The dynamics reported between senior staff members is typical in the executive level of any large organization. The only thing different here is that the office politics are being played out in the MSM.
Yawn.
Just what we need - traitors in the ranks of the President's men. Oh, but wait, when one works for the Sec of State - Powell - we must remember that it is Powell who counts - his wishes, feelings, etc. The President doesn't matter. He is just some guy in a suit who lives in the White House.
"Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus"
And thank God they did since Powell was determined to do nothing to offend The French and Germans who were obviously on the take from Sadam.
Sounds like there are unhappy campers at both State and CIA. What these people need to realize is that there is a lot more at stake in American foreign policy than their career futures.
And, of course, the invasion of Afghanistan was for the purpose of allowing -
The cabal of kabbalists to meet in Kabul.
Thank you for your opinions, Mr. Wilkerson. Now the news media will start reporting them as facts.
"If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." - Harry Truman
A cabal? Cheney and Bush were elected!!! Anonymous State Department careerists were NOT elected!!
This freak is basically saying that our elected officials had the temerity to override the entrenched, unelected bureaucracy. He's basically admitting that there was a cabal in the bureaucracy working at odds with our elected government, but he's calling the elected government the cabal. He sounds like a very dangerous man, the kind of man who would be in cahoots with Joseph Wilson.
Excerpt: "In May 2003, after his mission to Niger BUT before his July 6, 2003, Times Op-Ed Piece, Mr. Wilson began working for Kerry......
Don't tell me that Wilson published that article without the Dems permission. He was "ordered" to publish it and the whole plot began. Kerry lived off of Wilson's Niger mission for quite a while.
Then Berger (also on Kerry's campaign) got caught. Berger was "fired" and within a few days, Wilson got fired.
P.S. If Wilson is going to sue the Whitehouse, he better think twice because his paychecks all comes from and go to the Dems.
There's another that that I remember. Hillary was asked about Berger. Because it was during the 9-11 Commission crapola, Hillary said: "The timing speaks for itself". She didn't answer the question!!
'Cabal'
This fool subscribes to the Al Franken/Michael Moore view of the world.
I wonder if Lawrence Wilkerson knows the fictional Terrance Wilkinson?
Hmmm, I guess now we know who the "leak" was..
You mean to tell me that executives made decisions without a vote from the working bureaucrats!
Why am I not astounded!
Then why in the hell has Bush not withdrawn form the UN?
I am highly critical of Bush's leftist moves, Miers, et al. but if Bush is so "uninterested" in international crap, then why has he kept the US in the corrupt, anti-American UN?
Why did he give $15 billion to Africa to maintain female genital mutilation and bad sex practices?
Why does he give billions to anti-American nations who then get it to corrupt dictators?
I differ greatly with the opinion of this guy. George Bush has played ass-kisser #1 to the UN and other international global welfare conduits. He has not showed that he is "uninterested" but quite the opposite--Bush has placed global welfare as a priority over the defense and security needs of our nation.
One question for this guy: was this before or after Powell lost Turkey as a base for our northern assault on Baghdad?
-PJ
newamerica.net is another lint collector in the washtub of life.
If that really the level of hatred for the President that exists in the old guard, you KNOW Bush is right on all this stuff.