Monday, March 24, 2008

Rats Jumping Ship


Friends,
Here is a rebuttal in a letter to the editor of the New York Times, by L. Paul Bremer III, the writer was head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, 2003-4. See the previous article in Looking Back in Astonishment posted here on 3/17/08.
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"I take strong exception to your assertion that I “overrode” President Bush’s national security team on disbanding the Iraqi Army. "
"On May 22, I briefed the president at a National Security Council meeting attended by Condoleezza Rice, then the national security adviser; Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage; Secretary Rumsfeld; and General Myers. No one raised concerns or objections."

The Dismantling of Iraq’s Army: An Ex-Envoy’s View

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