IS WASHINGTON PURPOSEFULLY UNTRUSTWORTHY TO DRIVE UP LOBBYIST, CAMPAIGN AND REVOLVING DOOR FEES?
Washington Times reports: “It was certainly the expectation of the Bush administration that Saddam Hussein would soon be history after Iraq’s disastrous rout in the Persian Gulf war in 1991. And he nearly was. The majority of Iraq’s provinces rose up in rebellion, only to find themselves abandoned by our side when they needed our active support. … Turns out they miscalculated American commitment again. National Security Advisor Anthony Lake called off U.S. air cover for the operation, hundreds of people were killed and some 30, 000 opposition troops had to flee Iraqi advances through Turkey. If we are not exactly trusted in this part of the world, it is not so strange.” O136 When Washington double crosses those throughout the world who believe them it makes for an uneasy foreign element. Washington lawyer/lobbyists, consultants and special interest groups sell extra insurance to these foreign elements through their economic connections with the Washington politicos. It has become alm
