I have to admit I am really confused by the new US neocon strategy to say that they had nothing to do with the failure of the neocon strategy. Another top neocon, Ken Adelman, had assured the administration in February 2002 that “liberating” Iraq would be a “cakewalk,” but today disavows all responsibility with how … Continue reading NeoCons back to the future
The US air controller crisis might finally get the President’s attention following this admission: The Federal Aviation Administration admitted it broke its own rules in putting only one controller on duty. We often forget how important the controllers are, since they are the least noticed when they are doing their best work. For some much … Continue reading FAA admits fault
Words of Mass Destruction. President Bush’s appointment of John Bolton to the UN has indeed created a disasterous relationship with the organization, as many predicted. Bush ignored the Senate in order to confirm Bolton perhaps because someone (Cheney and Rumsfeld) believed that the only way to right (what they saw as) the wrongs of Colin … Continue reading Bolton launches WMDs at UN
Things are definitely going south in the Pentagon according to most reports: In a remarkably frank New York Times column published on March 19, retired army Maj Gen Paul Eaton, who had been in charge of training the Iraqi military during the first year of the occupation, argued that Rumsfeld “has shown himself incompetent strategically, … Continue reading Rumsfeld on the run