SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITEE TESTIMONY -- ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI

[laststeamtrain]

January 31, 2007
Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Iraq War a Historic, Strategic and Moral Calamity & Says Stop the Trappings of Colonial Tutelage

TWN has secured testimony being offered by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski tomorrow morning in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 9:30 a.m.

Brzezinski will be paired with former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft who will testify about their views on the strategic context of America's actions in Iraq.

This may be covered by C-Span but will also be available in full at CNN's Pipeline:

SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITEE TESTIMONY -- ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI

February 1, 2007

Mr. Chairman:

Your hearings come at a critical juncture in the U.S. war of choice in Iraq, and I commend you and Senator Lugar for scheduling them.

It is time for the White House to come to terms with two central realities:

1. The war in Iraq is a historic, strategic, and moral calamity. Undertaken under false assumptions, it is undermining America's global legitimacy. Its collateral civilian casualties as well as some abuses are tarnishing America's moral credentials. Driven by Manichean impulses and imperial hubris, it is intensifying regional instability.

2. Only a political strategy that is historically relevant rather than reminiscent of colonial tutelage can provide the needed framework for a tolerable resolution of both the war in Iraq and the intensifying regional tensions.

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[Mind_your_head]

1. I'm confused by this Feb. 1, 2007 timestamp.....

It's only 11:34 pm on 1/31/07 on the east coast right now. Is this an ARTICLE that will be officially published on Feb. 1, 2007? It reads like a speech or a line of questioning (that hasn't happened yet?) I'm confused.

[laststeamtrain]

3. The hearing is tomorrow 2/1/07

"TWN has secured testimony being offered by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski tomorrow morning in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 9:30 a.m."

This seems to be in the nature of a cover letter prefacing Zbig's forthcoming testimony. That's the way I read it anyway.

[PDJane]

2. The mess in Afghanistan

Would have been lessened had not Brzezinki advised Carter to support the Taliban. I don't think I trust what the man has to say.........

[yurbud]

4. you don't break some eggs, no one needs to buy an omelet maker.