Feinstein blasts handling of war - link to story and podcast

[Kadie]

Feinstein blasts handling of war
Americans 'deserve a timetable' for withdrawal from conflict in Iraq, says California senator
Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, October 24, 2006


Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said President Bush has pursued a dire war policy in Iraq "driven by failure after failure after failure'' that has put American troops in unnecessary danger and created havoc for Iraqi civilians.

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"After a war that's gone on about as long as World War II, the people and the Congress deserve a timetable'' for withdrawal, Feinstein said.

Feinstein, who is running for re-election in the Nov. 7 election, said that in hindsight, her October 2002 vote to give Bush the green light to wage war against Iraq was "absolutely'' a mistake, one she said was based on faulty intelligence delivered by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and other White House officials.

"I made the mistake of believing the intelligence, of listening to the president, the vice president and the administration,'' she said. She described the administration's arguments for going to war as "bogus.''

She placed much of the blame for the war's failure on Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld, and repeated her belief that he should lose his job.

"He is stubborn, he is arrogant. He has made mincemeat of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He's been terribly debilitating to the men in uniform,'' she said.

more...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/24/BAG4VLURQQ1.DTL

podcast link...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=10155

[lcordero2]

1. heh

Ms.Bechtel...scuse me, Ms.Feinstein shouldn't be talking.

[Webster Green]

2. She is such a dumbass!

I gotta hold my nose and vote for her cuz she's a dem (sort of), but I can't stand her.

"Hindsight", my ass. She should have listened to us in the first place.