Joe Galloway: Neocons want someone else blamed for their Iraqi war

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10542822.htm

The most curious turn of the worm this season is the attack by the neoconservatives on Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld for the failures in Iraq.

It should be noted that until now Rumsfeld was the darling of that same bunch. He hired a batch of them as his most trusted aides and assistants in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Paul Wolfowitz as his undersecretary. Douglas Feith as his chief of planning. He installed the dean of the pack, Richard Perle, as chairman of the Defense Policy Board for a time.

The doyenne and room mother of the whole bunch, Midge Decter, wrote a fawning biography of Rumsfeld titled Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait.

Now, suddenly, the voice of the neoconservative movement, William Kristol, editor of The Standard, suggests that Rumsfeld has fouled up everything in Iraq and ought to be fired for his failures. Ditto, writes Tom Donnelly of the right-thinking American Enterprise Institute.

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When Rumsfeld goes, so, too, should every neoconservative who squirmed his way into a Pentagon sinecure. They must also bear responsibility for a war that so far has cost nearly $200 billion and the lives of more than 1,300 U.S. troops and has damaged America's standing in the world.

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1. Wasn't hanging the penalty for Nazi war criminals?

Believe so. :shrug:

[Floydian Slip]

2. hhmm...

Did those particular guys support the war to start with?

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. Yes, everything is going great!

Stories that Iraq is a mess are liberal media lies, so that's why we need to fire the people in charge who are messing up the war which is not a mess actually, so stop saying that.

[Spiffarino]

4. Typical neocon pack behavior

Throw the weakest member to the wolves. That's what they always do when their plans fall apart and everything goes to Hell.

The sad part is that they'll still not realize that their plans are destined to fail. Kristol, Perle, and the rest of the junta are convinced that they are brilliant and are firmly convinced their plans will work. They reek with hubris.

[marcologico]

5. Good, because Cheney's next, then Dumbya

These guys are maggots, and now that they got their crummy war they'll throw anybody overboard including Chimpy if it takes the heat off. In fact Kristol was bad-mouthing Dumbya in October. He'll join the pack once the "votergate" freeding frenzy starts, I have no doubt.

[Paleocon]

6. I know it's extreme....

But charge them with treason, give them a fair trial, and punish them with death if found guilty.

America can NOT afford to have these idiots setting our foreign policy agenda. We have so many challanges we have to face in the future that to allow these idiots to continue to spend money, political capital, and human lives is in itself treasonous.

Paleocon