Date: September 29, 2006 7:00:19 AM PDT
Subject: [NewPacifica] Daniel Ellsberg Guest on KPFA's Living Room - FRIDAY 12-1 p.m.
At the end of Thursday's KPFA evening news they announced that
Kris Welch will be talking with Daniel Ellsberg on Friday's Living Room
program, which airs between 12 & 1 p.m. Obviously, they will be talking
about such issues as the Iraq war and government secrecy & lying. - CG
Outside the region KPFA can be heard via streaming audio at:
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Subject: Woodward re: Kissinger & Iraq War
Date sent: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:50:05 -0700
Just want to be sure you have this on hand when you're talking to
Dan Ellsberg -- the Kissinger quote should really make his day...
Kissinger's advice re Iraq:"Victory is the only meaningful exit strategy."
For some reason, the article below from CBSNews.com says that
Woodward "claims" that Kissinger is advising Bush & Cheney.
But the 60 Minutes excerpt I saw this morning had tape of Cheney
stating that quite openly -- in other words, it's a FACT.
Craig Gingold
(near) Midpines CA
CBSNews.com
Bob Woodward: Bush Misleads On Iraq
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2006
Veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that
the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of
violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key
intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow worse next year.
In Wallace’s interview with Woodward, to be broadcast on 60 Minutes
this Sunday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. ET/PT, the reporter also claims that
Henry Kissinger is among those advising Mr. Bush.
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.
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.
"The insurgents know what they are doing. They know the level of
violence and how effective they are. Who doesn't know? The
American public," Woodward tells Wallace.
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."
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."
Woodward reported for two years and interviewed more than 200
people, including top officials in the Bush administration, to learn these
and other revelations that he makes in his latest book, State of Denial,
published by Simon & Schuster, part of the CBS Corp.
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