Maher: And finally, new rule in two parts: (A) You can't call yourself a think tank if all your ideas are stupid; and (B) If you're someone from one of these think tanks that dreamed up the Iraq War and who predicted that we'd be greeted as liberators, and that we wouldn't need a lot of troops, and that Iraqi oil would pay for the war, that the WMD's would be found, that the looting wasn't problematic, that the mission was accomplished, that the insurgency was in its last throes, that things would get better after the people voted, after the government was formed, after we got Saddam, after we got his kids, after we got Zarqawi, and that whole bloody mess wouldn't turn into a civil war,
you have to stop making predictions.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/21/bill-maher-smacks-around-some-neocons/(That means YOU, Bob!)
Robert Kagan is a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a co-founder of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC letter sent to President William Jefferson Clinton. He is considered to be one of the leading neo-conservatives.
Kagan worked at the State Department Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (85-88) and was the principal speech writer for Secretary of State George P. Shultz (84-85). Prior to that, he was foreign policy advisor to Jack Kemp (83). His name is associated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_KaganBill Maher is one of the most politically astute comedians in America today. His unflinching honesty and commitment to never pulling a punch have garnered him the respect and admiration of millions of fans. In 2003, Maher launched a new show, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” on HBO, a network that’s a perfect fit for his irreverent style. The hour-long show airs live at 11:00PM on Friday nights. http://www.safesearching.com/billmaher/about/