William Safire, refreshing as ever. In this piece he gives a great insight into the infighting occuring between departments in the Bush administration, during and following Gulf War 2.
I especially like the insight into Newt Gingrich. Apparently Gingrich castigated the State Department while praising the Department of Defence. The State Department was none-too-happy. Safire reckons that it shows a rift between Bush's neo-con cabal and the doves in the State department, in the Powellenian sense anyway.
Watch out for Elizabeth Jones in the State Department - of Gingrich's speech she says "What he said is garbage" "He is an idiot and you can publish that". I like that kind of talk, but Safire calls it flustered and inarticulate - I call it straight talking of the highest order.
And more of the 'necon cabal' - Rumsfeld's secretary, Paul "Wolfowitz of Arabia". Hehe, great stuff. 'Shoot out at the neocon cabal"
Safire then gives a good quote of Winston Churchill. An entertaining piece William.
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