Wow, thanks for the Kudos (I watch the Daily Show all the time...maybe it rubbed off).
Chalabi was proven to be a liar and was certainly not popular with Iraqis. As for Rummy - he was given advice from the highest military ranks in the Pentagon and, from the accounts that I have seen and read, he chose to ignore most of it. He should have been sacked long ago... Howie --- On Friday, July 08, 2005 4:21 PM, Gruss Gott scribed: --- > > > First let me say that this entire response is Daily Show worthy - it's > really quite good. That having been said, as you mentioned Mr. Chalabi > I was reminded of the colossal fek up Mr. Rumsfeld made. One of many, > really. > > Can you believe that Mr. Rumsfeld was paying this joker $364,000 per > MONTH and that he thought they'd just fly him into Iraq and all would > be well? What a HUGE fek up. > > Mr. Rumsfeld is proof of Bill Gates' finding: When Mr. Gates was > bringing up M$ his recruiting goal was to get smartest people he could > find and tell them, "go figure out sales, go figure out marketing." > This almost taked the company in the early 80s. He discovered that > dumber, but more experienced professionals were better than novice > smart people. > > While Mr. Rumsfeld is a smart business person, he's no military > planner (see exhibit A). > > Exhibit A: Iraq > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163991 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54