Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes
Author | : David Stanford |
Publisher | : Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2013-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780740798818 |
ISBN-13 | : 0740798812 |
Rating | : 4/5 (812 Downloads) |
Download or read book Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes written by David Stanford and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THAT WAS THEN "Once you've got Baghdad, it's not clear what you do with it. It's not clear what kind of government you put in place. How much credibility is that government going to have if it's set up by the U.S. military?" --Dick Cheney, 1991 MIND-SET "F*** Saddam. We're taking him out." --George W. Bush, to three U.S. senators, March 2002 WMD "If the president wants to go to war, our job is to find the intelligence to allow him to do so." --Alan Foley, director, CIA Weapons Intelligence, to staff, December 2002 THE PLAN "There was no guidance for restoring order in Baghdad, creating an interim government, hiring government and essential services employees, and ensuring that the judicial system was operational." --3rd Infantry Division's official after-action review INSURGENCY "I really qualify it as militarily insignificant. They are very small. They are very random. They are very ineffective." --Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno, June 18, 2003 REALITY "Does [the Iraq war strategy] make America safer?" --Sen. John Warner "I don't know, actually." --Gen. David Petraeus, in Senate testimony, September 11, 2007