Hyp, hyp, hypocrisy

This item from Harper’s seems to sum up the political situation among American hawks as it now relates to the Iraq War. The former insiders are now dumping on President Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld — a trio who deserve whatever blame is foisted upon them — but are pretending to have clean hands.

The reality, as Ken Silverstein reports, is a bit different. Writing about one of these so-called insiders (the hawks who are now asking “who me?”), Ken Adelman, a Bush cheerleader in the early days who continued to back the “stay-the-course” line until fairly, he offers this:

Adelman would have us believe that he has absolutely no responsibility for the Iraq disaster? His breaking point on Iraq, he told the Post, was Bush’s decision to award Medals of Freedom to Paul Bremer, General Tommy Franks, and George Tenet. “The three individuals who got the highest civilian medals the President can give were responsible for a lot of the debacle that was Iraq.” Adelman sounds jealous, not righteous. It’s too bad there’s no medal for being a whining, war-promoting hypocrite.

That sounds about right.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet