How Cheney Fooled Himself

[Kadie]

How Cheney Fooled Himself

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005; Page A21

President Bush planted the seeds of the destruction of his Iraq policy before the war started. Salvaging the venture will require an unprecedented degree of candor and realism from a White House that was never willing to admit -- even to itself -- how large an undertaking it was asking the American people to buy into.

The notion that the president led the country into war through indirection or dishonesty is not the most damaging criticism of the administration. The worst possibility is that the president and his advisers believed their own propaganda. They did not prepare the American people for an arduous struggle because they honestly didn't expect one.


How else to explain the fact that the president and his lieutenants consistently played down the costs of the endeavor, the number of troops required, the difficulties of overcoming tensions among the Sunnis, the Shiites and the Kurds? Were they lying? The more logical explanation is that they didn't know what they were talking about.

Because the White House failed to prepare Americans for what was to come, the administration now faces a backlash. Over the weekend Bush said that the terrorists in Iraq were seeking to "weaken our nation's resolve." But the rising impatience about which Bush complains is a direct result of the administration's blithe dismissal of those who warned just how tough the going could get.

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[jojo54]

1. Well, isn't that nice that CCB thinks we need the help of

terrorists to "weaken our nation's resolve". He's done that all by himself!

[UpInArms]

2. fools or liars?

what a lovely choice to have to make in deciding what you prefer to have in the highest positions of leadership in our country.

:argh:

throw the bastards to the street :grr:

[Memekiller]

4. Both

They were fools enough to think Iraq had WMD, and dishonest enough to fake the intelligence when the intelligence wasn't there.

The problem is they come to their conclusions based entirely on their "gut" and then bend the facts and lie to get what they want. It's like that "On Bullshit", book. A liar recognizes what the truth is and intentionally subverts it. The bullshit artist doesn't care. They say what pushes their agenda regardless of what the truth is.

[END_HATRED_NOW]

3. I'ld like to "weaken Bush's Resolve"

come one folks, just like Nixon, bush and the military are never going to admit the truth, get real, the only solution is impeachment hearings for all those involved not just bush! have you signed a petition yet? have all your friends?

[MODemocrat]

5. That Fool can Cheney himself

Liar, Liar, and a dangerous liar at that! What does he care, as long as the money keeps rolling into his bank account.
:puke: