So I Started Reading the Feith Book...

[SteveMetz]

You people are just MEAN

[Tom Odom]

You people are just MEAN

I know but we are GOOD at being mean

here is another bit from yet another beacon of higher intellect:

Inside the Ring

Feith Speaks:
...For example, Mr. Feith criticizes former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage for the failure of diplomacy in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion.

Mr. Feith said Mr. Powell did not make any speeches in France or Germany as part of efforts to win support from those countries, and failed to win Turkey's backing for a northern invasion route into Iraq, which seriously hampered the war effort.

And that would be after the SecDef dismissed said countries as "Old Europe"...

Now drink your Koolaid, read some more, and take a nice nap...

[Stan]

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Must be a quick read

[Eden]

While the level of repartee and rapier-like wit is gratifying...really, it's like having a seat at the Algonquin Round Table...could someone give us ignorant folks a paragraph or two on what exactly makes Mr. Feith the dastardly ignoramus he appears to be?

[Tom Odom]

While the level of repartee and rapier-like wit is gratifying...really, it's like having a seat at the Algonquin Round Table...could someone give us ignorant folks a paragraph or two on what exactly makes Mr. Feith the dastardly ignoramus he appears to be?

Try here as a start...

[marct]

Hi Eden,

While the level of repartee and rapier-like wit is gratifying...really, it's like having a seat at the Algonquin Round Table...could someone give us ignorant folks a paragraph or two on what exactly makes Mr. Feith the dastardly ignoramus he appears to be?

Some of it comes from the fact that he was one of the primary architects of the push to invade Iraq and is now attempting to blame everything that went wrong on other people. Basically, he is taking no responsibility for his actions at all. What is even worse, at least for me, is that he seems to have convinced himself that he is not to blame - either that or he is an excellent liar (which is possible...). At best, he is self-deluded and, as with many charismatic ideologues, invites others to share in that delusion.

[Tom Odom]

Hi Eden,



Some of it comes from the fact that he was one of the primary architects of the push to invade Iraq and is now attempting to blame everything that went wrong on other people. Basically, he is taking no responsibility for his actions at all. What is even worse, at least for me, is that he seems to have convinced himself that he is not to blame - either that or he is an excellent liar (which is possible...). At best, he is self-deluded and, as with many charismatic ideologues, invites others to share in that delusion.

Now there you go, Marc, being nice again....

[marct]

Now there you go, Marc, being nice again....

Sorry, Tom... Just one of those Canadian cultural things (along with politeness, helping little old ladies across the street, and lampooning politicians).

[bourbon]

what exactly makes Mr. Feith the dastardly ignoramus he appears to be?

Dear Eden,

Doug Feith is an ideologue to the Nth degree, as such, to quote The Quiet American by Graham Greene: “He’ll always be innocent, you can’t blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Insanity is a kind of innocence.”

Best.