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To: LindyBill who wrote (217524)	8/29/2007 3:25:14 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

I can agree with much of what Barnett says in that interview...but not this It is THE strategic mistake of the entire Bush administration, and it's why all the deaths to date and to follow will sit squarely on Bush's shoulders. These were all HIS choices, despite a chorus of advice to the contrary--all along the way. W is the Commander-in-Chief, of course all the deaths are his to bear. Except of course the 9/11 deaths. Regarding the choices - W received advice and the recommended courses of action from Rumsfeld, General Meyers, General Brown and General Abizaid. It was bad advice - terrible advice. Advice that ran counter to our own doctrine. Rummie and these three led W down a path to nowhere. Their lousy strategic advice led the nation to the debacle we face today. Barnett is unusually myopic this time. He is letting four guilty jackasses escape while he searches for a donkey needing a tail.