National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley appeared was the first guest. Former Clinton adviser went straight back to his roots as a Democrat propagandist in the Hadley interview. Morning George Stephanopoulos certainly provided clear and convincing evidence of his continued commitment to Democrat political success in the 11 minute Hadley interview. Stephanopoulos claimed that the President continued to blame Iraq for 9.11 because Bush used the loose colloquialism “same people” to describe the jihadists and jihadism against which we are waging global war last Friday. George S. insinuated that Bush meant, quite literally, the same human beings. George S. actually ended the question by saying, “we know they were from Egypt, Saudi Arabia…….” . Having heard the entire context of the President’s comments last week, as well as over the last 5 years, there is no way that George S. could have misunderstood the metaphoric reference to these people. Hadley corrected George S.’s distortion.
Hadley reiterated the President’s points from the Friday press conference so no need to reiterate them here. George S. made not a singe mention of any progress and curtailed most attempts by Hadley to discuss the many areas of progress in Iraq.
Hadley did make some important news. The Administration is about to involve itself even more directly in empowering Palestinian President Abbas to regain full control over Palestine. It also sounds like more reconstruction money will be made available to Abbas. Since the Palestinians are among to poorest people on earth this should look like the blessings of Allah indeed. Maybe even a few of the Palestinians who screeched death to America on September 11 will have a flash of gratitude, although The Real Sporer thinks that result unlikely.
The next two guests were Senators Richard Luger and John Warner. The media has greatly exploited the two venerable Republicans’ discussion of the need for transition thinking in Iraq and George S. went down the same road.
Dick Luger also spoke words that should never be spoken in wartime “announce our plans in public”. The Senator was speaking of his proposal to require the Administration to submit a new strategy to the public by October 15. Apparently, Luger believes his newest proposal for a date specific will force events in Iraq and reassure the American people. Never in the history of war has any nation obtained victory by announcing its operational schedules in advance. It was therefore, not surprising, that Luger, like most Congressional discussions of Iraq, was ambiguous on the “how” such an announcement will contribute to the achievement of victory where 6,000 years of human history say it won’t..
John Warner said the Luger-Warner proposal does nothing more than providing the President political flexibility to follow the generals in announcing the new approach. The “how” is, again, lacking. Stephanopoulos was visibly disappointed that both Luger and Warner declined to openly break with the Administration over Iraq.
George Will had a tremendous observation about John McCain, his campaign is dying for lack of cash. Will could not let the irony of the man who said money is not speech can no longer speak because he has no money. Otherwise, the panel was especially weak, the typical anti-Bush slant. Claire Shipman made the point that we “Americans just feel its time for the war to be over”. That says it all. Time for a commercial I gue
Hadley reiterated the President’s points from the Friday press conference so no need to reiterate them here. George S. made not a singe mention of any progress and curtailed most attempts by Hadley to discuss the many areas of progress in Iraq.
Hadley did make some important news. The Administration is about to involve itself even more directly in empowering Palestinian President Abbas to regain full control over Palestine. It also sounds like more reconstruction money will be made available to Abbas. Since the Palestinians are among to poorest people on earth this should look like the blessings of Allah indeed. Maybe even a few of the Palestinians who screeched death to America on September 11 will have a flash of gratitude, although The Real Sporer thinks that result unlikely.
The next two guests were Senators Richard Luger and John Warner. The media has greatly exploited the two venerable Republicans’ discussion of the need for transition thinking in Iraq and George S. went down the same road.
Dick Luger also spoke words that should never be spoken in wartime “announce our plans in public”. The Senator was speaking of his proposal to require the Administration to submit a new strategy to the public by October 15. Apparently, Luger believes his newest proposal for a date specific will force events in Iraq and reassure the American people. Never in the history of war has any nation obtained victory by announcing its operational schedules in advance. It was therefore, not surprising, that Luger, like most Congressional discussions of Iraq, was ambiguous on the “how” such an announcement will contribute to the achievement of victory where 6,000 years of human history say it won’t..
John Warner said the Luger-Warner proposal does nothing more than providing the President political flexibility to follow the generals in announcing the new approach. The “how” is, again, lacking. Stephanopoulos was visibly disappointed that both Luger and Warner declined to openly break with the Administration over Iraq.
George Will had a tremendous observation about John McCain, his campaign is dying for lack of cash. Will could not let the irony of the man who said money is not speech can no longer speak because he has no money. Otherwise, the panel was especially weak, the typical anti-Bush slant. Claire Shipman made the point that we “Americans just feel its time for the war to be over”. That says it all. Time for a commercial I gue
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