[Rhodes22-list] Fwd: Hello from Iraqi Kurdistan!

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

John,
 
I think you have a good point about too many voices and opinions, and I  
think a lot of people would be happy to unite behind one voice.  Initially  most 
people were united behind the current Administration.  The problem is  that the 
one voice also has to assume responsibility and accountability for the  
results, and NO voice (certainly not any voice in the current  Administration) has 
done that.  No one has assumed responsibility  and been accountable for:
- WMD intelligence failure (yeah, Tennant voluntarily resigned, but it  
really wasn't the Intelligence Community's fault, right?)
- Iraqi invasion intelligence failure (they were supposed to meet us  with 
open arms right?)
- Lack of support from allies (ever hear anything from the State  Dept?)
- Insufficient troops on the ground pre/during/post  invasion.(wasn't DoDs 
fault, right?)
- "Canceling" the police and army that was supposed to support us. (wasn't  
the CPAs fault)
- Predicting/handling the Shiite/Sunni rivalry (who could have known, its  
only existed for 1,200 years)
- The Fedyhan ( who would have guessed, certainly not the DoD or  Intell)
- Lack of occupation planning execution ( hey, DoD generals lead the  charge, 
it's not their problem, right?)
 
and that's the problem.  Just fixing on one voice is not enough unless  that 
voice is willing to be accountable and responsible  Conversely,  if 
accountability and responsibility aren't required, fixing on one voice is  pointless, 
you may as well have 1,000 voices.
 
Dave