[3k9pm]

Vital Role

Definition: Hey, Kofi, grab me another beer out of that cooler.

[dogbyte12]

What is up Brent Scowcroft's butt? From what I have been told... this actually means Bush41 is the one with the criticism. Basically, Scowcroft says things that Bush Senior wants to say, but can't because of the political situation.

I hate to break it to dad and Brent, but you left Jr a big old mess to clean up, and ya need to stop trying to direct the clean up crew.

[MonroeDNA]

Remember, the Ba'ath party is really called the

SOCIALIST BA'ATH PARTY.

Just like the Nationalist Socialst party, ooops, I mean the NAZI party.

Socialism only survives through lies, and disinformation.

[Maynerd]

"Brent Scowcroft, who was national security adviser for President Bush's father, entered the debate on the planning for postwar Iraq today. He warned in a speech in Oslo that the United States and Britain could provoke a backlash in the Arab world, including a surge in anti-American terrorism, if they insist on a dominant role in running Iraq"

I wish these retired generals would fade away. This guy thinks he's still directing and implementing the failed policies of Bush 41.

[martin_fierro]

Oh, the devil you say.

There are no Americans in downtown Baghdad.

I get all my news from Baghdad Bob.

<|:)~

[libertylover]

"There is now almost an entire armored brigade from the U.S. Third Infantry Division in the middle of Baghdad," Maj. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal said at the Pentagon today.

Can one of you Army-types please explain some of the Army's organizational terms. I understand sqad, platoon, and company, at least for an infantry outfit, and I think of a Division as a base-sized(fort) unit (~10,000 troops, correct?), but I haven't got a clue about a brigade or a regiment. Please help this former Air Force weenie.

[Nick Danger]

Brent Scowcroft... warned in a speech in Oslo that the United States and Britain could provoke a backlash in the Arab world

I think we should have a rule that any talking head who warns us about a "backlash in the Arab world" has to spend a night in the box. This threat is becoming sooooo tiresome. At root it is an argument for doing nothing... ever. Because no matter what we do, it pisses them off. At some point, we just have to say, "to Hell with them."

[kabar]

Brent Scowcroft, who was national security adviser for President Bush's father, entered the debate on the planning for postwar Iraq today. He warned in a speech in Oslo that the United States and Britain could provoke a backlash in the Arab world, including a surge in anti-American terrorism, if they insist on a dominant role in running Iraq.

It is hard to take criticism or advice from the guys who lost the peace in the Gulf War. It may be instructive to see where Scowcroft gets his money. It wouldn't surprise me if there is some Arab money funding him either directly or indirectly. So many of our officials have received money from the Saudis and other rich Gulf Arabs. They fund libraries, think tanks, and a host of other projects that obligate the recipients to support them lest they lose the money.