Recommended book on GWOT- Particularly War in Iraq

[lafinfil]

"I have to deal with the fu cking stupidest guy on the planet almost every day."

- Former Commander Coalition Forces in Iraq, Gen. Tommy Franks (ret) on Douglas Feith

[MacGurl]

lafinfil wrote:
"I have to deal with the fu cking stupidest guy on the planet almost every day."

- Former Commander Coalition Forces in Iraq, Gen. Tommy Franks (ret) on Douglas Feith

Lol - that rocks! (tu)

[Greg the dogsitter]

Still want the Suburu.

Oh. Sorry. Wrong thread.

[lafinfil]

I wonder if he used any of these blurbs on the dust jacket ?


"Feith wasn't somebody we enjoyed working with, and to go much further than that would probably not be a good thing.
To be honest, we blew him off lots of times. Told the secretary that he's full of baloney, his people working for him are full of baloney.
It was a real distraction for us, because he was the number three guy in the Department of Defense"

-Former CENTCOM Deputy Director, Lt. General Michael DeLong


"I think he's incredibly dangerous. He's a smart guy whose electrons aren't connected, so he arc lights all the time.
He can't organize anything."

-Former Coalition Provisional Authority Official General Jay Garner (Ret.)


"He was very arrogant", describing what it was like to work with him. "He doesn't utilize a wide variety of inputs.
He seeks information that confirms what he already thinks. And he may go to jail for leaking classified information to The Weekly Standard."

- Former Pentagon Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski (ret)

Kwiatkowski believes an article that appeared in The Weekly Standard included a classified memo written by Feith
alleging ties between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda.


"Thanks Doug, but when we want the Israeli position we'll invite the ambassador."

- Condoleezza Rice when serving as National Security Advisorzzz)

[Greg the dogsitter]

[deckeda]

Hey, do me a favor. Can you re-write that info to have better literary quality and fluent prose? All that yada yada yada fact stuff is a real turn-off.

[Wags]

I'd love to see our favorite buffoons read this book. 530 pages of oh so fluent prose would keep them occupied for, I don't, a couple years. I'd be glad to donate a dictionary.

[deckeda]

Hey Wags! Just because conservatives are less likely to drink lattés and more apt to hurt themselves by using chewing tobacco does NOT make them stereotypically less educated, and therefore more likely to need reading assistance! Take back your element of truth.

Dakota wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
I heard the liberals were also namby-pambys. Light in the loafers. Twinkle toes. Twinkle Bell. Prefer to "sadamize" each other.

Nothing wrong with any of the above but there is an element of truth in every stereotype. If you take a poll of latte drinkers they will be disproportionally liberal. Do the same for tobacco chewers and you'll see the opposite.

[Wags]

deckeda wrote:
Hey Wags! Just because conservatives are less likely to drink lattés and more apt to hurt themselves by using chewing tobacco does NOT make them stereotypically less educated, and therefore more likely to need reading assistance! Take back your element of truth.

[quote=Dakota]
[quote=deckeda]
I heard the liberals were also namby-pambys. Light in the loafers. Twinkle toes. Twinkle Bell. Prefer to "sadamize" each other.

Nothing wrong with any of the above but there is an element of truth in every stereotype. If you take a poll of latte drinkers they will be disproportionally liberal. Do the same for tobacco chewers and you'll see the opposite.
I never mentioned conservative, and I prefer a nice dark chocolate mocha, non-sweetened please. I actually might read the Feith book, but it will be with a well deserved grain of salt. Maybe it'll take me a couple years to finish it.

[Wags]

I, for one, am eagerly anticipating the forthcoming book report from our endearing sock puppet. I'm sure it will be equally fluent and prosaic.