Faux doesn't get it...lol

[jillan]

Just for fun:silly: I went over to there to see what they were saying about DSM...you have to imagine some on the other side maybe feeling a little uneasy these days.

I did a search, and this is what came up:rofl:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159343,00.html
WH Defends Iraq Postwar Plan
Monday, June 13, 2005

WASHINGTON — The White House took exception Sunday to the reported characterization of a British memo questioning the adequacy of U.S. planning for a postwar occupation of Iraq.

"There was significant post war planning," said spokesman David Almacy. "More importantly, the memo in question was written eight months before the war began; there was significant post war planning in the time that elapsed."

He was reacting a report in Sunday editions of The Washington Post that a staff paper prepared for British Prime Minister Tony Blair (search) before the invasion of Iraq concluded that "a post-war occupation of Iraq could lead to a protracted and costly nation-building (search) exercise" that could result in the United States looking to Britain "to share a disproportionate share of the burden."

"Some things we prepared for did not happen, like large numbers of refugees needing humanitarian assistance, and others we did not expect, such as large numbers of regime elements fleeing the battlefield only to return later," said Almacy. "Anytime you go to war you have to be flexible to adapt to the unexpected. That is why we gave our commanders the flexibility to do so."

The Post said the introduction to the British memo said planning for an invasion of Iraq was well underway, but that "little thought" had been given by U.S. officials to, among other things, "the aftermath and how to shape it."

The memo was produced by Blair's staff in preparation for a July 23, 2002, meeting with his national security team that has become controversial since last month's disclosure of official notes summarizing the session — the so-called Downing Street Memo (search) that raised questions about how intelligence was used to justify the war.


POST WAR ??? We're not even talking about that! (yet)

[eleny]

1. but they hope we will

an old ploy.

[jillan]

2. Meaning?

I read that and thought that this is how they are getting around telling the truth.

How do you interpret this?

[eleny]

3. This is what I'm thinking

They pick out something they think they can argue with their own facts so they can:
1- Get the public who doesn't know better to believe that this is the only subject of the DSM
2- They feel they have some facts to back up this aspect of the Memo. If they can win that argument, then they can try to discredit the entire memo.

It's a diversion from the main issue that's impeachable, imo.