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!War Czar’: Another harebrained scheme
MSNBC ^ | Jack Jacobs

Posted on 04/13/2007 9:26:51 AM PDT by Ordinary_American

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To: GoldenPup
I refuse to believe that the “Big Shots” in Washington are that STUPID!!

I'd guess that you have never actually lived and worked in Washington, DC.

Sadly, many of them are that stupid.

21 posted on 04/13/2007 9:58:02 AM PDT by surely_you_jest
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To: Ordinary_American
I agree. The Constitution already gives us a “war czar” who can give orders to all cabinet departments - he’s called the Commander in Chief. And since Washington’s time we’ve had cabinet departments to run the uniformed services. If they want, they could can the name “Department of Defense” and revert to a “Department of War,” which would be fine by me.
22 posted on 04/13/2007 9:58:30 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: ClearCase_guy
What we need is a Czar Czar, to oversee all the other Czars.

Meet Czar Czar Binks:

This is the best and fastest posted and funniest thing I've seen anywhere in years.

23 posted on 04/13/2007 10:00:21 AM PDT by Ace's Dad ("There are more important things: Friendship, Bravery...")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Now that’s funny!


24 posted on 04/13/2007 10:03:30 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
What we need is a Czar Czar, to oversee all the other Czars.

Then we get the argument, is the Czar Czar a Cabinet position, or do all the Czars get Cabinet status?
25 posted on 04/13/2007 10:06:48 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
Then we get the argument, is the Czar Czar a Cabinet position, or do all the Czars get Cabinet status?

We'll need a Cabinet Czar to handle that.

26 posted on 04/13/2007 10:10:39 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep
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To: ClearCase_guy
"Czar Czar blinks"

Very funny, very clever. Really cracked me up.

27 posted on 04/13/2007 10:12:55 AM PDT by Ordinary_American
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To: TomGuy
When I first heard this story a few days ago, I got a bad feeling that the one who wrote the Iraqi Plan might be tapped for the job, since none of the Generals want it. That one — James Baker. [shudders!]

Oh God, what a damn nightmare that would be.
28 posted on 04/13/2007 10:15:57 AM PDT by Jaysun (I took one look at her unfashionable eyebrows and thought to myself, "she's literally crazy.")
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To: Cyclopean Squid

Bush is terrible. I voted for him twice, but terrible is terrible. He wants to create a “czar” or “czarina” for everything, or worse, a federal department. He makes LBJ look like a tightwad.

But this stupid idea goes against the constitution, much like the CFR did.


29 posted on 04/13/2007 10:16:49 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Ordinary_American

well if any one was watching Gates and Pace the other day, they were asked about the very subject while discussing the extentions of troop deployments. Gates said the postion was not as discribed by the media. He said it was being created to co-ordinate all branches of government to cut back on the red tape and get every one on the same page and not run the war. So who do you want to believe? Gates’ version or some writer looking to create another controversy?


30 posted on 04/13/2007 10:17:01 AM PDT by SCHROLL
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To: Luke21

Next time he gets an idea for a position, I hope he nominates my cat, for she is named Czarina.


31 posted on 04/13/2007 10:21:09 AM PDT by Cyclopean Squid (A Day Late and a Dollar Short)
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To: Ordinary_American

Media can’t get the story right but what they get right is their contempt for Bush... the story is the just a lead in and set up for perennial Bush bashing.


32 posted on 04/13/2007 10:40:54 AM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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To: Ordinary_American

Sounds like a “thank you” position for a large contributor.


33 posted on 04/13/2007 10:42:57 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: SCHROLL

Has creating a government position ever reduced the amount of red tape? This smells like just another Big Government boondogle dreamed up by people who can manage the situation and want to pass the buck.


34 posted on 04/13/2007 10:45:26 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: SCHROLL

I saw the same thing that you did. Hopefully everyone else will, now. Such a rush to bash Bush, sheesh!


35 posted on 04/13/2007 10:47:05 AM PDT by Jaxmum (Anglicans, serving God since 100 AD. AlpineAnglican.net)
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To: Ordinary_American

Obviously the wrong military experts have been contacted.

Bush should contact one of those who knew how to win in a cakewalk. Those would include Perle, Wolfowitz, Bolton, Feith, Adelman, Rice etc.

If actual military experience is a plus, add McCain. But usually the most knowledgeable about war are those without front line experience.


36 posted on 04/13/2007 10:47:12 AM PDT by ex-snook ("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: LiveFree99

the example Gates gave was that there’d now be one person that reports to Bush on the status of upcoming deployments and equipment requests. He/she would be able to contact any department to see where the request was in the pipeline fundingwise, availability of equipment(Strykers for example) or additional troops, and when the additional troops/equipment would arrive in theatre.


37 posted on 04/13/2007 11:05:32 AM PDT by SCHROLL
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To: SCHROLL

Sounds like that person already exists and is Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.


38 posted on 04/13/2007 11:11:54 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: ex-snook
If actual military experience is a plus, add McCain.

Not to denigrate John McCain, but he was a pilot (like Bush). Military experience is nice in that it gives you an insight into how the organization works, but it does not guarantee any particular military expertise.

Jimmy Carter was in the Navy; so was John Kerry. Neither could lead a horse to water.

39 posted on 04/13/2007 11:21:38 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: isthisnickcool

I’d like to nominate “heck-of-a-job” Brownie.


40 posted on 04/13/2007 1:12:51 PM PDT by mtdew (screech)
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