Neocon Chickenhawk Doug Feith cries "It's Not My Fault" on Iraq

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Feith Showing Consistency In Blaming Others For Iraq War’s Failures»

During an interview last night on 60 Minutes with former Pentagon official and Iraq war architect Douglas Feith, CBS correspondent Steve Kroft noted two key elements that led to the rise of the Iraqi insurgency shortly after the U.S. took control in April 2003: not having enough troops to stop the widespread looting and the decision to disband the Iraqi Army.

But instead of taking any responsibility, Feith quickly passed the buck, just as he has done in his latest book. He suggested that if only his plan for Iraq had been put in place after the invasion, none of the chaos that ensued would have taken place:

FEITH: We developed plans to try to give meaning to the concept of liberation rather than occupation, and one of — one of my great regrets is that the United States wound up setting up an occupation government in Iraq for 14 months, which I think was a — was a serious mistake.

Kroft then noted that Gen. Tommy Franks once referred to Feith as “the dumbest guy on the planet” and former CIA Director George Tenet called Feith’s intelligence evaluations “total crap.” Feith replied: “I don’t think its a great thing” to “use harsh language.”

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/07/feith-blame-iraq/



Feith must only think its not “a great thing” to “use harsh language” when others are directing it towards him because he said recently that only “assholes” are concerned with how the use of torture reflects on America’s “moral authority.”

But more broadly, Feith is the latest in a long list of war supporters to deflect blame for the failures in Iraq from either themselves or the Bush administration. Indeed, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and AEI war hawk Danielle Pletka recently blamed the Iraqis for the continued violence in Iraq. Some other lowlights:

– Like Feith, fellow war architect Richard Perle also blamed the decision to not “turn Iraq over to Iraqis” after the fall of Baghdad.

– “Surge” brainchild Fred Kagan said last month that he “supported the 2003 invasion despite misgivings about how it would be executed, and those misgivings proved accurate.”

Former Iraq occupation governor L. Paul Bremer recently responded to the criticism from Feith and Perle that Iraq wasn’t handed over to the Iraqis soon enough saying: “It sounds like the architects are running away from their building here.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/07/feith-blame-iraq/

[bdamomma]

1. oh,jeez, I saw this POS man on 60 Minutes last nite.

and again, my blood pressure was rising just due to the neocon sick mindset. I hate these people and what they have done to our country, and other countries. This must stop.

[walldude]

2. C&L had a nice little spot on this today

A quick correction to the article you posted, Tommy Franks once referred to Feith as “the stupidest fucking guy on the planet".

Apparently Rummy and Feith made a list of the things that could possibly go wrong with Iraq. Here it is, and notice that everything on this list came true. Fieth's response when asked about this list was "“We certainly understood that these are the things that might happen. That’s why we wrote them down."

* the possibility that the U.S. could become so absorbed with its Iraq effort that it would pay inadequate attention to other serious problems;

* that war could cause more harm and entail greater costs than expected;

* that it would not go on for two to four years, but eight to 10 years;

* that terrorist networks could improve their recruiting and fundraising as a result of the U.S. being depicted as anti-Muslim;

* that Iraq could experience ethnic strife among Kurds, Sunnis and Shia;

* the war could damage America’s relationship with allies and its reputation in the world community

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/07/60-minutes-doug-feith-once-again-earns-his-nickname/

I think we should make Edwards AG and sick him on these fools as soon as the Democrat is sworn in as president. Bout time the Justice Department dispenses some justice.

[satireV]

4. Ain't gonna happen.. no way..

will the Dems put ANY White House person on tral for war crimes..... it would be a very bad thing for th USA to admit war crimes via a trial.

[walldude]

6. Yeah the truth is a real bitch ain't it...

It would be bad to admit what we did and put the people who did it on trial. Is that what you are saying? Well who can argue with that logic :eyes:

[satireV]

7. I did not say I agreed with that analysis

I just pointed out that NO USA politician is going to stab them self in the back by calling the government they represent a war crimes perpetrator.

It's just a reality check.

would YOU, if you were a Congressperson prosecute the US government for War Crimes?

[walldude]

8. Hell yeah but I'm pretty honest so...

you do have a point, but I believe if we have enough of a majority to override any veto's the Dems would do it, if for no other reason than to get even.

Plus it wouldn't be the government I would go after, it would be a handful of people. The ones running the war and the ones who lied about it. Rumsfeld, Rove, Cheney, Bush, and Wolfowitz

[satireV]

9. You're pretty cool walldude! :)

[LeftinOH]

3. Someone with ZERO military background was helping to set military policy?

Did I get that right?
:sarcasm:

[Javaman]

5. more of the circle jerk firing squad. nt

[Supersedeas]

10. accountability?? no, it's the finger pointing excuse for leadership

[guyanakoolaid]

11. The thing that gets me about these assholes is the smirk

The knowing smirk that nobody will ever prosecute them. Gonzalez has the exact same shit-eating smirk as Feith, I'd love to see it wiped off their faces.

Yes, if I was a Congressperson I would encourage prosecution for war crimes charges. It is the only way we will ever regain our credibility in the world.