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What I Really Said About Iraq (Bremer)
NY Times ^
| October 8, 2004
| L. PAUL BREMER III
Posted on 10/07/2004 10:01:06 PM PDT by neverdem
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It would have been smarter and more helpful to the war in Iraq if he'd held his comments till a later date.
He had to know this would be distorted, giving fuel to the foes of the president he so recently served.
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posted on
10/08/2004 11:24:13 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(A country is a terrible thing to waste. Vote Republican.)
To: freestyle
I would agree with everything you say had the aide came out and said that the content of his remarks was twisted by the media. Instead the aide came out and more or less gave a "Oops you weren't supposed to hear that" statement. The aide was more concerned with the privacy issue than the content issue.
To: RGSpincich
Well, he stands by the content issue. Read the NYT article that Bremmer wrote.
He is saying basically... yeah, sure I wanted more troops, but I know I wasn't the one making that call and the commanders had valid reasons for keeping a small footprint. We'll never know what would have been "perfect".
Bush himself said that we made some "miscalculations". I took that to mean getting a hold of the initial looting. Of course, the MSM jumped on the miscalculations remark like it was an admission of COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILIURE in Iraq...
...so the president has learned he can't trust the press. Bremmer knew the same thing, and that is why "you weren't supposed to hear that". Not because he doesn't stand by it, but because he knew it would be twisted, mangled and politicized.
He supports Bush and his policy in Iraq.
To: StarFan
As usual, there is a grain of truth in what the Kerry camp is saying. Shinseki ran afoul of Rumsfeld very early in the Admin. That was even before 9/11. As a result, he set his retirement date early. But that date didn't come until after the Iraq War started.
So, yes, Shinseki was forced out by the Admin. But, no, it had nothing to do with Iraq. Shinseki's comments on Iraq were probably just sour grapes.
To: neverdem
FWIW, I was never comfortable with someone who starts their name with an initial. Yeah. I never trusted A. Dolph Hitler.
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posted on
10/08/2004 3:43:50 PM PDT
by
TankerKC
(R.I.P. Spc Trevor A. Win'E American Hero)
To: neverdem
Shut up, Bremer, no one's listening.
BTW, you'll never have lunch in this town (DC) again.
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posted on
10/08/2004 5:00:51 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Yes but Kerry has a plan. And it's a real good plan to. A real humdingger of a plan, hey who am I kidding it's probably the greatest plan since the Edsel!
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posted on
10/08/2004 9:16:50 PM PDT
by
Valin
(I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.)
To: Valin
148
posted on
10/09/2004 8:44:21 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(The wounded, confused, candidate in s HEAP in the CORNER in a DAZE is declared the winner by MSM.)
To: lepton
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posted on
10/09/2004 10:53:52 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: neverdem; Dog; Miss Marple; Howlin; RonDog; MJY1288; doug from upland; JohnHuang2; Jim Robinson; ...
I'm looking for a transcript of the ORIGINAL speech that Bremer is explaining here.........the one that was misquoted.
Can anyone provide me a link to it?
Thanks!
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posted on
10/22/2004 3:30:11 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(BUSH 2004 - PRAY for our PRESIDENT!)
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