by Robert Scheer
Someday, you are going to read a whole lot about the shenanigans of one Douglas J. Feith and an elaborate scheme to get the United States to invade Iraq. That is because Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has been determined to get to the bottom of this sordid tale and is now, fortunately, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee and thereby empowered to get at the truth.
Last week, his focus led to the partial declassification of a report produced by the Pentagon’s inspector general. Although its shocking revelations did not get the coverage they deserved–what with a jealous astronaut under arrest and the death of a certain voluptuous stripper/heiress–efforts such as Levin’s eventually will uncover the full picture of why President Bush committed to a war costing tens of thousands of lives and an expected $1 trillion that served no valid national security purpose…
In yesterday’s Washington Post article Tough Questions We Were Right to Ask, Douglas Feith wrote:
Gimble’s characterization is absurdly circular. Cheered on by the chairmen of the Senate intelligence and armed services committees, he is giving bad advice based on incomplete fact-finding and poor logic. He is discouraging tough questioning of intelligence. Our government needs more such questioning, not less.
Sheer’s article makes it clear that, "…Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has been determined to get to the bottom of this sordid tale and is now, fortunately, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee and thereby empowered to get at the truth." Douglas Feith must know that he has a tiger on his tail. The usual Bush Administration official tar baby defense, "but Tar-Baby ain’t sayin’ nothin’" is not going to work for Feith like it may or may not be working for Libby and Cheney. Feith’s sins are on record and everybody remembers.
So, Feith is coming out swinging, making bizarre arguments and attacking Carl Levin and Jay Rockefeller. But they have something new going for them. It’s called The United States Senate.
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