snjoseph's Journal: (Medals of) Freedom Ain't Free

CNN: Medal of Freedom awarded to troika of failures

Franks, Tenet, and Bremer. Hey, why not? When the next generation writes the history of this one, these three will be considered the leaders of America's Golden Age in Iraq. Not because it was particularly golden, but because all it did was get worse.

I discussed these important developments last night with AE:

SNJ: Why don't they just call it the Medal of Fuck-Ups? That would be more honest.

AE: That Bush is generally a straight-shooter.

SNJ: Plus I'd have a chance at winning one. I fuck stuff up all the time.

AE: Yeah, but your fuck-ups don't kill thousands of people.

SNJ: Well, I don't see why that should count against me.

those 3

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When I think of that trio, I really wonder how any of them can possibly not dispise the other two. Maybe Bush saw their spats coming, and tried to get them to make up, but each of them, it seems to me, has not had good things to say about the other, except perhaps that Tenet hasn't complained about Franks.