{"id":1968,"date":"2008-03-26T06:37:14","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/03\/26\/the-con\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T22:26:18","slug":"the-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/03\/26\/the-con\/","title":{"rendered":"hands on: putting the con in the neocon&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:7hryXAvjR01R6M:http:\/\/msnbcmedia1.msn.com\/j\/msnbc\/Components\/Photos\/031209\/031209_cheney_vmed_8p.widec.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:QN_rGg4QvkkanM:http:\/\/www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld.JPG\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:1in-KDIzR21cXM:http:\/\/www.bushbusiness.com\/images\/wolfowitz.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:T96vcBlYE0nrvM:http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/0agJduLbW6fkt\/340x.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:QfaapUZs0p5OoM:http:\/\/www.dougfeith.com\/images\/Feith.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"94\" vspace=\"3\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"124\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:NjIl0C7PEkUuaM:http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/ffximage\/2006\/03\/24\/wbCHALABI_narrowweb__300x397,0.jpg\" \/>If you&#8217;ve harbored any doubts about the&nbsp;<strike> worst idea in the our history&nbsp;<\/strike> Iraq War and how it came to be, watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/bushswar\/view\/main.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BUSH&#8217;S WAR<\/strong><\/a>. It&#8217;s excruciatingly clear. The bullies are shown above. Add to that, the quintessant con man, Ahmad Chalabi, of the self-defined Iraq National Congress. But the monsters are on the left of bully row. The PBS special is interviews with people who were there, not pundits talking about things. The criticisms and insights come from insiders.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The biggest war was between the guys on the top row and everyone else in America. The special makes the arrogance and pig-headedness of the people in charge absolutely clear, it makes the level of incompetence and denial clear, and it shows&nbsp; how their shared characterologic failings created the situation we are in now. It is also obvious that Bush [of <u>BUSH<\/u>&#8216;S WAR] was a sideline figure, not any kind of leader &#8211; following Cheney and Rumsfeld into the jaws of hell.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The very idea that they&#8217;ve got Karl Rove out spouting their old, worn out fantasies now is a major insult to the American people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"137\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/images\/rummie1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/images\/rummie.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve harbored any doubts about the&nbsp; worst idea in the our history&nbsp; Iraq War and how it came to be, watch BUSH&#8217;S WAR. It&#8217;s excruciatingly clear. The bullies are shown above. Add to that, the quintessant con man, Ahmad Chalabi, of the self-defined Iraq National Congress. 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