Condi Rice Hires Iraq War Critic To Counselor's Position

   This should be an interesting mix!

By Glenn Kessler

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 2, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has tapped Eliot A. Cohen, a prominent writer on national security strategy and an outspoken critic of the administration's postwar occupation of Iraq, as her counselor, State Department officials said yesterday.

Cohen would replace Philip D. Zelikow, a longtime Rice associate who left the administration earlier this year to return to teaching history at the University of Virginia. Despite Cohen's sometimes caustic views on administration policies, officials said he has impressed both Rice and President Bush with his writings, especially "Supreme Command," a study of the relationship between civilian commanders in chief and their military leaders.

So what are Bush and Rice going to do, buy Cohen's change of mind?
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Cheney Still Speaking About Troop Support If Funds Are Cut For US Troops

       Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking to a group at a conservative conference said once again that a withdrawal from Iraq would lead victorious Muslim extremists to spread out into other neighboring countries including some of the militants going into Afghanistan to help out the Taliban.

AP

While noting that the House already had passed a nonbinding resolution voicing opposition to Bush's Iraq policy, Cheney said that "very soon both houses of Congress will have to vote on a piece of legislation that is binding."

"I sincerely hope the discussion this time will be about winning in Iraq, not about posturing on Capitol Hill. Anyone can say they support the troops, and we should take them at their word. But the proof will come when it's time to provide the money and the support," Cheney said. "We expect the House and the Senate to meet those needs on time and in full."

   Cheney did get one part of his speech correct when he stated that both houses of Congress will eventually have to vote on some legislation that is binding.

   Thus far, the Democrats seem to want to stay hid in a corner just chatting away about what they may be able to do with this war. I have a suggestion for them. Get off your asses and stop the funding you spineless twits!

   If the citizens of the United States had wanted someone to just blab about shit and pass non-binding resolutions we would have elected Tony Snow to the Congress! Come on people, what the hell is your damned problem?

    Vice President Cheney knows that the Democrats are lost in wonderland so he can keep on making these remarks about not supporting troops if the funding is cut because the Dems let this shit go on.

   By the way Dick Cheney, cutting the funding is not cutting the support, so go fuck yourself!

 

 

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