WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The Architects of Victory in Iraq

President Bush has not fired any of the architects of the Iraq war. In fact, a review of the key planners of the conflict reveals that they have been rewarded – not blamed – for their incompetence.

Here is the roll call with their current role in trashing the Constitution or any country they can lay their sweaty palms on from .... Think Progress.

PAUL WOLFOWITZ

Role In Going To War: Wolfowitz said the U.S. would be greeted as liberators ....

DOUGLAS FEITH

As Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Feith spearheaded two secretive groups at the Pentagon — the Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans

STEPHEN HADLEY

As then-Deputy National Security Advisor, Hadley disregarded memos from the CIA and a personal phone call from Director George Tenet warning that references to Iraq’s pursuit of uranium be dropped from Bush’s speeches.

RICHARD PERLE

Richard “Prince of Darkness,” Perle was the chairman of Defense Policy Board during the run-up to the Iraq war.

ELLIOT ABRAMS

Remeber his stinking role as a defendant in the Iran-Contra Affair, and he pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress.

DAVID WURMSER

At the time of the war, Wurmser was a special assistant to John Bolton in the State Department. Wurmser has long advocated the belief that both Syria and Iraq represented threats to the stability of the Middle East. (and don't forget Mrs W either ...)

ANDREW NATSIOS

Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Andrew Natsios, then the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, went on Nightline and claimed that the U.S. contribution to the rebuilding of Iraq would be just $1.7 billion.

DAN BARTLETT

Dan Bartlett was the White House Communications Director at the time of the war and was a mouthpiece in hyping the Iraq threat.

MITCH DANIELS

Mitch Daniels was the director of the Office of Management and Budget from January 2001 through June of 2003. In this capacity, he was responsible for releasing the initial budget estimates for the Iraq War which he pegged at $50 to $60 billion. The estimated cost of the war, including the full economic ramifications, is approaching $1 trillion. [MSNBC, 3/17/06]

GEORGE TENET

As CIA Director, Tenet was responsible for gathering information on Iraq and the potential threat posted by Saddam Hussein.

COLIN POWELL

Despite stating in Feb. 2001 that Saddam had not developed “any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction,” .....

DONALD RUMSFELD

Prior to the war, Rumsfeld repeatedly suggested the war in Iraq would be short and swift. He said, “The Gulf War in the 1990s lasted five days on the ground. I can’t tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certainly isn’t going to last any longer than that.”

CONDOLEEZZA RICE

As National Security Adviser, Rice disregarded at least two CIA memos and a personal phone call from Director George Tenet stating that the evidence behind Iraq’s supposed uranium acquisition was weak.

GEORGE W. BUSH

Commander in Chief ... no...no.. don't laugh ...puhlease!


“Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” [Bush, 10/7/02]

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