So, that BOLD, NEW Vision Chimpy McFlightsuit has for Victory in Iraq? Turns out it’s nothing about victory - it’s all fluff and a rehash of what’s been said before - all "winning hearts and minds".
As this Editor and Publisher’s article states, a little slipup tells who the real author of that speech was - no, not a regular Bush flunkie, but a political science professor…
The questions will gain even more relevance with a revelation coming in Sunday’s New York Times. It seems that in a part of the 35-page “Our National Strategy for Victory in Iraq” document posted on the White House web site, a few key strokes by those in know reveal that the document’s originator or author, is one “feaver-p.”
This person is Dr. Peter D. Feaver, a 43-year-old Duke University political scientist who joined the National Security Council staff as a special adviser in June. White House officials, while saying the document contained contributions from many federal departments, confirmed, according to the Times, that “its creation and presentation strongly reflected the public opinion research” of Dr. Feaver.
Feaver, the Times’ Scott Shane writes, “was recruited after he and Duke colleagues presented to administration officials their analysis of polls about the Iraq war in 2003 and 2004. They concluded that Americans would support a war with mounting casualties on one condition: that they believe it would ultimately succeed."
No, not winning the hearts and minds of Iraq - Sunni, Shia, and Kurd - about the vision for a free Iraq, or for any potential allies. The purpose of this document is to assuage the public’s apprehension about the Bush strategy.
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