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Paul Wolfowitz and Scooter Libby, two key players in the George W. Bush administration, are teaching a course this fall on decision-making in the 2003 Iraq War.
The course, titled "The War in Iraq: A Study in Decision-Making", will examine some "key strategic decisions" during the war, according to a description by the Hertog Foundation in D.C., which will offer the week-long course.
Wolfowitz, who served as deputy defense secretary between 2001 and 2005, and Libby, who served as national security adviser to then-Vice President Dick Cheney and Bush during that time, both advocated for the war.
"History takes on a different aspect when viewed not from years removed and with the consequences of decisions taken known, but from the viewpoints of the actual policymakers as decisions approached and as unexpected events, rivalries, counter-moves, mistakes, and imperfect understandings intervened," a course description reads.
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/246378-former-bush-officials-teaching-course-on-iraq-war-decision-making
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)they have no shame
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Jayzus.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Lie
2. Lie a lot
3. Co-opt the media
4. Lie some more
5. Wait until September to roll out your new product
6. Call traitor on anyone who disagrees with you
7. Lie
8. Get those defense contracts lined up
9. Embed the media
10. Lie a whole lot
11. Run ads for the military. Lots of ads
12. Have we mentioned lying yet?
underpants
(182,868 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)"We will have the final in 12 weeks time. See you then. Read the $500 text book..."
"Sir? this a ream of copy paper..."
"You are learning already. Class dismissed"
longship
(40,416 posts)underpants
(182,868 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)JEB
(4,748 posts)This country just keeps digging deeper.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)It would be awesome to be able to question these guys.
I am quite sure I would find their explanations to be nonsense but it would be fascinating to hear them.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)That certainly would be "interesting".............
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Lets take some of the most heinous violators of human rights the earth has ever known and have them teach courses in their successes to a new generation.
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)The neocons are in denial as to their role in the war in Iraq