Thursday, April 07, 2005
Dead Wrong
At a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congress questioned Richard Perle and Wesley Clark, and Clark, who warned that we should not rush to war in Iraq, got a chance to say "I told you so."
Interestingly, this Wash. Post story notes that "Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., a conservative Republican from North Carolina who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq, turned his fury on Richard N. Perle, the Pentagon adviser who provided the Bush administration with brainpower for the Iraq war.
Jones, who said he has signed more than 900 condolence letters to kin of fallen soldiers, pronounced himself "incensed" with Perle. "It is just amazing to me how we as a Congress were told we had to remove this man . . . but the reason we were given was not accurate," Jones told Perle at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Jones said the administration should "apologize for the misinformation that was given. To me there should be somebody who is large enough to say 'We've made a mistake.' I've not heard that yet."
Don't hold your breath, Rep. Jones.
Same Committee, Same Combatants, Different Tune (washingtonpost.com)
Interestingly, this Wash. Post story notes that "Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., a conservative Republican from North Carolina who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq, turned his fury on Richard N. Perle, the Pentagon adviser who provided the Bush administration with brainpower for the Iraq war.
Jones, who said he has signed more than 900 condolence letters to kin of fallen soldiers, pronounced himself "incensed" with Perle. "It is just amazing to me how we as a Congress were told we had to remove this man . . . but the reason we were given was not accurate," Jones told Perle at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Jones said the administration should "apologize for the misinformation that was given. To me there should be somebody who is large enough to say 'We've made a mistake.' I've not heard that yet."
Don't hold your breath, Rep. Jones.
Same Committee, Same Combatants, Different Tune (washingtonpost.com)
