Comments on: Bush Awards Freedom Medal to Tenet, Franks, and Bremer

By: barney moran

barney moran — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:07:35 +0000

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By: TXDem

TXDem — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:03:35 +0000

We could go round and round about whether these men deserve a meritous award; the problem, to me, seems to be which award it is.
Past recipients of the Presidental Medal of Freedom include writers, actors, philanthropists, scholars, politicos, rich people, and the Pope. Check out past recipients, and see how Tenet, Franks and Bremer fit in with the crowd. Judge and think for yourself, America.
http://www.medaloffreedom.com/RecipientsByYear.htm

By: LJD

LJD — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:18:26 +0000

The left loves to armchair quarterback national policy, with 20/20 hindsight, even when they do not have, and will likely never know, all of the information on which those decisions were based.

So why stop at that? Doubt the merit of three men who have sacrificed much in their personal lives for their love of country. And the Republicans are the ones stifling progress with their "inquiries". Sheesh.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:24:02 +0000

Par for the course for Bush. These guys preside of over a distaster and he gives them a medal. Meanwhile our guys in Iraq die because the incompetent Rumsfeld can't get them the armor they need. I note there has not been a peep in here about McCain & Hagel's comments about Rumsfeld.

By: kappiy

kappiy — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:13:58 +0000

I had heard that Bush was giving these medals to Bremer and Tenet and I thought that the person informing me of this was getting their information from the Onion.

Actually, it fits in with Bush's total rejection of reality, evidence, and results. The worse one performs, in this man's deluded eyes, the more cause for celebration.

At the rate he's going, he'll give a medal to Bernie Kerick by the end of the week.

By: The Myopist

The Myopist — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:22:42 +0000

Starry-eyed innocents, the lot of ya.
And I say that with nothing but respect. Anyway, I have noted with not a little bemusement the various reactions of various bloggers (including Q

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:20:45 +0000

Presidential Medals of Freedom
President Ronald W. Reagan: The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award that is given in the United States. What the Olympic Gold Medal is to athletes, what the Congressional Medal of Honor is to the military, the...

By: Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:08:43 +0000

It's interesting that General Franks is being honored by the President he supported for re-election, yet it was Franks who led our forces into Iraq in the first place, in wholly insufficient numbers.

Moreover, I am told by someone in a position to know in the Pentagon that Franks first asked, then literally begged Rumsfeld for more troops, supporting General Eric Shinseki's position, but was unwilling to make a real stand when Rumsfeld resisted.

Now General Franks is in civilian clothes, on a book tour and out of harm's way, while the men and women he took to Iraq die by the hundreds, are maimed by the thousands, forced to stay on active duty long after their contracts end, and must dig ballistic glass out of dumps for their vehiclesâ¦with no end in sight.

Freedom medal, indeed.

By: QandO

QandO — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:01:44 +0000

Can somebody explain....
...why... A U.S. soldier was sentenced to three years in jail for the murder of a wounded Iraqi teenager in Baghdad in August, the U.S. military said on Saturday. ...murdering an

By: ken

ken — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:17:56 +0000

Do we really need any more evidence that Bush doesn't understand accountablity?

Of course Bush himself has never been acountable a day in his life but to reward people for incompetence is really weird.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:25:53 +0000

Tenet's being rewarded for being the fall guy on Iraqi WMDs, of course.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:20:54 +0000

But Tenet? This one I don't get. He was the Director of Central Intelligence during the period when al Qaeda was planning its biggest attack on the United States. He was the guy who said Saddam's ongoing WMD program was a "slam dunk." Why he would get a medal for that is beyond me. It would require you to postulate more... nefarious intentions to George W. Bush.