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The right wing echo chamber spun out this jewel on Friday: the Democrats are to blame for the Foley scandal because, uhh, because, uhh, oh yeah, because Nancy Pelosi (she's from San Francisco you know) did not report Foley's foul behavior to the FBI or the Washington Post or somebody, fer cryin' out loud.
Let's see now, Pelosi and the Dems knew nothing about the scandalous attraction of Foley to young boys. On the other hand, Foley is a Republican (although Fox 'News' said he was a Democrat several, times during the week), the GOP controls both houses of Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court, Dennis Hastert, the Speaker is a Republican and he knew about the problems three years ago and they did nothing. In fact, they left this predatory creep in charge of the commission on using the Internet to exploit children. Foley authored the extra-ironically titled "Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth (SAFTEY) Act"!
Saturday, October 07, 2006
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Can you believeit?!? When the Republicans persecuted Bill C. for years, looking for greed & corruption in Whitewater, and then slaughtering him for sex between consenting adults! _ They've got a nerve! Now I heard that Foley is saying it all happened because of booze & he's an addict! The level of greed & corruption is intolerable! I have great hopes for this upcoming election! Have you looked at these 2 books, Woodward's and the other one called "Fiasco" ? I haven't had a chance yet, but I'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteBetsy, Yes, Fiasco is a very good book. Here's my review that I posted on Amazon.com
ReplyDelete"Thomas Ricks has been the senior Pentagon reporter for the Wall Street Journal and later the Washington Post. He is no enemy of the US military (in fact, he does not advocate US withdrawal). This book really should be read by every American not just for what it tells us about the Bush Administration and the Iraq war, but as a cautionary tale about the limits of military power.
Let me be clear: I opposed this war before President Bush chose to start it mainly because it was a distraction from fighting terrorism. `Fiasco' details the choices made by the Administration, the willful ignorance of facts that didn't fit their chosen path.
Fiasco is strongest in describing the false premises upon which the Administration built its case for war, the lack of planning for Phase IV (post-war plans), and Bremer's enormous false steps. And Ricks' admiration for the US military shines through as he relates its failures, successes, and `lessons learned'. There is indeed much to be admired in the US military - such as the Army's Center for Army Lessons Learned where the whole point is to review what the Army did, what it did right, what it did wrong, and how to apply those lessons in the future. Sounds like something the White House should try.
Fiasco is such an important book that I would like to give it a `5' star rating and it really should be read, but the book lacks structure, other than simple chronology and after a while begins to read like a string of newspaper articles. The concluding Afterword was especially weak with brief descriptions of what might lie ahead. Ricks is best at description, okay at prescription, and poor at prediction. Fortunately, most of the book is descriptive and very little is predictive.
Nonetheless, I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the story of the Iraq War."