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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:52 PM Jun 2014

Iraq War Boosters Get Second Chance In Media Spotlight

Source: HuffPo

NEW YORK -- In Monday’s Wall Street Journal, Paul Bremer criticized the Obama administration’s policy in the Middle East and argued that the United States needs to make “a clear commitment to help restabilize Iraq.”

Notably, Bremer’s op-ed -- “Only America Can Prevent a Disaster in Iraq” -- neglected to mention his own role in helping to destabilize Iraq following the Bush administration’s disastrous 2003 invasion. As U.S. presidential envoy to the nation, Bremer disbanded the Iraqi army at the beginning of the occupation, a critical blunder that was followed by years of sectarian violence.

The Iraq war, which Bush officials and media advocates sold as easy and inexpensive, grew into the biggest U.S. foreign policy debacle in a generation, resulting in the deaths of over 4,500 U.S. soldiers and 100,000 Iraqis. It also cast a shadow over the U.S. media, which largely promoted the administration's bogus case for war.

Now Bremer and others who were largely discredited when it comes to Iraq are back in the spotlight, and they're being treated as credible experts on the growing chaos in the country. Iraq is once again in the news because the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an extremist group, has taken several major cities and set its sights on Baghdad.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/16/iraq-war-media_n_5500372.html

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Iraq War Boosters Get Second Chance In Media Spotlight (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 OP
What words? Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #1
Oh yeah, great idea! lark Jun 2014 #2
De Ba'athification aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #3
It is irresponsible for the media to put these kiranon Jun 2014 #4
That's what you get with CORPORATE media. AngryDem001 Jun 2014 #7
Cali_Democrat Diclotican Jun 2014 #5
This is the reason they should have been charged with lying us into this debacle lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #6
I could not agree with you more. QuestForSense Jun 2014 #8
It's splitting hairs between all of them lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #10
perhaps Congress could cut off funding for the war? quadrature Jun 2014 #9
Correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't Bremer one who was asjr Jun 2014 #11
Shouldn't that be... SoapBox Jun 2014 #12
The war was easy and inexpensive. It was the peace that was hard end expensive. 24601 Jun 2014 #13
today's serenity prayer.. Cha Jun 2014 #14

lark

(23,003 posts)
2. Oh yeah, great idea!
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:19 PM
Jun 2014

Let's give the clowns that broke Iraq, that paid no attention to the needs of that country or it's people and prioritized their personal agendas and give them a 2nd chance to blow it to kingdom come. Oh yeah, that's perfect!


aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
3. De Ba'athification
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:24 PM
Jun 2014

Conceived by Feith, Wolfowitz, and Chalabi and implemented by Bremer it is a word Bremer avoids like the plaque. It got the people who ran Iraq's institutions and infrastructure, military and civil officials, Sunnis, permanently out of participation in Iraq's future. It lead to Sunni marginalizing and opened the door to Iran coming in. How much you want to bet that a lot of these disgruntled ex Ba'ath party officials are now backing Isis' move?

kiranon

(1,727 posts)
4. It is irresponsible for the media to put these
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:36 PM
Jun 2014

opportunistic "experts" on without providing their background in creating the very conditions that helped lead to the failed state of Iraq.

AngryDem001

(684 posts)
7. That's what you get with CORPORATE media.
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:23 PM
Jun 2014

MSNBC might tell us how they lied us into war, but the other outlets? Fuggedaboutit.

Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
5. Cali_Democrat
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:43 PM
Jun 2014

Cali_Democrat


Of all the people who pushed for the war - and was responsible for the nightmare Iraq have become - Paul Bremmer should say not say a word - and be lucky the US do not extrate their citizens to the Haag - as Paul Bremmes should have been ended his life in a 3x3m cell rather in a nice home - he and the neo-cons is responsible for what Iraq had become - and Bremmer was one of the most arrogant -stupid persons who ever was to be put in charge of Iraq - when he fired every people who have had an office in Iraq - with just some lump change in their pockets - he destroyed Iraq - and made possible for the insurgence who was build up later on....

Paul Bremmer should just keep his big mouth shut - and pray to whatever good he is praying to - that he never get to be responsible for the nightmare he was doing in Iraq....

He is no expert - rather he is the architect to how Iraq was made into the disaster it had been for a decade now

Diclotican

QuestForSense

(653 posts)
8. I could not agree with you more.
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:25 PM
Jun 2014

And Bremer, as de facto ruler of Iraq for the entire time he was there, is the dirtiest of all (although that's probably splitting hairs).

asjr

(10,479 posts)
11. Correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't Bremer one who was
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:35 PM
Jun 2014

responsible for carrying personally millions of dollars to Iraq but never could account for a dime of it? --On several occasions?

Cha

(295,903 posts)
14. today's serenity prayer..
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 08:02 PM
Jun 2014

pourmecoffee ✔ @pourmecoffee
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Today's Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept Bush neocons opining on Iraq and the wisdom not to shatter my TV.
Amen.

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