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

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Hank,
 
Interesting.  More interesting: who paid for their trip?  Who  paid for the 
television ads?  Who's behind this?  Inquiring minds want  to know - or is the 
answer obvious?
 
I hope you had the opportunity to read the front page of The Washington  Post 
this morning.  The story in the center of the page is titled "Ties to  GOP 
Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent To Rebuild Iraq" - you may have noted  it.  
You may have noted the quote on the top of page A24 "I'm Not Here For  The 
Iraqis.  I'm Here For George Bush".  You may have noted the  office, and named 
official, in the Pentagon that was tasked to vett the  appropriate neo-con 
credentials for anyone sent to Iraq to rebuild the country -  think political 
patronage and you understand staffing for the Iraq rebuilding  program.  You may have 
noted the 2+ full newspaper pages detailing some of  the sorry performance of 
the "politically correct" crowd sent to rebuild the  country.  One principal 
activity of the politically correct crowd seemed to  be telling people "things 
are great in Iraq" - think of your Kurdistan  visitors.
 
And now I think you probably know who paid for the Kurdistan visitors trip  
and the television ads.  And I think you know why it's appearing this  election 
season.  
 
Dave