Wasn't Asked
Over at Aravois' place, we learn that this morning on the ol television, Donald Rumsfled let go with an interesting tidbit that should intrigue all reasonable-minded historians of the current age.
For context, let me set the stage: George W. Bush has taken over the Presidency after a hotly contested, painful, drawn out election in 2000, whereby a SCOTUS ruling that self-terminates with this one case and this one case only, ends any recounts of ballots in Florida [recounts which are required by Florida's constitution]. This gives Bush the win.
Bush, [who had run on the two basic tenets of political personality of the Washington Outsider who can Bring Change, and the first MBA CEO President. Bush later bankrupted the country.] nominates a slew of very-old-hat conservative insiders and ideologues, including, as his Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, a man who had shaken Saddam Hussein's hand in the 80's.
September 11, 2001. Then the so-called "war on terror." All of a sudden, Colin Powell is at the UN saying we need to invade Iraq- preemptive strikes on an imminent threat. Later, when asked about Powell's response in The Meeting convened whereby The President requested from all of his greatly learned officers of council thier professional and valued opinion on the need to invade Iraq, Powell says: What meeting? There never was one. I was never asked.
Today. Rumsfeld- the Secretary of Defense, when asked about his learned opinion as to whether the US should proceed with the Invasion, says: "I wasn't asked."
For context, let me set the stage: George W. Bush has taken over the Presidency after a hotly contested, painful, drawn out election in 2000, whereby a SCOTUS ruling that self-terminates with this one case and this one case only, ends any recounts of ballots in Florida [recounts which are required by Florida's constitution]. This gives Bush the win.
Bush, [who had run on the two basic tenets of political personality of the Washington Outsider who can Bring Change, and the first MBA CEO President. Bush later bankrupted the country.] nominates a slew of very-old-hat conservative insiders and ideologues, including, as his Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, a man who had shaken Saddam Hussein's hand in the 80's.
September 11, 2001. Then the so-called "war on terror." All of a sudden, Colin Powell is at the UN saying we need to invade Iraq- preemptive strikes on an imminent threat. Later, when asked about Powell's response in The Meeting convened whereby The President requested from all of his greatly learned officers of council thier professional and valued opinion on the need to invade Iraq, Powell says: What meeting? There never was one. I was never asked.
Today. Rumsfeld- the Secretary of Defense, when asked about his learned opinion as to whether the US should proceed with the Invasion, says: "I wasn't asked."
"I didn't advocate invasion, I wasn't asked." - Rumsfeld on THIS WEEK, this morning.The AntiCentenarian, drawing from its centuries-old established political advocacy and studies of geopolitics, would argue that invading another country without consulting your Cabinet members is probably not a good idea. But much worse- not consulting at least the man in charge of your armed forces for his opinion- simple idiocy.
Now keep in mind, Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State, says he wasn't asked either.
If true, that means George Bush went to war in Iraq without asking the opinion of the Secretary of Defense of the Secretary of State. Who did he get his advice from, anyone? Are they telling us the president of the United States, who had no foreign policy experience whatsoever, had never visited another country in his life (give or take one or two I believe), made a decision to go to war in Iraq without asking the advice of his top advisers on the issue?
posted by General Stan at 12:41 PM
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