Amazing Coincidence
Email to the Washington Post
It is amazing that Mr. Brzezinski's writings are so perfectly similar to an article I posted to the internet two days before his opinion piece appeared in the Post. I am surprised that the Washington Post would allow this, although I doubt you knew. Look at the similarities:
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Nonetheless, if the American people had been asked more than five years ago whether Bush's obsession with the removal of Saddam Hussein was worth 4,000 American lives, almost 30,000 wounded Americans and several trillion dollars -- not to mention the less precisely measurable damage to the United States' world-wide credibility, legitimacy and moral standing -- the answer almost certainly would have been an unequivocal "no."
Washington Post Opinion Article
By Zbigniew Brzezinski
Sunday, March 30, 2008; Page B03
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Sam Schoolsky
March 28, 2008
In the face of the United States entering its sixth year of the War in Iraq many interesting questions arise.
If the American public knew five years ago that this pre-emptive war, based upon bad information about WMDs, would last this long, involve over 33,000 U.S. casualties (4,000 killed, 29,000 wounded, to date) cost in the long term about 3 trillion dollars, strain our military, and destroy American influence, respect and leadership worldwide, would it have supported the start of the war? Would Congress have given its approval? Would Mr. Bush’s so called base that still supports him (about 31%) gone along with this disastrous, costly folly that has put the country into such a huge debt that will engulf our grandchildren, our great grandchildren, and so many generations after that?
President Bush can give all the speeches he wants glorifying the accomplishments (?) of this disastrous, continuing fight half way around the world, but all his pontificating cannot change the answer to those questions, which is a resounding NO!
It is amazing that Mr. Brzezinski's writings are so perfectly similar to an article I posted to the internet two days before his opinion piece appeared in the Post. I am surprised that the Washington Post would allow this, although I doubt you knew. Look at the similarities:
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Nonetheless, if the American people had been asked more than five years ago whether Bush's obsession with the removal of Saddam Hussein was worth 4,000 American lives, almost 30,000 wounded Americans and several trillion dollars -- not to mention the less precisely measurable damage to the United States' world-wide credibility, legitimacy and moral standing -- the answer almost certainly would have been an unequivocal "no."
Washington Post Opinion Article
By Zbigniew Brzezinski
Sunday, March 30, 2008; Page B03
**************************************************************************************************
Sam Schoolsky
March 28, 2008
In the face of the United States entering its sixth year of the War in Iraq many interesting questions arise.
If the American public knew five years ago that this pre-emptive war, based upon bad information about WMDs, would last this long, involve over 33,000 U.S. casualties (4,000 killed, 29,000 wounded, to date) cost in the long term about 3 trillion dollars, strain our military, and destroy American influence, respect and leadership worldwide, would it have supported the start of the war? Would Congress have given its approval? Would Mr. Bush’s so called base that still supports him (about 31%) gone along with this disastrous, costly folly that has put the country into such a huge debt that will engulf our grandchildren, our great grandchildren, and so many generations after that?
President Bush can give all the speeches he wants glorifying the accomplishments (?) of this disastrous, continuing fight half way around the world, but all his pontificating cannot change the answer to those questions, which is a resounding NO!
posted by Sam Schoolsky | 7:50 AM
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