Bush's prediction for the war

[Agammamon]

1) The Iraqi military is no threat, that have only a fraction of the force they had in the Gulf War

Yet they've manage to fight us to a standstill because we underestimated them.

2) The Iraqi military will revolt and surrender immediately.

They're still fighting.

3) The Iraqi people will welcome us with open arms as liberators.

Which is why they attack us as son as we turn our back (to be fair, a lot of Iraqis are happy we've come, but not the overwhelming percentage that was billed before the war).

4) WMD

Ain't seen any yet.


The Washington Post (free registration required) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/IncrementalGatherServlet?node=admin/registration/incremental&destination=incremental&nextstep=gather&application=3-Point-nation&applicationURL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55177-2003Mar30.html)

There is a behind-the-scenes effort by former senior Republican government officials and party leaders to convince President Bush that the advice he has received from Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz -- a powerful triumvirate frequently at odds with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell -- has been wrong and even dangerous to long-term U.S. national interests...

"The only one who can reach the president is his father," one former senior official said. "But it is not timely yet to talk to him."

[Brown]

Bush, who appears to value tension among his top advisers, "has been very Delphic on this and hard to read" on the emerging internal debate, a Bush adviser said.I like that: "very Delphic" and "hard to read." It sounds as though these words are actually imparting information when in fact they do not.

"Hard to read" is certainly more flattering than the tired old "deer in the headlights" metaphor.

[Agammamon]

I prefer "stunned bunny" myself.

Originally posted by Brown
I like that: "very Delphic" and "hard to read." It sounds as though these words are actually imparting information when in fact they do not.

"Hard to read" is certainly more flattering than the tired old "deer in the headlights" metaphor.


The best prediction I heard from Mr Bush was:

We will kill Saddam....because God bless America.

[Wayne Grabert]

Originally posted by Agammamon
There is a behind-the-scenes effort by former senior Republican government officials and party leaders to convince President Bush that the advice he has received from Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz -- a powerful triumvirate frequently at odds with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell -- has been wrong and even dangerous to long-term U.S. national interests...
In what way are those three frequently at odds with Powell? I don't see it.

Originally posted by Agammamon
"The only one who can reach the president is his father," one former senior official said. "But it is not timely yet to talk to him."
See my thread (that I'm about to start) on how Bush Senior advised against attacking Iraq.