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L. Paul Bremer the moron who disbanded the Iraqi Army after our glorious victory over Sadaam has stepped into the “it’s not my fault” line of Bush/Cheney enablers. George Tenet laid out plenty of deserved criticism for Bremer widely reported incompetence and Bremer does not like it. The neo-cons are starting to form a circle and unlike the Democrats who form circles and piss on each other…these Republican’s are bring bazookas to their circle — the blame game has begun.
Once conventional wisdom congeals, even facts can’t shake it loose. These days, everyone “knows” that the Coalition Provisional Authority made two disastrous decisions at the beginning of the U.S. occupation of Iraq: to vengefully drive members of the Baath Party from public life and to recklessly disband the Iraqi army. The most recent example is former CIA chief George J. Tenet, whose new memoir pillories me for those decisions (even though I don’t recall his ever objecting to either call during our numerous conversations in my 14 months leading the CPA). Similar charges are unquestioningly repeated in books and articles. Looking for a neat, simple explanation for our current problems in Iraq, pundits argue that these two steps alienated the formerly ruling Sunnis, created a pool of angry rebels-in-waiting and sparked the insurgency that’s raging today. The conventional wisdom is as firm here as it gets. It’s also dead wrong.
Posted on May 13th, 2007 by George Sand
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