cakewalk: a history

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>No cakewalk
>[Robert Novak]
>
>The Defense and State departments point fingers. Secretary of State Colin 
>Powell is criticized for not flying to Ankara to convince the Turkish 
>government. The Pentagon is criticized for not immediately dispatching the 
>division via the Red Sea. ...
>
>A bigger stir was made in the Defense establishment by the column in 
>Tuesday's Washington Post by retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, a noted writer 
>on military affairs. E-mails and phone calls flowed through the Pentagon 
>agreeing with Peters's view that Rumsfeld committed a "serious strategic 
>miscalculation" in not sending enough troops and relying on the "shock and 
>awe" bombing campaign.

So, in Washington the mutual recriminations of mass destruction begin.  
This, unlike "shock and awe," is fun to watch.

Carl

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