" id="title_permalink">Wolfowitz: U.S. Was "Clueless On Counterinsurgency"

Paul Wolfowitz, in his first public remarks on the Iraq war in years, said the American government was "pretty much clueless on counterinsurgency" in the first year of the war.

The former deputy secretary of defense said yesterday that the force sent to Iraq was adequate for fighting Saddam Hussein's military, citing the speed with which American troops toppled the regime. But Mr. Wolfowitz said no one in the Bush administration anticipated that Saddam would order his security services to wage an insurgency after their formal defeat on the battlefield.

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[bobo209]

Biwee..is on the money for rascist zionist illumanati mass murdering war criminal. He has blood of innocent american kids on his slimy hands.he is responsible for 1.3 million dead iraqis..Holocaust of arabs by a zionist terrorist.cake walk??war for greater israel period.

[letsgetsmart]

Quit saying the US. It was your crew of jerks that were clueless. A lot of the rest of us new what was coming.

[biwee]

Look very closely at the Zionist NeoCons who pushed so hard for this war. Abrams, Miller, Safire, Perle, Wolfowitz, Feith, Adelman, Frum, Wurmser, Addington, and on and on. Look at the current number of dual citizenship Israelis in cabinet positions. Do you think Mossad agent Chernoff should be in charge of Homeland Security. Anyone with an IQ over 50 (which eliminates Bush) knows the unnecessary war of choice in Iraq was actually a war for Israel. I am weary of killing Americans for Israel.

[scottymac11]

Right on target!..... I couldn't agree more. There is a reason many of these names aren't commonly linked to this debacle. There is a reason why their divided loyalties aren't subjected to public scrutiny. Media suppression. The same media suppression that doesn't inform about the Aipac espionage trials coming up. There were many reasons for this mistake. neo-cons were some of it.

[gakabani]

I thought this guy suppose to be in jail.

[CaptainHowdy]

What will be even funnier is when he and his Neocon buddies, once again trick the American public start a war with Iran.

Coming soon folks... coming very soon.

[ignorantwillyharper]

Where's Lee Harvey, when this country really, really needs him?

[FlowerGirl]

Has there ever been a stupider country than ours is? We let bthis likttle ignoramus lead us!
Actually I do not believe him so ignorant. I believe him totaqlly evil.
But there are those who will still take him at his word.
There are some even who say that Bush is a good president.
Bush said that God told him to do the things he did. You may believe him if you have half a mind to.
But if you do,do you also believe that God was so ignorant, so vile, and so deceitful as anyone would have to be to order that disaster?

But if you liked the Bush years, the wars, the economic failuires, then you should vote for Hillary Clinton. She will be more like him than McCain. Just look who supports her: Scaife, the ultra right conspirator who helped give us Bush; Murdoch, who like Bush sees nothing good except the exploitation of the masses of mankind for the benefit of a few elite, and Rush Limbaugh, the brains for the brainless, and Bushlike unencumbered by any heart. When Clinton's false pretences were not yet so well known and many people believed she actually was like she pretended to be, they hated nobody so much as they did her. But they, although evil enough, are neither unobservant nor illogical. They have seen through her and welcomed her into their conspiracy.

[CaptainHowdy]

Nope, Americans are the STUPIDEST people to have ever walked the face of the earth.

The stupidest... bar none.

[lthuedk_1]

It doesn't matter. It does not matter what is said and done after the first American soldier's boot fall on Iraqi soil. It was all about getting in. The mission -was- accomplished, and Wolfowitz's dream came true.

The A.E.I. and the Likud win. Hitler's ghost is grinning. The Marxist Straussians suckered each and every Republican as planned. They are much smarter than the Republicans thought. Naturally.

So, it doesn't matter whether a counter insurgency exists or not.

We all do see that. Right?

Wolfowitz knew he'd be called a "war criminal." But you have to understand how brainwashed a Likudist is before the title fits. They went full circle, becoming the embodiment of horror they obsessed over for decades. It's tragic how extremists share similar behavior.

http://www.light-to-dark.com/genocide_forgiven.html

So, "clueless on insurgency" is a non-issue.

[CaptainHowdy]

Written by Jack Bernstein back in 1985...

http://www.jackbernstein.org/

As the collapse of Israel draws near, one of two courses of action by the New York/Moscow/Tel Aviv Triangle is likely to be taken:

1. Israel could trigger a large scale Mideast war, a large war which Israel could not win alone. Then the New York leg of the New York/Moscow/Tel Aviv Triangle would use its influence on the U.S. Government to send U.S. military forces to aid Israel.

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At some point during the war, when the U.S. military is deeply involved and the U.S. citizens demoralized, the Zionist oriented Jewish International Bankers will make their move. Evidence leads to the conclusion that it is these bankers who own the Class A Stock of the U.S. Federal Reserve, America's central bank. In this position of power, these Zionist bankers, can, and likely will, trigger an economic collapse in America " like they did in 1929 when they caused the stock market crash and started the severe depression of the 1930's.

[MildenHall]

Clueless???? 4000 dead GIs and NOW you were "clueless"??? You were also clueless about the WMD and the lack of rose petals on the tracks of our tanks as they rolled into Baghdad. Tell that lies, Wolfie, when you are sitting up in the dock in The Hague as you try to stay outta jail.

[RedDogBear]

"But Mr. Wolfowitz said no one in the Bush administration anticipated that Saddam would order his security services to wage an insurgency after their formal defeat on the battlefield." Not surprisingly, Mr. Wolfowitz is still clueless about the insurgency. Virtually all of the intelligence collected by the US (as documented in books such as Fiasco) points to an insurgency that is primarily home grown and independent from the minimal plans left by Saddam Hussein.

[gala1]

said the U.S. was "pretty much clueless on counterinsurgency.........."

..................U.S., us, Kemosabe?


What the hell where you collecting a paycheck for, Half O'Witz?
Why isn't this incompetent alone grounds for setting up the next Nuremberg tribunal?

I know that a blogging site is only as good as its words, but there are some criminal who are definitely unspeakable.
The only question is how history could be too unkind to minds as inexplicably destructive as the Bush League.

Even Big Oil must be mortified to have stooped to using this sewer as a front.

gala

[bluesnot]

Yeah, we noticed. So did the troops who were getting blown up or shot by snipers.

[PatCroft]

Yah right! Clueless on insurgency . . . Clueless on torture . . . Clueless on deception . . . The guy must be brain dead and then what were we paying him for. I hope he becomes not so clueless with the Hague

[Larkinvos]

"Wolfowitz said no one in the Bush administration anticipated..."
The problem in a nutshell.

[sugarmoes]

they anticipated it AND welcomed it. windfall profits, don'tcha know? they don't give one damn about kids dyin to line their pockets. not one damn.

now... throw 'em in prison and it might start to sink in.

[Donk]

Of course not! When Cheney/ Bush/ Rumsfeld heard voices in their heads, they just assumed God was telling them what to do.

[ignorantwillyharper]

Come judgement day, it won't be God's voice they hear.

[AC500]

To Huffington Post: how much longer do we have to suffer the photograph of this man on your website?

[Kenny2k]

Wolfowitz can't stop lying. What a piece of S--t he is. He knew damn well what would happen. He planned on it. We all know now the real reason for the invation. If they keep Iraq in turmoil they can stay as long as they want. Rape them of their oil resource and put a strangle hold on Iran. Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Gonzolez, Bush and so many others should be charged with war crimes. The real problem is that no one will ever pay any price for the distruction of Iraq. No one except the Iraqi people and our military.

[sugarmoes]

guess what wolfie... no illegal, immoral, unnecessary war... NO SURPRISE SURPRISE COUNTERINSURGENCY LASTING FOR YEARS COSTING TRILLIONS OF LIVES!!!!

funny how... no one else seems surprised by this development other than the criminals who moved heaven and earth to get this crime wave rolling.

wolfie... how long you think you got left... as a free man?

[sugarmoes]

"oh... don't blame me!!! we just made an innocent little mistake!!! it's not like we orchestrated a coordinated campaign of outright blatant lies, deceptions, obfuscations, etc in order to implement the plan we'd been dreaming of already for years and years!!!! not us!!! we wouldn't do that!!! we had our flag lapel pins on and when you have the flag lapel pin on your are incapable of lying AND of committing treason!!! nothing to see here!!!! really... don't look... don't look here at all... i'd like to live out my years as a free man."

[citizenofmars]

dont you people GET IT? Wolfie is the father of PNAC, the blueprint for "A New Pearl Harbor". 911 was an INSIDE JOB! Download "Loose Change" & "Painful Deceptions" at http://www.question911.com

[tallky]

or work at a bank, or for the government ever again, even if the President tries to appoint him - back to the thought of tried for war crimes, maybe having to sit through EVERY soldier's funeral, witness the pain, made to live in Iraq outside the green zone? forevermore without special status, just as himself Wolfowitz the wizard.

[tallky]

he who lies and takes his country falsely to war, is not allowed to speak

[incontempt]

Whats the matter wolfowitt...can't sleep?? this is your mess and many lives have been given to pay for it...here's to an eternity in hell for you and rummie and all you other losers...america is starting to see who the enemy is and it's an enemy within.

[Kong2]

In a just world, Paul Wolfowitz would be spending the rest of his life changing bedpans at Walter Reed.

[Tropiholic]

Go lick your comb wolfie, you revolting excuse for a "man".

[ajax2]

Fortunately I can read, and most mid-east experts, (you're not one Wolf) predicted exactly what happened. You must be targeting the Fox audience.

[Justtellthetruth]

DICK CHENEY HIMSELF, in an interview after the FIRST gulf war, explained in great detail exactly what would have happened if they would have gone in, and concluded that even with the the almost 400,000 soldiers at their disposal at the time, the country would have devolved into several factions, a civil war would have occured, and it would possibly create openings of extremists or Iranian involvement. This is all part of a televised interview on CNN, which is available on youtube.

These guys knew EXACTLY what was going to happen, they lied about it, and they could care less about the consequences. their agenda was always nakedly geopolitical (stupid geopolitics, unfortunately) , and NEVER about the things that they claimed or currently Claim.

It SICKENS me that this guy is still working for US government.

[izAriver]

I repeat: If, in fact, they were clueless, this would imply that this administration is staffed with incompetents...oh, wait...never mind.

[izAriver]

If they were actually clueless it would mean that this administration is staffed by incompetents...oh...never mind.