Special Plans: The blogs on Douglas Feith and the faulty intelligence that led to war

[laststeamtrain]

"Here’s a story of espionage, think tanks, power brokers, a crazy drunk named Curveball, and Douglas Feith—the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy whose Office of Special Plans oversaw the enormous manipulations and failures of intelligence that led to the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq."

http://www.wmjasco.com/0490/049-0.html

Looks like this could be an interesting book.
Link has pdfs of preface & some sample pages.

[acmavm]

1. You know when this all started every damn last one of these

bastards thought they'd go down in history as warrior heros.

What a crock.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Why is it that whenever I see his smirking face

I wanna smack him?

[laststeamtrain]

3. Well, there are words that describe his kind of face.

Reminds me of Steve Forbes a bit. That "Give me your money AND your life" look.

Why do the top salesmen for the permanent war economy mostly look like 'wienies'?
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