This is my e-mail to the Public Editor of the NY Times for this disgusting selection of writers.
Dear Mr. Hoyt,
For the 5th anniversary of "mission accomplished" your paper claimed to have
" asked nine experts on military affairs " for their opinions. There is a major problem
with your selection: most are war whores or incompetent or both. These are the
failures as I see them:
Frederick Kagan
L. Paul Bremer III
Danielle Pletka
Richard Perle
Kenneth M. Pollack
I could go through and demonstrate that none of the above can be considered
much of an expert in military affairs but I'm sure you are aware of their manifold
weaknesses.
Choosing these people to write about Iraq - people who have been consistently
WRONG - is a stain on the NY Times and a great disservice to your readers.
Very sincerely,
Posts
4 comments:
I don't believe a scan of Cordesman's pre-war outlook and Friedman unitting
since would reveal much better. On the other hand Gen William Odom was right all along.
Cordesman at least tries to base his position on facts.
http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/02/24/anthony-cordesman-iraq-expert-speaks/
Cordesman complicit in war crimes.
Then perpetuation of the crimes. That's the basic fact. Anonymous
is me.
Ken,
I didn't know that about Cordesman. Thanx for the correction.
Steve
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