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Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2003—So who is in charge of finding WMDs?
How can anyone claim Bush knows what he's doing, when hedoesn't even know who's in charge of finding WMDs in Iraq?
Meeting last month at a sweltering U.S. base outside Doha, Qatar, with his top Iraq commanders, President Bush skipped quickly past the niceties and went straight to his chief political obsession: Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Turning to his Baghdad proconsul, Paul Bremer, Bush asked, "Are you in charge of finding WMD?" Bremer said no, he was not. Bush then put the same question to his military commander, General Tommy Franks. But Franks said it wasn't his job either. A little exasperated, Bush asked, So who is in charge of finding WMD? After aides conferred for a moment, someone volunteered the name of Stephen Cambone, a little-known deputy to Donald Rumsfeld, back in Washington. Pause. "Who?" Bush asked.
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The rank incompetence within this administration's Iraq team is breathless. And Bush's ignorance as to the most important issue facing him—the finding of WMDs—is startling.
Good thing Mr. Cambone, lurking in the bowels of the Pentagon, is on the trail of those "missing" WMDs. With any luck he should trip over a germ lab or two in just a matter of days.
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today's Kagro in the Morning show,
Greg Dworkin sets the mood with
The Onion on Hobby Lobby. Justice Stevens: RFRA itself is a violation of the First Amendment. James Risen's Blackwater blockbuster. Facebook's crazy experiment. And the intriguing backstory to a Hawaii political drama. For the 5th time in 3 1/2 years, GunFAIL accidents at more than one gun show on the same day. OK Republican says Rep. Frank Lucas was actually executed 3 years ago & is now either a body double or a robot. But hey, both sides do it. You know? More on Blackwater, and a time out to talk to
Armando as news came in from the Supreme Court on
Hobby Lobby and
Harris.
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