'I'm Not Sure Anything Went Wrong' In Iraq

[SHRED]

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Yeah Tony...whatever...:puke:

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Tony Snow: 'I'm Not Sure Anything Went Wrong' In Iraq

By E&P Staff

Published: February 15, 2007 3:55 PM ET

NEW YORK Surely, at this stage, the White House would be willing to admit that conditions in Iraq following the 2003 invasion haven't gone exactly according to plan? White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked about this today at the daily briefing, following the release of military documents from 2002 that revealed that the U.S. expected that by now a token American force of 5,000 would be able to keep things under control in Iraq -- and the occupation would require only a two or three month "stabilization" period.

"What went wrong?" the reporter reasonably asked.

Snow replied: "I'm not sure anything went wrong."

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[Kutjara]

1. He's telling the truth for once.

From the neocon perspective, the debacle in Iraq is going exactly according to plan. Lots and lots of lovely cash for the BFEE, an excuse for ever-escalating levels of military spending, the US populace in a constant state of low-grade fear. Perfect. If only the cursed Democrats hadn't won last November, everything would be smooth as silk.

[Graybeard]

2. Planned chaos ...

...provides opportunities to steal, and steal BIG. What went wrong with that plan?

[Kutjara]

3. Probably the usual.

Greed is an addiction that, like most addictions, grows and grows until it can't be contained. Then it destroys the addict. The BFEE greed addiction is out in the open now, clear for all but the most addled 30 percenters to see. What's scaring people is that the regime's greed is so huge, it's affecting everyone else's ability to be greedy, which is the one unforgiveable sin in America.

[izzie]

4. Well they did take over the country, army and Saddam.

They have killed off Saddam and the country is a mess and the army underground. It is where you come in on this subject. They did what they wanted but it just did not stay the way they wanted so they could move on to next step making it, a laissez faire capitalize state who loved the Americans.

[Kutjara]

6. I'm not sure they ever wanted a stable Iraq.

While it's tempting to believe the aim was to create a compliant client state, I wonder if the chaos doesn't suit them better. They get the oil for basically nothing, can sink billions of dollars into "projects" more or less unaudited (with lots of room for siphoning huge amounts of taxpayers' money into offshore bank accounts), and have the added bonus of creating a political vacuum that can be presented to the US public as a breeding ground for terra, necessitating ever more lavish spending on hardware-intensive "security solutions" back home. Civil liberties fly out the window, neighbor distrusts neighbor and everyone turns to Uncle Sam for protection. The protection comes at the price of the Constitution, but that's a small bill for many people.

A tame and obedient Iraq would be no fun at all. What we have now is much better.

[izzie]

10. I think they did

I think Banks run this world and they wanted a new market and set up the new laws to do just that. I mean they took over the clothing, car, oil and anything where they could bring in business to take out money and the law that states they could take out 100 percent of profits show that, to me. The bases would stay to watch it all. If you had ever been in the Middle East and seen how they do business one has to believe that our style just would never work. Just look at Russia. That is how their businesses were run. Who you knew and the Royals etc. It has been almost 100 years since Lenin and they still are having trouble being a modern society and doing for their people. It is very hard to change the base believer in society. Bush sure is not going to do it with a new set of laws. OK Time to bring up Japan which I also have some thoughts on.

[saltpoint]

5. You can see where Tony is coming from. On the news we see footage

of a rebuilt city in Baghdad. Green space, families spending time together in parks, theaters, and museums.

Water flowing to every home, ditto electricity.

The citizenry stroll casually and happily down tree-lined avenues, the occasional banner reading "Thank you, Bush" hanging from apartment windows.

And not just in Baghdad, either. The entire region honors our presence there. We're feelin' the love. World acclaim is a puppy at our masterly feet.

When Tony Snow summarizes a situation, he by god does it beautifully.

Thank you, Tony. You're a true patriot.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. Hey Tony! Come here and let me slap you upside your head!

Tell it to the parents of the 3,300 dead Americans
Tell it to the families of 700,000 dead Iraqi's
Tell it to the people caught in the middle of a civil war
Tell it to the children living at my house who will one day say "Where is my share of the pie?"
Tell it to the guy with no legs and only one hand who has been sitting at the V-A hospital and just found out his benefits have been cut
Tell it to the wife and children of the guy with no legs and only one hand who has had his benefits cut
Tell it to the children in Fallujah, Baghdad, Basra, Najef, Mosul, Karbala..etc who have no parents

I'd say it is a stunning success you pompous, overpaid, mouthpiece motherfucker

[Graybeard]

8. Oh, if only just once, a reporter would say that...

...to him! Just as you did, enumerating the outrages. This smug, smirking piece of excrement is beyond disgusting. And don't get me started on the "journalists".

[gratuitous]

9. ExxonMobil had profits of nearly $40 billion last year

How could anything possibly be wrong with that? If unbridled greed and bloodthirsty policies are wrong, the Bush administration doesn't want to be right!

[Auntie Bush]

11. He's right. Bush didn't get a damn thing wrong. He accomplished exactly

what the cabal wanted...except for one thing...TOTAL destabilization of the WHOLE Middle East so no one could take control of the OIL. They will be too busy fighting each other over ethnic hatreds to take over controlling any oil. That will be our job! We'll rip them off and they'll never even notice...just like they already lost billions of Iraqi money...which will soon become trillions.

Also, they won't be happy till they get a reason to nuke the whole area. Cheney wants to see how our new weapons work!