Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Interesting item at Israpundit concerning a piece by a freshly retired Air Force officer who worked in Fieth's office. Sounds like we'll be hearing about this one a lot at some point.
Israpundit: Tug of War in Rumsfeld's Realm?
WASHINGTON - On most days, the Pentagon's "Early Bird", a daily compilation of news articles on defense-related issues mostly from the US and British press, does not shy from reprinting hard-hitting stories and columns critical of the United States Defense Department's top leadership.
But few could help notice last week that the "Bird" omitted an opinion piece distributed by the Knight-Ridder news agency by a senior Pentagon Middle East specialist, Air Force Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski, who worked in the office of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith until her retirement in April.
"What I saw was aberrant, pervasive and contrary to good order and discipline," Kwiatkowski wrote. "If one is seeking the answers to why peculiar bits of 'intelligence' found sanctity in a presidential speech, or why the post-Saddam [Hussein] occupation [of Iraq] has been distinguished by confusion and false steps, one need look no further than the process inside the Office of the Secretary of Defense [OSD]."[...]
Impression: File this one under "Disgruntled Ex-employee/officer finally gets to speak out against the new-cons..." and stabs everyone in the back as she does so. The three big problems she points out sound like simply a disagreement over how things should be done, and anger that the career people were having their opinions passed over. Boo-freakin'-hoo. That sounds like it could be a good thing, right? It does to me, too.
"In this case, the prevailing points of view were presumably shaped by neo-conservatives like Feith, Wolfowitz and Perle." A-HA! Der Juden!
We shall see.
If only we could get inside the bureaucracy of the State Department with all their career bueaucrats like Mary Ryan etc...?
Have you ever read an article about Hart/Rudman?
For the form it must be added that the article in question appeared originally here: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EH08Ak01.html
Thanks for linking to it at IsraP.
You're very welcome. In fact, I see a bunch of stuff at Israpundit I'd like to link up today if I can find the time.
And no, Mike, I don't believe I have.
Like what? What was interesting there at that moment, if you can remember?
Hmmm? What was interesting at Israpundit yesterday, you mean? Nothing particularly, just a quick look gave me the impression there were several interesting items there - there always are! (Like the item above this one.) "Suicide Terror and the Palestinian Movement's Nazi Roots."