Fredrick Kagan: anyone watching CSPAN with this fat bastard on...

[bigdarryl]

who supports more troops in Iraq.

[donheld]

1. Did he sign up?

Why isn't he going?

[bigdarryl]

2. looking at his double chin i don't think so

[ShortnFiery]

3. Yes, someone should ask him how he and "Private Pyle" got

through boot camp. What a pompous a**hole - typical koolaid passing American Enterprise Institute (AEI) GHOUL! :puke:

[Cassandra]

4. He thinks Democrats now bear the responsibility for Iraq...

and he hasn't seen any plan that bears scrutiny. As opposed to the brilliance of the original invasion, which certainly had his approval.

[ShortnFiery]

5. He talks down to his audience like so many right wingers ...

Using glib terms like "good guys" and "bad guys."

He's now going to explain so that we don't get overwhelmed.

What a maroon! :P

[ellisonz]

6. It was good until he came on too...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3047856&mesg_id=3047856

[bigdarryl]

7. my question to this idiot is how do we tell insurgents from regular people...

from what i hear the people that supposed to be friends to the troops are the same ones latter on attacking the troops.in fact rumor is some of the trained Iraqi troops are attacking the US military.

[ShortnFiery]

13. His arrogance is so palatable, I can't see him communicating

effectively with the military. No, not even Field Grade Officers. He and his little civilian chicken-hawk clutch get together and then TELL the officers what they want.

All I can say with confidence is that - it's a good thing Kagan never wore a military uniform. Briefly, this man does NOT listen and seemingly knows nothing about team building. It's glaringly obvious that he loves the sound of his own voice. SUPER ARROGANT CIVILIAN! Nope, as an Company Grade officer ole' Kagan would implode or his troops would ensure his quick departure. ;)

[marmar]

8. If he were any dumber....

He would have branches, leaves and roots.... What trash can did they pull him out of?

[izzie]

23. One of the think tanks running the US govt. right now.

One thing they seem to have in common. They all could put off working to stay in college a good many years and not understand the world.

[meegbear]

9. From Jesus' General ...

Do champagne flutes come in camouflage?



Frederick Kagen
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute

Dear Dr. Kagen,

Congratulations. It looks like your Iraq War Plan won Our Leader's Need Something to Get Me Through the Next Two Years Sweepstakes. I think it's a very promising plan. If it's properly implemented, it should postpone the loss of Iraq until after the end of Our Leader's reign.

That said, I'm very worried that a key component of your plan, signing up enough recruits to make it work, may be unachievable. Too many of America's young working class men and women are shirking their duty to risk life and limb for the betterment of the Ownership Society. They refuse the honor of serving as the College Republicans' proxies in the greatest struggle our nation has ever faced. You understand this. That's why you are asking Our Leader to call on these wretched children to enlist when he delivers his speech tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I don't think The Chosen One's pleas will be enough. America's non-matriculated youth need more than mere words to motivate them. They need someone to lead them from the skateboard parks to the battlefield. Who better to do that than you?

You're young enough to serve, and Lord knows it's your plan, so you have a vested interest in being there to ensure it succeeds. I'm sure the American Enterprise Institute can get a long without you for a couple of years. Heck, I bet Mary Rosh would cover your AEI duties for you, if she not still too busy covering for John Lott.

I hope you'll consider it. It'd be great to see Our Leader end his speech by swearing you in.

Heterosexually yours,

Gen. JC Christian, patriot

http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/

[Avalux]

10. He's been all over the TV - it's his plan Bush will follow -

I posted this about him last night, after I saw him on Lou Dobbs (CNN):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3070517&mesg_id=3070517

[Judi Lynn]

11. Oh, jeez! Where do they find these monsters?

His magnificent Wikipedia profile:

Frederick W. Kagan is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He is brother to foreign policy analyst Robert Kagan.

Frederick Kagan and his father Donald Kagan, who is a professor at Yale and a fellow at the Hudson Institute, together authored While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today (2000). The book argued in favor of massive military spending and warned of future threats, including from a potential revival of Iraq's WMD program. (1) Frederick along with his brother Robert Kagan, who is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, and their father Donald are all signatories to the Project for the New American Century manifesto titled Rebuilding America's Defenses (2000).
(snip/)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Kagan

This big porkie, with his family, is overfocused on "defense." (Someone should tell him there's every chance he still could die, and it won't be "the enemy" who's responsible.) Looks as if his whole family all lost its moorings long ago. How could a man let himself go like that?

On edit:

Including, at no expense to you, photos of his brother, Robert Kagan, and his dear dad, Donald Kagan!

[bigdarryl]

12. they have a lot to say about the military but neither brother or father has....

been in the military.

[ShortnFiery]

17. Plus his tone is preachy, not encouraging a two way exchange of

ideas. I'm so sick of these pseudo- military geniuses tell us how they know every damn thing. If only we would do what they say.

Well, dumb-ass, I bet the military has told you that it can't be accomplished as you describe it.

Today Frederick Kagan has demonstrated ZERO listening skills. :puke:

I bet everyone in uniform who has to work for him HATES HIS GUTS. :evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

18. A whole bucket of chickenhawks! n/t

[WinkyDink]

21. Look at Bush; he's checking if the old man's pate is bald enough for a kiss.

[NJCher]

25. another father-son disaster

Frederick Kagan and his father Donald Kagan, who is a professor at Yale and a fellow at the Hudson Institute, together authored While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today (2000).

Awwww--isn't that sweet? Father and son sell-outs to the military industry. Daddy Pimp and Baby Pimp.

What is wrong with that man's eyes (top photo, right)? He's cross-eyed.



Cher

[notadmblnd]

27. I swear, it must be our collective payback....

for not being nice to geeks back when we were in school. :shrug:

[merbex]

14. You go caller from Texas!!!! PNAC, and everything!!!!

I love informed people

[PuraVidaDreamin]

15. yes! did you watch freddie's breathing get faster and he tensed up

fucking piece of work

[mrcheerful]

16. Now its Clintons fault because Clinton cut military budgets in the 90's.

[merbex]

19. He certainly thinks people are stupid.....

I have only had this on for 15 minutes and he has consistently makes references to how people have missed this or that, or don't understand this or that

Must be nice to be smarter than everyone else:sarcasm:

[bdamomma]

20. American Enterprise Institute= Neo Con Organization

[ProfessorGAC]

26. More Like The NeoCon Mafia!

The Professor

[KoKo]

22. He's calling Dem Callers "Conspiracy Theorists" and he keeps saying

we have to "Win" ..."Win" ...."Win."

Also supported "search and siezure" by going from door to door in Baghdad and searching "every nook and cranny" in a house and taking the arms of the citizens. If the Iraq doesn't want to let toops in then they enter "forcibly."

Hmmm ...these Neo-Cons seem to advocate something that our own Constitution until Bush II wouldn't have allowed.

He's a nutcase like the rest of his Neo-Con cronies.

[mrcheerful]

24. He also ignores the fact that the Iraqis would not accept house to house search's as he thinks.

Btw, wasn't that tried and it cuased more resentment towards the americans? Wasn't that what was going on when the 14 yo girl was raped and her family murdered? Stupid neo cons.

[laststeamtrain]

28. He weaves a web of words that almost seems like reality but...

...then you realize it isn't, it can't be. Ideology has replaced fact for Neo-Cons.

[entanglement]

29. He is the brother of PNAC co-founder Robert Kagan

Their father Donald Kagan, was one of the early neo-cons. Criminality runs in the family, it seems.