong with the third party platform. They’re defeatists. They always run AGAINST something instead of running FOR something.
Would you call The Green Party a third party? If so check out their web site. There is nothing negative or defeatist there. They are running against things, like the Iraq occupation, the BushCo environmental policies etc. However, so are the Democrats. What is your take on the Green Party?
February 11th, 2008 at 11:38 pmCongress is responsible for oversight. How can they perform their duty if the duly designated research team is not allowed to present their findings to Congress. Perhaps a better question is why does the Executive branch have the right to surpress vital information. It makes no sense. Without this information there is no oversight and no need for Congress. Somehow I thing that violates every principle our founding fathers tried to build into the Constitution.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:49 pmPogo revised: “We have met the enemy and he is US Army.”
February 12th, 2008 at 6:32 am