Red State Renegade

If there was one man most responsible for the chest thumping about invading Iraq and the faulty intelligence used to push for the invasion, it would be Doug Feith. He is the Neo-con’s ‘Neo-con.’

A report released last month by the Pentagon Inspector General, examining intelligence failures in the leadup to the Iraq war, concentrated on The Office of Special Plans, run by Mr. Feith from the White House and Pentagon and advocating false dangers and the need to contain Iraq immediately with force.

According to the report, the activities of Feith’s group weren’t illegal, but they were:

“in our opinion, inappropriate, given that the intelligence assessments were [presented as] intelligence products and did not clearly show the variance with the consensus of the intelligence community.”

Mr. Feith’s website is a hoot because of it’s openly defensive nature…I guess it’s pretty hard NOT to be defensive when most of the journalism industry thinks you’re responsible for “the biggest foreign policy blunder in the history of the United States.”

One of the funny aspects is that on the front page is a quote from General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff:

“Doug Feith is a patriot. I have watched this man for four years. He cares only about what is best for the United States.”

I wonder if he ever discussed this with General Tommy Franks, who said in 2002 (referring to Feith) :

“The fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth.”