ALTERMAN: DON'T LISTEN TO TAGUBA

[dArKeR]

He just wants a book deal, a job in the Kerry campaign, a grant from Teresa Heinz, a photo spread in Vanity Fair, and is a disgruntled employee.

I had a lot to say today, but the mail is so interesting I will restrict myself to bullets:
Don’t listen to Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba.  He just wants a book deal, a job in the Kerry campaign, a grant from Teresa Heinz, a photo spread in Vanity Fair, and is a disgruntled employee like John Diullo, Paul O’Neill, Richard Clarke, Gen. Anthony Zinni, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Greg Thielmann, Joe Wilson, Christie Whitman, Valery Plame, etc…
Say one thing for this administration, they are equal opportunity torturers.
This one really drives me nuts and I don’t know how I missed it:

“NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself... 
Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi’s operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.”

Nick Berg might object, except, well, he’s dead.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

[ewagner]

1. Wow! I forgot about this:

“NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself...
Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi’s operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.”


I remember reading about this and being totally outraged about it....until the next outrage came rapidly to light.

That's part of the problem with this administration. The outrages happen soooo frequently you can't even get organized/mobilized on one before the next one pops up. It's becoming a daily occurrance with these guys.......

do you think it's deliberate? I mean, really, it doesn't matter how important the next outrage is as long as it takes the previous one off the page of public consciousness.

Is this a new marketing technique?

[ant]

2. is that the same camp

..referred to in the Powell UN presentation, the one in Kurdish territory?

[ewagner]

3. Yep!

That's the one!