Bob Woodward book details deception and uncertainty about Iraq

[Maklershed]

Link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/09/29/BL2006092900305.html



Excerpt:
[quote name='Washington Post']"The situation is getting much worse, says Woodward, despite what the White House and the Pentagon are saying in public. 'The truth is that the assessment by intelligence experts is that next year, 2007, is going to get worse and, in public, you have the president and you have the Pentagon [saying], 'Oh, no, things are going to get better,' ' he tells Wallace. 'Now there's public, and then there's private. But what did they do with the private? They stamp it secret. No one is supposed to know,' says Woodward."[/quote]

 

[CocheseUGA]

Found a picture of it. Click to enlarge.

 

[PKRipp3r]

from my thread, below....

http://cbs4denver.com/national/topst...271110225.html


Bush is covering up the extent of violence against U.S. troops in Iraq:

According to Woodward, insurgent attacks against coalition troops occur, on average, every 15 minutes, a shocking fact the administration has kept secret. “It’s getting to the point now where there are eight-, nine-hundred attacks a week. That’s more than 100 a day. That is four an hour attacking our forces,” says Woodward.

Intelligence shows Iraq violence will worsen in 2007:

The situation is getting much worse, says Woodward, despite what the White House and the Pentagon are saying in public. “The truth is that the assessment by intelligence experts is that next year, 2007, is going to get worse and, in public, you have the president and you have the Pentagon [saying], ‘Oh, no, things are going to get better,‘” he tells Wallace. “Now there’s public, and then there’s private. But what did they do with the private? They stamp it secret. No one is supposed to know,” says Woodward.

Bush will not support withdrawing from Iraq under any circumstances:

President Bush is absolutely certain that he has the U.S. and Iraq on the right course, says Woodward. So certain is the president on this matter, Woodward says, that when Mr. Bush had key Republicans to the White House to discuss Iraq, he told them, “I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting me.”

Henry Kissinger regularly advises Bush and Cheney:

Woodward also reports that the president and vice president often meet with Henry Kissinger, who was President Richard Nixon’s secretary of state, as an adviser. Says Woodward, “Now what’s Kissinger’s advice? In Iraq, he declared very simply, ‘Victory is the only meaningful exit strategy.’” Woodward adds. “This is so fascinating. Kissinger’s fighting the Vietnam War again because, in his view, the problem in Vietnam was we lost our will.”
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isn't it funny how, when Woodward points out the Bush is incompetent and failing at his job... the trolls dry up and blow away?

where's P.A.D. now?

typical... and expected...

i would LOL if it wasn't so pathetic

 

[AdultLink]

So does this mean Bush is Iraq Bob?

 

[Xevious]

Haven't you guys noticed the similarities between George W. Bush and Richard Nixon

Both are Republicans. Both are dealing with unpopular wars. Now you can throw in Bob Woodward in the mix. The question is- Can Bob Woodward bring down a president like he did before.

 

[PKRipp3r]

a lot of people have been pointing that similarity out for a few years now

 

[mykevermin]

That similarity falls apart once you look at Woodward's two previous books on Bush.

 

[Maklershed]

[quote name='Xevious']Haven't you guys noticed the similarities between George W. Bush and Richard Nixon

Both are Republicans. Both are dealing with unpopular wars. Now you can throw in Bob Woodward in the mix. The question is- Can Bob Woodward bring down a president like he did before.[/quote]

Don't forget about Henry Kissinger

 

[PKRipp3r]

[quote name='mykevermin']That similarity falls apart once you look at Woodward's two previous books on Bush.[/QUOTE]

it doesn't fall apart at all

the previous two support lots of this one, in some chilling ways

read them as a set, and it's a scary picture of a delusional administration that's out of control, on all fronts

Bush could have done NOTHING to draw a more direct comparison between Vietnam and Iraq.

that comparison has been made by a lot of people for a while now as well

 

[penmyst]

Color me shocked that there is violence against American troops in Iraq.

Next thing I know, someone gonna tell me there is a war going on over there.

I can't take this many surprises in my day. I'm going to bed.