“War and Decision”
Posted by Ron Coleman on February 4, 2009
John Hawkins reviews Douglas Feith’s War and Decision at Right Wing News . Two of my favorite bullet points:
- The CIA comes across as frighteningly, almost unbelievably incompetent and petty, even though they often didn’t inform the people relying on their advice of how little they really had to base their opinions on.
- The worst criticism, however, was reserved for the State Department in general and Colin Powell, in particular. In Feith’s view, Powell was an arrogant, passive aggressive, disloyal bureaucrat who never said that he opposed going to war, but dragged his feet at every opportunity and fought policy battles through leaks to the press.
Yoiks! Sounds like good reading.
I wonder if government is too dumb to handle stuff like policy and war.
Brian G. said
No, Gov’t is not too dumb to handle, but Feith certainly was.
According to General Tommy Franks, Feith is “the [freaking] stupidest guy on the planet.” {Quote from Woodward’s Plan of Attack).
Edited for family values, per my policy. — RDC
Ara Rubyan said
Feith’s reputation is in tatters. Why anyone would take seriously what he says is beyond me.
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