I am vehemently opposed to waterboarding and all torture, but in the case of Richard Perle......

[marmar]

.....I might be morally flexible. :think:



from ThinkProgress:



Perle still holding out for ‘George W. Bush Square’ in Baghdad.»

In September 2003, Iraq war architect Richard Perle famously stated that the Iraqis “have been liberated” and that “a year from now, I’ll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush.” When Perle was asked about that comment in a recent interview with Foreign Policy magazine, he wouldn’t back down, claiming that “absolutely” the Iraqis have been liberated. He even suggested there’s still a chance his dream of a square named after Bush in Baghdad can be realized:

FP: Does the rosy picture at all represent the country we see today? (…)

PERLE: Is it rosy today? Do I think most Iraqis have been liberated? Absolutely. …Obviously if it deteriorates into chaos or a new Saddam emerges and people are no better off than they were before, then there won’t be . …I think will look back and say, we paid a terrible price, but it’s worth it.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/17/perle-bush-square-baghdad/

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1. Perle must have been sipping tea with Baghdad Bob recently.

n/t

[liberalmuse]

2. I'd like to see Perle, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld and Bush...

all flown to Baghdad to personally 'christen' 'George W. Bush Square'.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

4. I'm sure the Iraqis would be more than willing to build the gallows

on short notice.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. #1 nominee for Waste of Oxygen on this planet

Calvin Trillin writes political doggerel every week for The Nation. On Sept. 16, he published a poem titled "Richard Perle: Whose Fault Is He?" The satirical conceit was that schoolyard bullies who pushed Perle around as a child "have got a lot to answer for,/ 'Cause Richard Perle now wants to start a war." (Perle, who was assistant secretary of defense for international security during the Reagan administration, now chairs the Defense Policy Board, which advises the Pentagon, and is America's leading Iraq hawk.)

Richard Perle: Whose Fault Is He?

Consider kids who bullied Richard Perle--
Those kids who said Perle threw just like a girl,
Those kids who poked poor Perle to show how soft
A mamma's boy could be, those kids who oft-
Times pushed poor Richard down and could be heard
Addressing him as Sissy, Wimp or Nerd.
Those kids have got a lot to answer for,
'Cause Richard Perle now wants to start a war.
The message his demeanor gets across:
He'll show those playground bullies who's the boss.
He still looks soft, but when he writes or talks
There is no tougher dude among the hawks.
And he's got planes and ships and tanks and guns--
All manned, of course, by other people's sons.

On Richard Perle
The plans to start this war were laid
Within the Sissy Hawk Brigade--
A band of Vietnam evaders
All puffed up now as tough crusaders.
Yes, now, as then, they love inciting
A war that others will be fighting.

In recent weeks, there's been much talk
Of Richard Perle, a sissy hawk.
There've been some articles about
Just whether Perle has used his clout,
While fighting evil hell for leather,
To profit. (Hawks have nests to feather.)

A pity that some lads who fought
In Vietnam were later brought
Back home again in body bags
Adorned with battle stars and flags:
They missed the fruits that dedication
Can bring to those who serve their nation.

[silverojo]

5. There's a special place in hell for people like him

In fact, so many of the Bush Admininstration scumbags are headed there, that Satan's building on a new wing especially for them.