Help wanted: War czar with clear vision

[rodeodance]

Source: ap




Help wanted: War czar with clear vision

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Now that the White House is searching for a "war czar," it begs the question of who has been coordinating U.S. involvement in
Iraq and
Afghanistan the past four years.


A team of West Wing players led by national security adviser
Stephen Hadley has tried to keep turf-conscious agencies marching in the same direction on military, political and reconstruction fronts. A few Bush aides say privately, however, that the White House probably should have recruited someone to oversee the war effort a year ago.

Critics say the administration's job of coordinating the war has never gone smooth enough or fast enough. And now two key members of the White House team focused on the war are leaving.

"The problem is not broad strategy and policy, it's that the bureaucracy is so inefficient and there's been so little follow-up that the machine doesn't work," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.

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OH NEWT---------you are such a???????

....."The problem is not broad strategy and policy, it's that the bureaucracy is so inefficient and there's been so little follow-up that the machine doesn't work," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.

[Dhalgren]

1. How about Newt for the "War Czar"?

He could be called the "War Newt", and since he knows exactly what the problems are he should be able to fix things in short order. Wait a minute, this is a job for the War Newt!

[LiberalFighter]

2. Not enough ? for Horse's Ass

[bemildred]

3. Wanted: credible political scapegoat with high desire to fall on own sword at command. nt

[krispos42]

4. ONLY somebody WITHOUT clear vision would take the job!

If you have a dram of sense in your head, you're hang up, hard, on whoever called and asked you to run the occupation. Only the guy with his head absolutely in the clouds would take this job because, you know, 'we can still win it'.

[Thor_MN]

5. Does this mean the Commander in Chief DOESN'T have a clear vision?

He sure as hell isn't paying any attention to domestic policy, so what else does he have to spend time on?

[jimshoes]

6. What about Joe Lieberman

... it would free up a seat in Connecticut, he's all gung ho for this war and he'll eventually get the blame for the disaster in Iraq. Seems like a win-win situation.

[tabasco]

7. I nominate George W. Fucking Bush.

We pay him to be Commander In Chief. Anything that the "War Czar" gets paid should be docked from the Decider Guy's paycheck.

[BearSquirrel2]

8. How about the SECRETARY OF DEFENSE!!!!

Am I wrong in thinking that the Secretary of Defense is in charge of running wars and interfacing with the president?

[Solly Mack]

9. We're so fucked

[sutz12]

10. War czar with clear vision....oxymoron defined.

Nobody with clear vision would have anything to do with this clusterfuck.