Rice:"Yes, I know we have made tactical errors, thousands of them"

[dajoki]

somebody help me figure this out. she admits to THOUSANDS of errors, but still believes they are doing the right thing. Is something wrong with me, or is this just plain fucked-up?
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Rice admits "thousands" of errors in Iraq
Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:47 PM GMT

By Gideon Long and Sue Pleming

BLACKBURN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepted on Friday the United States had probably made thousands of errors in Iraq but defended the overall strategy of removing Saddam Hussein.

Local Muslims and anti-war activists told Rice to "Go Home" when counterpart Jack Straw earlier led her on a tour of his home town of Blackburn in the industrial northwest, an area which rarely plays host to overseas politicians.

"Yes, I know we have made tactical errors, thousands of them," she said in answer to a question over whether lessons had been learnt since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"I believe strongly that it was the right strategic decision, that Saddam had been a threat to the international community long enough," she added.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. 2,330 of them, to be precise.

Not to mention another 30,000 or so that they aren't counting at all.

[Peanutcat]

2. Thousends of errors

"Not really!" she giggled.

[dajoki]

17. they think it's a joke...

BASTARDS!!

[Canuckistanian]

3. Yes, but she didn't mean it LITERALLY

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/1/112612/6145

"I didn't mean it literally" is apparently the new Bush administration code phrase for "I was making shit up for PR purposes, now get off my back."

From CNN this morning:

BLACKBURN, England (CNN) -- One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state says she was speaking "figuratively, not literally."

From January, a report after Mr. Bush's State of the Union address:

WASHINGTON - One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.


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[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Well, then Clinton's indiscretion with Monica was just a figurative BJ,

not a literal one.

[Canuckistanian]

13. But they're much less fun... n/t

[Betsy Ross]

4. Today she said she didn't mean it literally.

Is there any member of *Co that can say anything unscripted with having to attach a "signing statement," the next day, which give their take on their own words.

[dajoki]

8. Cheney probably...

gave her a good tongue lashing.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. The biggest one was invading a sovereign nation for no good reason

and trying to rule over that of which you knew nothing.

[MadMaddie]

6. They were not tactical mistakes they were Strategic mistakes

made in Washington and those that made them must be held accountable!! The military has gone above and beyond expectations...they accomplished their initial missions...they are not peacekeepers....our military is being destroyed by this administration...

[peanutbrittle]

7. This is what Zinni says on MTP...replaying now

Powerful interview with Russert today

[MadMaddie]

12. He was impressive wasn't he....I hope more military personel

retired etc come out and keep saying what they are saying...they knew this was wrong from the git go......because I think that these guys are going to help us remove this administration...

[peanutbrittle]

15. He summed it up pretty well and saw this thing from the beginning

but they wouldn't listen to advisors like he and others.

Gen. Zinni: 'They've Screwed Up'

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/21/60minutes/main618896.shtml

Now, in a new book about his career, co-written with Tom Clancy, called "Battle Ready," Zinni has handed up a scathing indictment of the Pentagon and its conduct of the war in Iraq.

In the book, Zinni writes: "In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption."

[stevedeshazer]

10. This cartoon expresses Condi's thousands of errors quite poignantly

[rpannier]

11. Shouldn't this be under Latest Breaking News

I didn't realize the Admin had made any mistakes.
We've had flowers thrown at our soldiers feet.
Everyone in Iraq has electricity, running water and a good paying job
There were tonnes of WMD found
People stand out on the street nightly holding hands and singing songs of brotherhood and love
Every newborn Iraqi boy is being named George, as are some girls
The flowing oil has brought an abundance of wealth to the country unseen in its history
The tourism industry is thriving
All those terrorists that were thriving in Iraq under Hussein have either been caught or killed
Schools and Universities are thriving
The literacy rate just keeps going up -- I hear they've employed bushes No Child Left Behind Act
Medical Care is the best it's been in a millennium

Where's the mistakes?

[MadMaddie]

14. Oh you and your good news....

:sarcasm:

[dajoki]

16. and the price of oil...

fell.:sarcasm: