"Incompetent, foolish, dubious in all of its aspects"

this guy must have missed the orientation class on sucking-up...

Ambassador Timothy Carney told NPR radio that the US policy to exclude Iraqis from governing the country in the two years following the invasion was "an enormous foolishness" which contributed to the deterioration of security and lengthened the conflict in the country.

"We don't need to go into detail on that, but I think words such as incompetent, foolish, dubious in all of its aspects are the most charitable way to look at that period," he said.

Carney went to Iraq shortly after the March 2003 invasion to manage the country's industry and minerals ministry, but quit after two months and became an outspoken critic of US occupation policy.

"The major failing of policy and operations in 2003 was the failure to invite Iraqis into our councils. We actually thought we could govern this country," he told NPR.

"It was enormously costly in terms of time, and consequently in terms of our and Iraqi blood and the blood of many of our allies."

"What an enormous foolishness that was."

Carney, recently named by the White House to return to oversee rebuilding of the country, said he was appalled by the deterioration in the security situation since he was first there.

ok, now, here's the quiz... the next thing we will hear about this is...

a) carney will say that his remarks were "misconstrued"
b) tony snow will interpret carney's remarks in a positive and constructive way
c) george bush will be asked about carney's remarks but won't respond
d) when asked for comment, john mccain will blame donald rumsfeld
e) carney will henceforth be prohibited from talking to the media
f) there will be no mention of this in the conservative media and weblogs
g) all of the above

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