Comments on: Iraq inquiries http://rhinocrisy.org/2005/11/iraq-inquiries/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2005/11/iraq-inquiries/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Anonymous Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:31:22 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=503#comment-370 and it was such a terrific sales pitch. "laser-guided intel + ultra-smart-bomb + cyberwarriors = wham-bam-thank-you-saddam!!!" how many people saw that blot in the desert in their heads as they pictured the invasion of iraq, i wonder. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>chromo and it was such a terrific sales pitch. “laser-guided intel + ultra-smart-bomb + cyberwarriors = wham-bam-thank-you-saddam!!!” how many people saw that blot in the desert in their heads as they pictured the invasion of iraq, i wonder. 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2005/11/iraq-inquiries/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Anonymous Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:18:02 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=503#comment-369 thinking back i realized the moment i knew that this stuff was not going to go well was when there was no hue-and-cry over the timing of the killing - assassination - in late autumn, 2002. you know the story: the drone plane with a missile blows up terrorists in a truck in yemen. just before the midterm election. the general reaction to that was "got 'em" and there no time for political opposition to say anything else without looking like scum. and there was no time because there was such incredibly poor information in the public about options, objectives, and outcomes regarding counter-terrorism. and that meant, no matter how long things went, even in a year nobody could in a position of control could be convinced to show skepticism or to choose another path. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>chromo thinking back i realized the moment i knew that this stuff was not going to go well was when there was no hue-and-cry over the timing of the killing – assassination – in late autumn, 2002. you know the story: the drone plane with a missile blows up terrorists in a truck in yemen. just before the midterm election. the general reaction to that was “got ‘em” and there no time for political opposition to say anything else without looking like scum. and there was no time because there was such incredibly poor information in the public about options, objectives, and outcomes regarding counter-terrorism. and that meant, no matter how long things went, even in a year nobody could in a position of control could be convinced to show skepticism or to choose another path. 

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