Psyche, Science, and Society

Webb to power

January 13th, 2007

So far, its a pleasure to have Jim Webb in Washington. Despite a career as Navy Secretary (under President Reagan), he hasn’t forgotten how to speak bluntly and show the administration exactly the respect they deserve. In response to Defense Secretary Gates during the Secretary’s Senate testimony:

I also want to say something about my longtime friend, Senator McCain’s comments when he was talking about the consequences of pulling out of Iraq and in your statement, Secretary Gates, you list some of these as an emboldened and strengthened Iran, a base of operations for jihadist networks in the heart of the Middle East, an undermining of the credibility of the United States. In many ways, quite frankly, those have been the results of the invasion and occupation. There’s really nothing that’s occurred since the invasion and occupation that was not predictable and in fact, most of it was predicted. It was predicted in many cases by people with long backgrounds in national security…and in many cases there were people who saw their military careers destroyed and who were personally demeaned by people who opposed them on the issues, including members of this administration. And they are people in my judgement, who will be remembered in history as having had a moral conscience.

Ouch!

Let’s hope Webb never “grows up.”

[CORRECTED 1-16-2007 5:07 EST "Gates" --> "Webb"]

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