Political Quotes

“Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz testified before Congress yesterday that he did not plan or expect an insurgency in Iraq. This observation, from one of the war's architects, whose record includes ridiculing former General of the Army, General Shinseki, by saying his troop estimate was "way off the mark." Now there are 150,000 Americans in the Iraqi theater. He said that Iraqi oil would pay for reconstruction. U.S. taxpayers have been tabbed $20 billion to rebuild Iraq. Secretary Wolfowitz could not remember how many troops had been killed in Iraq. At that point he guessed about 500. In fact, there had been 734 at the time. He was off by 30 percent. Now he says he could not comprehend and did not plan for an Iraqi insurgency. How many times do you have to be wrong in this administration and still have your job? Maybe Ahmed Chalabi did not tell him to plan for insurgency. Now he is telling us that our stay in Iraq could last years. With a record like that, Mr. Wolfowitz, do not give us any more of your judgment calls.”