Quotes of Note that reflect what conservatives think. Or are up against.
Put the Bureaucrats in Charge, That's the Ticket
James Risen, he whose book release coincided conveniently with his newspaper's release of classified information, had an interview this past week with perky Katie.
Katie noted how Cheney, Rumsfeld et al, – only the people responsible for running the damn war and protecting us from future attacks like 9-11 – do not "come across very well" in Risen's book.
Then Risen himself admits that from 9-11 on, the administration dared to take the job of foreign policy away from the bureaucrats.
Not that the attack on this country wouldn't be an example of sorts of how these same bureaucrats failed to protect the nation's security but forgive me for such common sense.
Pretty much gives a clue as to who might have been leaking to Risen, huh?
COURIC: Meanwhile, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet do not come across very well in this book. Mr. RISEN: Well, I--I think that during a period from about 2000--from 9/11 through the beginning of the Gulf--the war in Iraq, I think what happened was you--we--the checks and balances that normally keep American foreign policy and national security policy towards the center kind of broke down. And you had more of a radicalization of American foreign policy in which the--the--the career professionals were not really given a chance to kind of forge a consensus within the administration. And so you had the--the--the principles--Rumsfeld, Cheney and Tenet and Rice and many others--who were meeting constantly, setting policy and really never allowed the people who understand--the experts who understand the region to have much of a say. |
The Quote This Week That Says It All
No attribution. But I like it.
"The individual activity of one man with a backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone." |
Taking a Moment for Man's Best Friend
 The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. - Samuel Butler |
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