On Wed, 26 May 2004, Doug Henwood wrote:
> LONDON, England-One of the ideological architects of the Iraq war has
> criticized the U.S.-led occupation of the country as "a grave error."
>
> Richard Perle, until recently a powerful adviser to U.S. Defence
> Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, described U.S. policy in post-war Iraq as
> a failure.
>
> "I would be the first to acknowledge we allowed the liberation (of
> Iraq) to subside into an occupation. And I think that was a grave
> error, and in some ways a continuing error," said Perle, former chair
> of the influential Defence Policy Board, which advises the Pentagon.
Perle? Man, the fucking ship must be sinking faster than I thought if the most venal rats are jumping off!
Miles