凯 Kai Vilmi

Prez and Bremer in better times (White House photo by Tina Hager)

The former US proconsul to Iraq, Mr. Paul Bremer, today forwarded internal government letters to the New York Times contradicting Pres. Bush’s statements that the Prez did not know of the dismantling of the Iraqi military before the action took place.

Besides the shocking lapdog mentality (“As I have moved around, there has been an almost universal expression of thanks to the US and to you [Pres. Bush] in particular for freeing Iraq from Saddam’s tyranny.”), Mr. Bremer’s letters demonstrate the Washington Way of sucking up your superiors:

In the northern town of Mosul yesterday, an old man, under the impression that I was President Bush (he apparently has poor TV reception), rushed up and planted two very wet and hairy kisses on my cheeks. (Such events confirm the wisdom of the ancient custom of sending emissaries to far away lands).

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/04bremer-text1.html

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