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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Calladine who wrote (20264)	8/5/2003 2:26:14 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Jim, Re: -- the Iraq war should never have happened -- things are NOT working out Here's a recently retired Lieutenant Colonel who agrees with you: chron.com <SNIP> The Pentagon has some explaining to do By KAREN KWIATKOWSKI After eight years of Bill Clinton, many military officers breathed a sigh of relief when George W. Bush was named president. I was in that plurality. At one time, I would have believed the administration's accusations of anti-Americanism against anyone who questioned the integrity and good faith of President Bush, Vice President Cheney or Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. However, while working from May 2002 through February 2003 in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Near East South Asia and Special Plans (USDP/NESA and SP) in the Pentagon, I observed the environment in which decisions about post-war Iraq were made. Those observations changed everything. What I saw was aberrant, pervasive and contrary to good order and discipline Continues.......