As Guy Dinmore recounted in the Financial Times on Jan. 13: "According to Chas Freeman, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia and head of the independent Middle East Policy Council, Mr Bush recently asked Mr Powell for his view on the progress of the war. 'We're losing,' Mr Powell was quoted as saying. Mr Freeman said Mr Bush then asked the secretary of state to leave."
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
... Aint A River In Egypt
From WashPo's "White House Briefing" blog.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
And even deeper down that path: (also from White House Briefing)
David E. Sanger writes in the New York Times: "After a first term in which terrorism and war dominated President Bush's foreign policy agenda, his allies in Europe and Asia suspect that his next confrontation with the world could take on a very different cast: a potential currency crisis, in which a steep plunge in the value of the dollar touches off economic waves around the world....
Oh yes, the economic crunch is coming: but for those, like Bush, who are doing Jesus's bidding, so what? Heaven is the destination, earth is just a stopover.
As to Powell, I'm surprised he didn't just lie and apologize for being misunderstood: "I meant to say they are loosing. We're winning. Shit, anyone knows that!"
Note that Powell has NOT told the citizens of the United States what he thinks.
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the cost of chains and slavery?"
Who wrote the "quit your job" entry: Powell needed that.
Post a Comment