Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Tenet says Cheney wanted to handpick Iraqi govt.

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU
 
ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-01-07 07:28 AM
Original message
Tenet says Cheney wanted to handpick Iraqi govt.
Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials wanted to "handpick" Iraq's leaders after the fall of Saddam Hussein and limit Iraqi involvement in choosing a new government, former CIA Director George Tenet says in his book.

Cheney and Pentagon officials pressed for the installation of a ruling coalition that included Ahmed Chalabi, an Iraqi exile who provided bad information on the country's weapons programs, Kurdish leaders and other exiled Hussein opponents, Tenet writes in "At the Center of the Storm." "Rather than risking an open-ended political process that Americans could influence but not control, they wanted to be able to limit the Iraqis' power and handpick those Iraqis who would participate," Tenet writes.

The plan never was implemented because the administration couldn't reach a consensus on Chalabi, he writes.

"You had the impression that some Office of the Vice President and DOD reps were writing Chalabi's name over and over again in their notes, like schoolgirls with their first crush," Tenet writes.

http://www.denverpost.com/sportscolumnists/ci_5785691
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-01-07 07:32 AM
Response to Original message
1. Of course . . . that's why we didn't need enough troops . . .
Planning . . . diplomacy . . . reconstruction resources . . . civil affairs expertise, etc., etc., etc.

We were going to unplug Dictator Saddam and replace him with Dictator Chalabi, who would luuuuuve the US. Sort of like the Shah in Iran.

And of course, we all know how well that worked out.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-01-07 07:52 AM
Response to Original message
2. Well, they handpicked ours....nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Lobster Martini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-01-07 07:53 AM
Response to Original message
3. Operation Iraqi Freedom
Glad that plan wasn't implemented. They can't find anyone who isn't deceitful, treacherous, incompetent, or hiring escort services for fantasy sex to work in Washington, let alone Baghdad.

Nevertheless, the irony of calling it Operation Iraqi Freedom and repeating the "greeted as liberators" rubbish while planning to hand pick a puppet government is amazingly, well, ironic.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Thu Oct 31st 2024, 05:45 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC