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General Zinni gets undiplomatic treatment from Obama team
The Cable ^ | 4 February 2009 | Laura Rozen

Posted on 02/04/2009 6:39:14 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham

General Zinni gets undiplomatic treatment from Obama team

Wed, 02/04/2009 - 5:22pm

When retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni told the Washington Times today that he was offered the job of U.S. ambassador to Iraq before being passed over in favor of diplomat Christopher Hill, he did not say that one of the outrages of the experience was that his friend of 30 years, fellow former Marine Corps commandant and now national security advisor James L. Jones had offered him the job, and then failed to tell him when the decision was changed.

"Jones had called me before the inauguration and asked if I would be willing to serve as ambassador to Iraq or in one of the envoy jobs, on the Middle East peace process," Zinni told Foreign Policy. "I said yes."

"Then two weeks ago, Jones called," Zinni continued, "and said, ‘We talked to the secretary of state, and everybody would like to offer you the Iraq job.' I said yes.

"The president called and congratulated me," Zinni said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecable.foreignpolicy.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhostatedept; christopherhill; iraq; jamesljones; obama; zinni
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1 posted on 02/04/2009 6:39:14 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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‘Jones asked him if he would like to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Zinni said. “I said, ‘You can stick that with whatever other offers,’” Zinni recalled, saying he had used more colorful language with Jones. Asked Jones’s response and if he was apologetic, Zinni said, “Jones was not too concerned. He laughed about it.”’


2 posted on 02/04/2009 6:40:24 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham
A former senior official familiar with the case said
the matter appears to have been handled disastrously.


Bunch of useless amateurs
3 posted on 02/04/2009 6:46:12 PM PST by HangnJudge
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Any Marine that links up with the left is bound to be disappointed, passed over, and generally become po’d.


4 posted on 02/04/2009 6:46:14 PM PST by CT (Joe Biden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTwnwbG9YLE)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

What irony! Zinni was one of the guys recruited by Obama to give him some cover on Iraq and also as a believeale CIC.

Thanks General, it’s been real but you know I’m the hope and change candidate so I hope you realize I changed my mind.


5 posted on 02/04/2009 6:46:19 PM PST by wildbill
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And these are the guys who think they can negotiate and reason their way to peace with terrorists.....


6 posted on 02/04/2009 6:47:09 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.


7 posted on 02/04/2009 6:47:10 PM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

What can you expct when you are dealing with crooks?


8 posted on 02/04/2009 6:48:41 PM PST by sport
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The fact that Zinni would have had to disclose his financial links to the Saudis might have been a bridge too far for the battered Obama vetting team.


9 posted on 02/04/2009 6:51:13 PM PST by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Perdogg
The marxists gave Zinni the big red weenie.

Karma is a bitch General.

10 posted on 02/04/2009 6:52:38 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham
Looks like Obammy threw Gen. Zinnia under the tank.

Leni

11 posted on 02/04/2009 7:00:44 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Actually, Zinni would have been a good pick for Iraq. Hill? Apart from generating mountains of ‘agreements’ with Pyongyang, what does Hill bring to the table?


12 posted on 02/04/2009 7:02:40 PM PST by tanuki (Summum ius summa injuria. (The more law, the less justice))
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To: A.A. Cunningham

General Zinni’s Failed Policies

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/general-zinnis-failed-policies/

May 24, 2004

Searching for another Bush critic to put on national television, 60 Minutes on May 23 featured retired General Anthony Zinni

On the night before President Bush’s speech to the nation on Iraq, Kroft featured Zinni’s sensational charge that the Pentagon officials who planned and executed the war in Iraq were guilty of dereliction of duty, incompetence, negligence, lying and corruption. But Zinni’s record is notable for leaving both Saddam Hussein in power and Osama bin Laden alive. He was the commanding general in “Operation Desert Fox,” a 1998 bombing campaign against Iraq that took place less than 24 hours before the scheduled start of House of Representatives impeachment proceedings of Clinton over his perjury and witness tampering related to the Lewinsky scandal. Zinni also defended Clinton’s ineffective 1998 attack on Osama bin Laden’s camps in Afghanistan, widely seen as another attempt to deflect attention from the Lewinsky scandal. Zinni himself admitted the strikes didn’t cause any significant damage, and he was quoted as saying that getting bin Laden was never one of his objectives. Zinni was appointed by Secretary of State Colin Powell as a special envoy to bring peace to the Middle East. His efforts produced no peace, and he left this post about one year later.


13 posted on 02/04/2009 7:02:57 PM PST by FocusNexus ("Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise." GW Bush)
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Zinni recommends Obama to engage with Hamas

Dec. 30, 2008

http://www.examiner.com/x-2086-NY-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2008m12d30-Zinni-Recommends-Obama-to-Engage-with-Hamas


14 posted on 02/04/2009 7:05:57 PM PST by FocusNexus ("Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise." GW Bush)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

If Obama would find a way to screw McPeak as well, I might start liking the Big O!


15 posted on 02/04/2009 7:09:28 PM PST by Mr Rogers (And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way - Reagan)
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To: Mr Rogers
If Obama would find a way to screw McPeak as well, I might start liking the Big O!

Just let that scuzball crawl back under the rock where he came from.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was talking about McBase, btw.

As for Ø...let's not go too far!

16 posted on 02/04/2009 7:15:29 PM PST by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: wildbill

“Zinni was one of the guys recruited by obama to give him some cover”

Here comes that darned bus again. LOL


17 posted on 02/04/2009 7:20:32 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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It’s clear that the guy who’s actually running the White House (is it Soros?) didn’t like Zinni.


18 posted on 02/04/2009 7:24:26 PM PST by webboy45
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To: A.A. Cunningham
The whole Obama administration to this point reminds me of that old radio program “Ted Mack's Amateur Hour.” It's certainly been a farce so far. Like my Mom used to say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
19 posted on 02/04/2009 7:29:17 PM PST by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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To: wildbill

Another one thrown under the bus.


20 posted on 02/04/2009 7:29:31 PM PST by Eagle Eye (Libs- If you don't have to play the rules then neither do we...THINK ABOUT IT!)
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