Fareed Zakaria wonders if Bush needs a therapist more than an advisor

[CatWoman]

http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=79462&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=%2Fmotherload%2Fmini_player.jhtml%3Fstart_open%3Dtrue%26ml_xml%3D%252Fmotherload%252Fxml%252Fdata_mini.jhtml%253Fxml_id%253D24446&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true

[underpants]

1. Fareek said "double down" last night

that was the first I had heard of that phrase being used in this context. Apparently that was what everyone "in the know" was calling it because that is what everyone is saying Bush is going to do.

[kentuck]

4. Double or nothing....

A crapshoot.... a gamble...all or nothing.

[underpants]

7. Just one more time

I SWEAR PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!

That is what we are reduced to.

[Bucky]

14. Double down. Isn't that how you produce a really hard shit?

Great, if somewhat depressing interview.

[Mz Pip]

2. Maybe a lobotomy

before he can do anymore damage. They used to do those to particularly deranged and psychotic people...

Mz Pip
:dem:

[CatWoman]

5. he also thinks that Chimpy will be the "LAST" neocon to hold office....

[Bucky]

15. Put quotes on that "neocon" tag. It only means they'll have to rebrand imperialism again.

With Republicans it's always about marketing, never about results.

[katty]

3. Wonder? what's to wonder about?! it's obvious-remove him now!

[Imagevision]

6. It appears Bush has been having emotional/mental probs trying to outdo

Bush Sr. instead of looking out for the good of the country.

Bush does not make any sense, too many military professionals have stated this!

[Disturbed]

8. Pentagon's Plan: More US Troops in Iraq

Pentagon's Plan: More US Troops in Iraq

Boosting presence and aid, and an anti-Sadr offensive, carry risks but offer the best path to victory, military officials say.
by Julian E. Barnes



Outside the Pentagon, in other corners of government, officials are skeptical that an increase in military power will end sectarian violence. James Dobbins, a former U.S. diplomat and advisor to the Iraq Study Group, said many Iraqis believed that U.S. forces put them in danger, rather than improving security.

"The American troop presence is wildly unpopular in Iraq," Dobbins said. "Any effort to double our bet will lead to ever more catastrophic results."



http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1213-04.htm

[TexasLawyer]

9. I'm sick of FZ

He pimped the war against Iraq big time in Newsweek and encouraged Bush to go ahead with its plans to take out Saddam.

I honestly don't know why Jon Stewart gives this guy so much air time. He's a loser.

[leftchick]

10. he was a war cheerleader once

my, my.

[personman]

11. Shadey:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/business/media/09zakaria.html?ex=1318046400&en=ab436052b30001e7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists

[leftchick]

12. jeeze I forgot all about that!

:grr:

It was the kind of shadowy, secret Washington meeting that Bob Woodward is fond of describing in detail. In his new book, “State of Denial,” he writes that on Nov. 29, 2001, a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations gathered in Virginia at the request of Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense. A report was produced for President Bush and his cabinet outlining a strategy for dealing with Afghanistan and the Middle East in the aftermath of 9/11.

What was more unusual, Mr. Woodward reveals, was the presence of journalists at the meeting. Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International and a Newsweek columnist, and Robert D. Kaplan, now a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, attended the meeting and, according to Mr. Kaplan, signed confidentiality agreements not to discuss what happened.

Mr. Zakaria, who was not told that the meeting would produce a report, takes issue with Mr. Woodward’s account.

“I thought it was a brainstorming session,” he said. “I was never told that there was going to be a document summarizing our views and I have never seen such a document.” (Mr. Woodward wrote that the report, which supported the invasion of Iraq, caused Mr. Bush to focus on the “malignancy” of the Middle East situation.)

[Cleita]

13. Wonder of wonders that this former Bushbot didn't have

many admiring words about Bush this time around. Like Randi said the rats are abandoning the ship. Really, I believe it's the mice that are jumping and leaving the king rat alone to drown.

:popcorn: