Vanity Fair: Bush: The ISG report is a "flaming turd"

[deminks]

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/whitehouse200703?printable=true¤tPage=all

The same neocon ideologues behind the Iraq war have been using the same tactics—alliances with shady exiles, dubious intelligence on W.M.D.—to push for the bombing of Iran. As President Bush ups the pressure on Tehran, is he planning to double his Middle East bet?

What's less understood is that the same tactics have been in play with Iran. Once again, neocon ideologues have been flogging questionable intelligence about W.M.D. Once again, dubious Middle East exile groups are making the rounds in Washington—this time urging regime change in Syria and Iran. Once again, heroic new exile leaders are promising freedom.

On December 6, the Iraq Study Group finally released its report, "The Way Forward—A New Approach." Bipartisan reports tend to be bland affairs, but this one was different. Describing the situation in Iraq as "grave and deteriorating," the I.S.G. report did not shy away from pointing out that the new Iraqi Army, the police force, and even Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki often showed greater loyalty to their ethnic identities than to the ideal of a nonsectarian, democratic Iraq. Ultimately, the report concluded that sending more American soldiers to Iraq would not resolve what were fundamentally political problems. The subtext was clear: America's policies in Iraq had failed. It was time for the administration to cut its losses. A Gallup poll from December 12 showed that, among people who had an opinion on the subject, five out of six supported implementing the report's recommendations.

The only American whose opinion mattered, however, was not impressed. Bush, Salon reported, slammed the I.S.G. study as "a flaming turd." If Rice even delivered Scowcroft's message, it had fallen on deaf ears.

[deminks]

1. Another ominous snip from the article - Smirk has switched to Strat-Com

Another serious development is the growing role of the U.S. Strategic Command (StratCom), which oversees nuclear weapons, missile defense, and protection against weapons of mass destruction. Bush has directed StratCom to draw up plans for a massive strike against Iran, at a time when CentCom has had its hands full overseeing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Shifting to StratCom indicates that they are talking about a really punishing air-force and naval air attack ," says Lang.

[salin]

4. Clearly this man is now completely deattached from reality.

We are in very, very scary times.

[maggiegault]

33. I Agree, And We All Know It

What my question is, though, is why is he still permitted to soil the Oval Office with his odious presence?

There's a "flaming turd" indeed, but it ain't the report.

How much more lunacy must Bush thrust upon this planet before he is stopped? Why are there no riots in the streets? Why hasn't there been a march on the White House, demanding that the lunatic be hoisted up by his lying petard and shitcanned?

[bananarepublican]

14. I wonder what his pretext for war with Iran will be? Another 'Gulf of Tonkin' incident perhaps? n/t

[bananarepublican]

15. How about a 'Gulf of Gulf' incident!!! n/t

[Kikosexy2]

29. I always thought..

Rove was a flaming turd....but I guess he's not anymore...sigh...

[Morgana LaFey]

30. Punishing? Try sadistic -- more appropriate, given Bush's

pyschopathic bent.

This makes me so ... despondent, sick to my stomach.

[Aviation Pro]

2. This psychotic, deranged man.....

...must be removed immediately. His God complex and his close proximity to "The Football" is frightening and should be cause enogh for his removal.

Impeach. Remove. Now.

[Name removed]

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[Hulk]

5. RWN has you posted as "un-American"....?????

The most hateful website I've ever visited, rightwingnews (alias hatefulnazineocons) has some of our responses posted as "un-American" and they make a display of how we support the enemy, etc. Such BS.

I would love to snippet their posts for their hateful, bigoted and angry message that they are responsible for. I've been booted from the site four times, under different log in names, for disagreeing with their comments. Such a fascist organization to be calling someone ELSE "un-American"? They are the cancer that is bringing this country down.

[IWantAChange]

6. Are all the RWN'ers under 40 ready to sign up for the ARMY??

No? Somehow I didn't think so.

[bdamomma]

7. * is a flaming turd!!

[Canuckistanian]

8. * wishes he were so bright

The only flaming thing about GWB is that he's a flaming (documented) liar.

[Az_lefty]

9. flaming turd, fart jokes...

does little george have an anal fetish?

[orleans]

13. and don't forget the nickname he gave of "turd blossom"

all from the freak who used to put firecrackers up a frog's ass when he was a "child". (makes you wonder what the hell his mother was doing to *him*)

[ninkasi]

10. In spite of what others think of Bush

I am completely confident that he will choose whatever action is the most fucked up and destructive. He will manage to make any crisis many times worse than anybody ever thought possible. He will make things magnitudes of times worse. This is his life story. This just might be the colossal mess that even his daddy, and his daddy's rich friends, can't fix.

He will, unless stopped, attack Iran, plunge the world into chaos, then hand the whole...to use his own expression...flaming turd off to his Democratic successor. This is his pattern, and I don't see him deviating from it now.

[Blackhatjack]

11. This article should be required reading for every American....

IMHO we are on the edge of a very steep cliff, and Bush is pushing us ever closer to that edge.

I hope that Democrats and Republicans can form enough of a majority that they can 'reel in' Bush before he starts the next conflict with Iran and Syria.

Gonna be hard to put the genie back in the bottle once Iran is attacked.

[Diane R]

12. Doesn't our 'president' have class? n/t

[Penndems]

28. Nope, not one iota . . .

[truth2power]

35. OT, but he's not present in those pics..

Vacant look on his face. He's either sleepwalking or he's high on something.

Bizarre sequence. And not just because of the "backrub" thing.

[bdamomma]

42. he doesn't know what "class" is.

remember he thinks with his gut. this man has no remorse or insight, we are dealing with a psychotic man, and the sooner Congress knows that they are, the better. This man has got to be stopped. Or will they just let him bomb Iran on false information, it will be too late by then.

[judaspriestess]

16. k & r

bush and his gang are blood thirsty serial killers

[Warren DeMontague]

17. "It's a flaming turd...

...and everyone knows I like mine poached."

[Quantess]

18. Thanks. As if I needed a visual.

:puke:
Oh well. It's worth a kick.

[deepthought42]

19. I get it now...

You don't need to succeed at war to achieve your goals, just start lots of wars, and the outcome(s) be damned. Just keep fighting. I'd ask if * has read 1984, but that would be a stupid question...

[LynneSin]

20. I think I quit using the term "Flaming Turd" back in the 3rd grade

:grr:

[GeorgeGist]

21. May the flaming turd...

blossom.

[4dsc]

22. Rightie still believes they're in charge

Its amazing the debates I am having with rightie. they actually believe that nothing changed last November with the elections.. They firmly believe they have every right to escalate this war and we should just stand aside.. WRONG answer rightie..

[izzybeans]

23. And the same Democrats (and some new ones) are falling for it, as far as I can tell.

Who are the dissenting voices on Iran in this Government? (not rhetorical, merely a request for information)

[JawJaw]

25. We need some more of this..

..to concentrate some minds.

They can't fall for this neocon shit again, surely??

[Morgana LaFey]

31. Hasn't done much to concentrate minds so far, has it?

Aren't most of our elected legislators respnding primarily to polls, not protests?

[bdamomma]

43. there's another one coming up March 17 in DC.

[leftchick]

24. sounds like a done deal.

:scared:

Moreover, he continues, Bush can count on the military to carry out such a mission even without congressional authorization. "If they write a plan like that and the president issues an execute order, the forces will execute it. He's got the power to do that as commander-in-chief. We set that up during the Cold War. It may, after the fact, be considered illegal, or an impeachable offense, but if he orders them to do it, they will do it."

Lang also notes that the recent appointment of a naval officer, Admiral William Fallon, to the top post at CentCom may be another indication that Bush intends to bomb Iran. "It makes very little sense that a person with this background should be appointed to be theater commander in a theater in which two essentially 'ground' wars are being fought, unless it is intended to conduct yet another war which will be different in character," he wrote in his blog. "The employment of Admiral Fallon suggests that they are thinking about something that is not a ground campaign."

[Norrin Radd]

26. It takes one to know one. n/t

[WinkyDink]

27. Ditto.

[Supersedeas]

32. vocalizing about Turd Blossom and Flaming Turd, must be Turd Breath

does he kiss his momma with that mouth?

[truedelphi]

34. Give 'im time! Bush is still deciphering "My Pet Goat" n/t

[Orsino]

36. *'s war is the flaming turd.

Whoever ultimately takes responsibility for ending it will pay a heavy political price.

The ISG report simply emphasizes this fact.

[Kurovski]

37. Kick(nt)

[orleans]

38. i read this article. unfuckingreal. i would suggest congress grab hold of it

and pay close attention to pages 9-10.

[mrJJ]

39. we just lied and manipulated evidence

Friday, February 09, 2007

Pentagon report confirms Iraq/al Qaeda intel was "dubious" -- a "devastating condemnation" of Bush Iraq policy
by Joe in DC - 2/09/2007 08:37:00 AM


A report from the Pentagon's Inspector General used the word "dubious" to describe the intelligence provided by Douglas Feith, an neocon who served as Undersecretary of Defense. Feith basically substituted the political agenda of George Bush for the work of the U.S. intelligence community as he tried to manufacture links between al Qaeda and Iraq. So much of what we all need to know about the Bush Administration is summed up in the response from Feith to The Washington Post:
In a telephone interview yesterday, Feith emphasized the inspector general's conclusion that his actions, described in the report as "inappropriate," were not unlawful.
Inappropriate, not unlawful. Tell that to the families of dead soldiers here or any of the Iraqis who've lost family members.

The new standard for the Bush team is, hey, we didn't break the law, we just lied and manipulated evidence so we'd go to war with Iraq -- without a plan. Senator Carl Levin has a more apt description:
"The bottom line is that intelligence relating to the Iraq-al-Qaeda relationship was manipulated by high-ranking officials in the Department of Defense to support the administration's decision to invade Iraq," Levin said yesterday. "The inspector general's report is a devastating condemnation of inappropriate activities in the DOD policy office that helped take this nation to war."
Now, that's an accurate assessment.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/

[magellan]

41. And they'll do it again

Welcome to DU, mrJJ. :hi:

[City Lights]

40. I wonder if he stuck his tounge out at the report too.

Who knew America would one day have a toddler for president?

[bdamomma]

44. this is another article worth reading and sending

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359805729&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter

I guess history is repeating itself, Germany had a madman in office too, and look what happened to the population, will we ever learn.

[ProudDad]

45. bush is the flaming turd