White House Flailing
COOPER: Well, let me just try it a different way. I mean, do you believe that the White House -- does the White House believe they were completely realistic in their planning for the war and or after the war, for the peace?
DEVENISH: Well, I don't think after 9/11 that anyone had any delusions about the viciousness of the enemy we face, of the ferocity with which they were fighting.
COOPER: No, we're not talking about 9/11, I'm talking about the war in Iraq.
DEVENISH: We're talking about the same enemy. We're talking about the same enemy. We're talking about an enemy that shares an ideology that believes that our way of life and our freedoms here are diametrically opposed to their grim vision for recreating the Middle East to a terror base and launch attacks.
"DEVENISH" is NICOLE DEVENISH, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. Yes, when asked about the Bush Administration's failure to adequately plan for the Iraq war, the White House has nothing more to say than: "9-11".
How embarassing.
posted by Abe at 8/21/2005 09:55:00 AM
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Come on Supe. All "the left" has to say about Iraq is "Vietnam" -- based on a single quote from a single Senator in January?
This post points out that the White House has no justification for its failure to plan for post-war Iraq. That's a real problem that shows a real failure of leadership. --and it has nothing to do with 9-11. In a post-9-11 world, is it now imperative that our leaders fail to adequately plan for war? Did 9-11 change that?
And, you may be interested to know that the similarities between Iraq and Vietnam aren't being made only by Ted Kennedy, or as you insinuate "the left". See: "Republican senator likens Iraq war to Vietnam"
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050821/pl_nm/iraq_usa_dc
Do better, Soup. Use your head.
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