Glacial Erratics

Obviously, They're Dumb

April 17, 2004

Adlai E. Stevenson III takes a turn through 20th century history to review the intelligence failures of the Bush Administration.    (42M)

= A Different Kind of Intelligence Failure    (42N)

Before 9/11, neoconservatives like Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, and Vice President Dick Cheney inhabited a world of contending great powers in which force and technology were transcendent. Terrorists armed with box cutters — and now Iraqis resisting the occupation — have exploded their fantasy. The failures of the Bush administration are not those of foreign intelligence but of a cerebral sort of intelligence.    (42O)

That's the last paragraph of the editorial.    (42P)

This reminds me of an email conversation where I complained about the apparent value of stating the obvious from a position of authority.    (42Q)

Comments

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On April 17, 2004 04:01 PM Eric Sinclair said:

I wish I could remember where I saw this in the past 48 hours...    (42V)

"The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence because it is so rare.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan"    (42W)

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On April 17, 2004 05:25 PM Eric Sinclair said:

I wish I could remember where I saw this in the past 48 hours...    (42X)

"The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence because it is so rare.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan"    (42Y)

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