Comments on: The Weakest Links

By: pseudonymousinnc

pseudonymousinnc — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:03:29 +0000

Ledeen is filth. Unelected, unappointed, one of the worst operatives in ‘deep government’ for the past quarter-century. For whose government, though? That’s the unanswered question.

By: Ruthie

Ruthie — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:36:21 +0000

The thought of the salaries we’ve paid these a**clowns, and the money that they have wasted gives me even more incentive to look for loopholes in next year’s taxes.

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:37:06 +0000

crickets… such a great touch!

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:24:11 +0000

the (D)’s are only doing phony, kabuki, posturing investigations

kabuki investigations.. brilliantly put…. kabuki posturing of Congress…

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:32:48 +0000

So well said. Thank you. Our brave whistleblowers, probably like the trusting Iraqi helpers long ago, TOTALLY BETRAYED. Going the distance with their courage to be gagged by pseudo-leaders who sold out their honor and integrity to get their glorified position which must not be risked for integrity and justice. Other countries know more of Sibel’s story than we do here. how creeeeeeeepy is that.

By: timr

timr — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:23:07 +0000

A couple of things. Speaking from my knowledge as an Army Platoon Sgt(I got out in 1980 as a 100% disabled vet) The convoy that Lynch was in got into trouble not because they had no cover, but because they had no training. No training in how to run a convoy-yes it takes training to make each soldier understand what they are supposed to do.(currently here in SA at Camp Bullis training is underway to teach AF people how to operate in convoys.-Yes, both AF and Navy personnal are being “volunteered” to go to Iraq because there are not enough Army troops, who, by the way, are all operating as infantry, even tho most are not trained to operate like that. I mean that people like cooks, administration, mechanics, air defense, missile, commo, etc. etc. etc. That is one reason why they need at least 1 year at home. To retrain them back into their MOS)Besides being untrained the Lynch convoy was very poorly led. The OIC-officer in charge-got lost. Granted their should have been an MP post at the point where the road turned. But since at least every convoy commander had a GPS, and because rummy wanted a lean mean invasion, I suppose that the MP’s were not around. My understanding is that they(lynch convoy) had machine guns, but that they, like the M-16’s carried by each soldier, were dirty, and in the most part not able to be fired. Side note: 1 person, a male sp4, did in fact open fire, and managed to kill many of the enemy before he was overrun and killed. I don’t know if he was awarded any medal, but he should have gotten, at the very least, the Silver Star. The convoy-all supply troops-was untrained because they and their commanders did not take the invasion seriously. I guess that they listened to cheney, and expected to be greeted with hugs and flowers. I also do not know if anyone in their chain of command was ever tried for negligence. They should have been. Those poor supply people had no idea what they were getting into, had neither been trained in their weapons-more than once a year-or trained and practiced in how to responed to an ambush.
Second subject. What has happened with the Abramoff scandal? and any others, besides Ney and Duke who got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. This investigation has been going so slow that it might as well be at a dead stop. Will we have to wait until a new prez and new people at DoJ? What about the statute of limitations? will anyone get off free on that?

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:21:45 +0000

I’ve always suspected that one of the reasons Bush and Cheney are so fired up to attack Iran before they leave the White House is to get their hands on and destroy all of the incriminating evidence the Iranians have collected for the past 30 years.

I so agree. Iran contra. CIA training of bin Laden. Our press stopped being detectives long ago, too. All those unethical, illegal, immoral, amoral, self-aggrandizing decisions.

Scott Peck says laziness is evil to the nth degree. What atrocities will and have these bastards let happen so as not to be accountable for past sins. How monstrous and egoist.

In Zimbabwe now the election is based on vote for me or starve to death literally. It has been a long slippery slope there. But evil not stopped keeps on progressing… fresh hells. Look at the Katrina folk.

It has been a long slippery slope here. Or should I say we are all boiled frogs who have barely noticed the depths of corruption we exist in, getting more and more uncomfortably warmer and oppressive with each successive term, and we have got to face responsibility, too.. .these bastards were bankrolled by our tax dollars to perpetuate their monstrosities. To fill the wallets of their friends. To destroy American and non-American lives and the quality of countless, COUNTLESS lives.

By: RAMA

RAMA — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:14:38 +0000

Seems to me the big problem future historians will face when studying the Bush years will be trying to figure out what was unwitting treason and what was witting treason.

By: makeitstop

makeitstop — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:05:13 +0000

Either that, or the dumb fucks just realized how well they’d been played for the last 30 years and now, in full redneck glory, they are right pissed.

I always figured that both Iraq wars are due to anger at Saddam not continuing to play ball their way. It sure didn’t help that Iran was playing this expertly; that must feel extra sweet to them after all the casualties they took in the Iran-Iraq war.

By: gaoual

gaoual — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:54:27 +0000

The Iranians have been using Ledeen, Ghorbanifar, Cheney, Bush Sr. and the rest of the right wing cabal for the past 30 years. Ledeen and Ghorbanifar figured prominently in the October Surprise in 1980, Iran-Contra in 1983-85, and who knows what other as yet uncovered schemes. Iranian intelligence has been skillfully manipulating these idiots for a long time and the past 8 years must seem like a never ending buffet to them. It shouldn’t be surprising that a right wing clown like Doug Feith was used by the Iranians. They’ve been getting exactly what they want from these “tough” Republicans for years. I’ve always suspected that one of the reasons Bush and Cheney are so fired up to attack Iran before they leave the White House is to get their hands on and destroy all of the incriminating evidence the Iranians have collected for the past 30 years.