Wapo talks to Pinhead Liberal Think Tank – “Top Officers Hope Obama will Bring More Realistic View than Bush”
Actually the basis for the Wapo’s title appears no where in the article, but alas…Same old, same old.
“Open and serious debate versus ideological certitude will be a great relief to the military leaders,” said retired Maj. Gen. William L. Nash of the Council on Foreign Relations. Senior officers are aware that few in their ranks voiced misgivings over the Iraq war, but they counter that they were not encouraged to do so by the Bush White House or the Pentagon under Donald H. Rumsfeld.
“The joke was that when you leave a meeting, everybody is supposed to drink the Kool-Aid,” Nash said. “In the Bush administration, you had to drink the Kool-Aid before you got to go to the meeting.”
The Council of Foreign Relations is a liberal think tank, which has been around a while. A kind of “pinhead” organization of retired generals, other leaders.
In fact they quasi endorsed John Kerry for Prez in 2004 and have him speak at the council regularly.
Yet General Nash can only speak for himself, and frankly ought to know better. While no doubt a “few” officers balked at the initial phases of the Iraq campaign, the simple fact is that they are soldiers and soldiers are not to balk but obey.
[...] ugly head. Ridding the world of evil will have to wait. And generals must get used to “the simple fact [] that they are soldiers and soldiers are not to balk but obey.“ Things are bad and they will get worse. [...]
Barry’s not president-elect yet.
Barry will not let anyone see his college records or his birth certificate…what is he hiding? Must be something just huge.
On Dec 5 the Supreme Court will either allow or disallow the usurpation of both the Constitution and the Government of the United States — easily the most pivotal decision since our nation’s founding — and the silence of the news media is deafening (if not downright scary).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqH7rSHcvgU
Liberal think tank? Why is Amity Shales a member, then? The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonpartisan organization with members from all over the ideological spectrum. If you’d ever cracked the cover of Foreign Affairs, you might know that.
[...] Macsmind points out, the Council of Foreign Relations is a liberal think tank and that they they [...]
In spite of their claim to be a “non-partisan” organization there membership is largely liberal both in general politics as well as foreign policy. Amity Shales is not in the majority of that body.
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