From: Randy H 

John Cuccia wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:05:57 -0000, "Phil Payne"
>  wrote:
>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/18/AR2006111801
076_pf.html
>>
>> "Adelman, a former Reagan administration official and onetime
member of the
>> Iraq war brain trust, is only the latest voice from inside the Bush circle
>> to speak out against the president or his policies. Heading into the final
>> chapter of his presidency, fresh from the sting of a midterm election
>> defeat, Bush finds himself with fewer and fewer friends. Some of the
>> strongest supporters of the war have grown disenchanted, former insiders are
>> registering public dissent and Republicans on Capitol Hill blame him for
>> losing Congress."
>
> Caveat:  none of the newly-repentant neocons are claiming that the war
> was a mistake.  They're all saying the same thing: their  strategy to
> overthrow Saddam and replace him with a democratic Iraqi government
> friendly to western interests was brilliant, but was botched in the
> implementation phase.
>
> They simply can't accept the fact that overthrowing Saddam was a
> mistake.

Shades of an old quote I saw in one of my books: "Of course, I taught
them flawlessly. They just refused to learn!"

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