Articles of Feith.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - Brief Article

If you have thought the Pentagon's failure to plan for post-war Iraq was inexcusable, you should know that Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy, offers himself and his Pentagon colleagues full absolution. He told Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough of The Washington Times that the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance could not do anything until "Saddam made it clear he wasn't cooperating with the inspection regime." This has to be not only the weakest excuse in recent memory but also the very first indication that anyone in the Bush administration ever took the inspectors seriously.

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