Old Fogey's Quotes on Iraq

With the issue of poverty already being pushed to the back burner, the new chatter is on the war

"Thought and careful preparation went into what I said."
Donald Rumsfield in letter to Democrats about his Salt Lake City speech that infuriated them
Rumsfeld Reaches Out to Democrats
[Boy, does this guy know how to apologize! I'm sure the Dems will all love him and stop calling for his resignation now that he's so contritely admitted he made a mistake]

"This is reality catching up with Rumsfeld and the Pentagon."
Michael O'Hanlon, a military analyst at the Brookings Institution, regarding a Pentagon report citing 51 percent rise in casualties among the population and Iraqi security forces
Pentagon Cites Spike In Violence in Iraq
[Since when has reality had any impact on the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfield axis of evil?]

"In a country that presumes innocence, it is categorically unjust to imprison so many who are probably innocent to punish so few who may be guilty."
Khalid Al-Odah, who founded the Kuwaiti Family Committee four years ago to secure the legal rights of foreign nationals imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay and has a son imprisoned there
Put My Son on Trial -- or Free Him
[Why do so many people hate the US? Hypocrisy has to be near the top of the list]

''The path to victory will be uphill and uneven, and it will require more patience and sacrifice from our nation.''
Little Georgie, after the report that 3,000 Iraqis are dying each month in sectarian violence
Bush: Iraq Has Not Fallen Into Civil War
[I guess the rich are to supply the patience and the poor the sacrifice]

“It doesn’t help to talk about the consequences of failure unless the public thinks some measure of success is possible.”
David Frum, a former speechwriter for Mr. Bush, regarding the refocus by the administration from the benefits of winning the Iraq War to the dire consequences of losing
Bush’s Shift of Tone on Iraq: The Grim Cost of Losing
[No, but it might help to win elections]