If only they had listened to Doug Feith. In a soon to be released “massive score-settling work” on the run-up to the Iraq war, Feith skewers Colin Powell, the CIA, Gen. Tommy R. Franks (who called Feith “the f***king stupidest guy on the face of the earth”) and L. Paul Bremer for their misguided pre-invasion planning and mismanaged occupation. Feith asserts that the State Department and intelligence experts undermined his genius work and President Bush’s policies. While Feith praises Donald Rumsfeld, he elides “some of the basic facts of the war, such as the widespread skepticism inside the top of the U.S. military about invading Iraq, with some generals arguing that doing so would distract attention from the war against global terrorists.” (Washington Post)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=178051