[CTRL] Gingrich: U.S. Went Off a Cliff in Iraq (DU)

[Sean McBride]

Title: Democratic Underground Forums - NEWSWEEK: Gingrich Speaks Out Against Administration's Policy in Iraq,

-Caveat Lector- This is possibly a huge development -- the Republican Party is starting to come apart at the seams over Iraq.  The neocons will be left holding the bag, and an especially stinking bag it will be.   It's not like they weren't warned loudly before the war what would happen.  They did this to themselves.   The negative fallout for Israel, which was the hand behind the neocons' hysterical campaign, could be exceptionally severe.  The rage in high American political circles over this mess in Iraq is palpable.   http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=257626&mesg_id=257626   Home | Forums | Articles | Links Directory | Store | Donate Democratic Underground Forums "DU2" NEWSWEEK: Gingrich Speaks Out Against Administration's Policy in Iraq, [View All] Printer-friendly format Email this message to a friend Bookmark this thread Previous thread | Next thread Lobby / Latest Latest Breaking News Message spotbird (1000+ posts) Sun Dec-07-03 03:07 PM Original message NEWSWEEK: Gingrich Speaks Out Against Administration's Policy in Iraq, Edited on Sun Dec-07-03 03:17 PM by spotbird Saying The U.S. Went 'Off a Cliff' NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a quiet confidant of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, says the U.S. went "off a cliff in Iraq." In the December 15 issue (on newsstands Monday, Dec. 8), Gingrich talks about the shortcomings of the Bush administration's policy in Iraq, saying that "Americans can't win in Iraq. Only Iraqis can win in Iraq." (snip) Gingrich, a member of the influential Defense Policy Board, argues that the administration has been putting far too much emphasis on a military solution and slighting the political element, report National Security Correspondent John Barry and Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas. While he says he's not speaking for the board, it is rare that one of its members voices a dissenting view in public. "The Army's reaction to Vietnam was not to think about it," he says. Rather than absorb the lessons of counterinsurgency, Gingrich says, the Army adopted "a deliberate strategy of amnesia because people don't want to ever do it again." The Army rebuilt a superb fighting force for waging a conventional war. "I am very proud of what Tommy Franks did-up to the moment of deciding how to transfer power to the Iraqis. Then we go off a cliff." (more) http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031207/nysu011a_1.html It isn�t a condemnation, but it is weird nevertheless. What are they up to? I don�t trust this at all.    Alert Printer Friendly | Reply

 

 

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