Cuckoo clock cabinet
McNamara? Really?! I totally missed this piece of news: looks like Sir Fog-of-War was at the White House last week, 'advising' Bush on Iraq. Chew on that for a while, eh? If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna have to go screw my head back on...
Thanks to HuffPo for the tip. I should also point out that McNamara was joined by several other ghosts-of-State & Defense past, including:
Thanks to HuffPo for the tip. I should also point out that McNamara was joined by several other ghosts-of-State & Defense past, including:
- James A. Baker III, the secretary of state for George Herbert Walker Bush during the first Gulf war
- Madeleine K. Albright, President Bill Clinton's secretary of state
- Harold Brown, defense secretary for President Jimmy Carter
- Former senator William S. Cohen (R-Maine), who ran the Pentagon under Clinton
- Lawrence S. Eagleburger, a secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush
- James R. Schlesinger, secretary of defense under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford
- Alexander M. Haig Jr., secretary of state for President Reagan
Of course, this new Iraq brain-trust was assembled on a day when ~130 people were killed in attacks.
Bush, not exactly famous for welcoming dissenting viewpoints, worked hard to avoid talking about the decision to invade Iraq:
Bush, not exactly famous for welcoming dissenting viewpoints, worked hard to avoid talking about the decision to invade Iraq:
Albright was among the most aggressive in challenging Bush in the private meeting, complaining about the president's characterization of the conflict as unavoidable.Let me just check my WaPo- to- English dictionary...feisty ...feisty ...aHa! Petulant. Childish. Stubborn. Lashing out when caught in a lie or misjudgement. Of course what I imagine Bush said to his detractors (but I can't repeat) is on par with what Paulie said to Christopher in that Sopranos episode in the woods (Ep#37-Pine Barrens):
"I feel very strongly it is wrong to say something publicly critical of the president and then don't say it to his face," she said. "I said this was a war of choice, not necessity. But getting it right is a necessity and not a choice."
[...] Cohen, like the others, described the president as pleasantly engaging and at times feisty.
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