Rice To Talk Iraq War At Hilton Chicago

[Supersedeas]

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_109073525.html

<<Then she plans to go to the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., where she will speak to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, her primary focus being the war in Iraq.

Since the end of March, the Bush administration has been on an amped up campaign to explain the mission there, especially because of widespread discontent about the war.

Continued insurgent violence has brought about the continued loss of life of Iraqi civilians and members of the U.S. military.>>


Full damage control mode. Article also says that she take questions. Wonder if anyone will ask her what she meant SPECIFICALLY about the mistakes that were made in Iraq.

[Canuckistanian]

1. I HATE this attitude

It's the "You-don't-really-understand-because-we-haven't-explained-it-well-enough" attitude.

Do they think we're idiots, just waiting for them to explain away their failures?

Don't answer that.

[Supersedeas]

2. or the suggestion that our ideas are solid but the soldiers execution is

flawed

[Canuckistanian]

3. I heard some retired miltary advisor yesterday on the radio

He was saying that the 6 retired Generals are only criticizing Rummy because they wanted to cover up their own failures or "they have a book coming out".

Serious delusion, man.

[Roland99]

4. Being Secretary of State, shouldn't she actually be *IN* Iraq helping?

Or at least *been* to Baghdad a few time to meet with the fledgling government?

[Supersedeas]

7. or at least in some other country doing diplomacy (Iran) instead of damage

control for the political wing of the WH

[Roland99]

10. Or in talks with that Iranian diplomat reported to be in D.C. right now.

[ugarte]

5. Another "tactical" error among the thousands

trotting Condi and W out on the road separately. Everybody knows their legions of fans want to see them together, maybe on a tour bus.

[saigon68]

9. They can admire her beautiful Smile

[cliss]

6. It always comes back to the central question:

why are they still trying to sell us on this war, 3 years after the fact?

[truthisfreedom]

8. because like everything bushco offers us, it has no value without hype.

it's worthless and horrible... it makes us look like monsters... but they still believe they can change our perception of the war by spinning wildly.

[warrens]

11. I hope they roast the POS

She usually appears somewhere with enough cover that no one can grill her. I can't wait to hear that they made her cry like a little baby. Although, given that sobbing, offended tone of voice she uses most of the time, no one will know for sure.