Iraq War Supporters Run For The Hills (TPM)

[kentuck]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/iraq-war-supporters-run-for-the-hills

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The upshot is that the right-wing sound machine which for more than a decade came loudly to the defense of the war and savaged its critics was for the first time almost subdued in its response.

Among the prominent Iraq War figures TPM contacted: Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Kagan, Douglas J. Feith, Bill Kristol, Scooter Libby, Peter Feaver, Bruce Jackson, and Stephen Cambone. They all either declined to comment or did not respond to TPM's request for comment.

"They're in their foxholes and they don't want to say things, because they're all sort of positioning to engage these candidates, be in the inner circle for these candidates," said Shawn Brimley, executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security who previously served on Obama’s National Security Council staff.

It was not too long ago, however, that many of the voices that initially cheered the Bush administration towards war were still loudly defending the decision.

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[deutsey]

1. They're too busy counting all the billions they made from the war n/t