Think Progress (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
In February 2003, Gen. Eric Shinseki famously predicted that “several hundred thousand” troops would be needed for post-war hostilities in Iraq. According to documents recently released by the Pentagon in response to The New York Times's expose on its propaganda program, however, Donald Rumsfeld claimed in a 2006 briefing that the reason why he did [...]
Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Some recently released Pentagon documents include an “hour-long talk [then-Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld and Gen. Peter Pace, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had with military officers in late 2006.” The Swamp ’s Aamer Madhani highlights this bizarre exchange: Q: Hey, also your favorite subject: looking back. What's become conventional wisdom, simply Shinseki was right. If...
Salon: War Room (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Donald Rumsfeld must not have a whole lot of faith in Americans' memories. A New York Times story last month revealed that ever since the lead-up to the Iraq war, the Pentagon had colluded with retired generals in a deliberate campaign to spread the Bush administration's policy messages on TV news shows. The article produced angry rejoinders from some congressional members, and in response, the Pentagon...
