Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Ex-Powell Aide Puts Iraq Debacle on Cheney & Rumsfeld's Heads

BostonGlobe: "Former Powell chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson said Bush was "too aloof, too distant from the details" of postwar planning, and that underlings exploited Bush's detachment and made poor decisions. Wilkerson blamed Cheney, Rumsfeld and like-minded aides. He said Cheney must have sincerely believed that Iraq could be a spawning ground for new terror assaults, b/c "otherwise I have to declare him a moron, an idiot or a nefarious bastard." (Well, sometimes ya just have to call it like ya see it). Cheney's office, Rumsfeld aides and others argued "that the prez of the US is all-powerful, that as commander in chief the prez of the US can do anything he damn well pleases," Wilkerson said. He said he has almost, but not quite, concluded that Cheney and others in the administration deliberately ignored evidence of bad intelligence and looked only at what supported their case for war. Wilkerson, who left govt w/Powell in January, worked for Powell for 16 yrs, and said this in regards to Powell: "What he seems to be saying to me now is the prez failed to discipline the process the way he should have and that the prez is ultimately responsible for this whole mess." Again... ya have to call it as ya see it.
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