True Colors
By Steve Hynd Saturday Aug 23, 2008 6:00pm
Dr. Christopher A. Ford, the U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, has joined the exodus from the Bush administration, and headed straight for neocon think-tank The Hudson Institute. Ford has been one of the administration's leading shills in demonizing Iran for supposedly contravening the NPT by doing what the NPT says it can - enriching uranium - while utterly ignoring the non-NPT possession of nukes by the likes of India, Pakistan and Israel. In February 2007 he told a Vienna audience that Iran "has tried to hijack legitimate discussions of the NPT's Article IV and twist them into a politicized form designed to give cover to Tehran's nuclear weapons ambitions." Of course, by the end of the year the Bush administrations own NIE concluded that Iran had no weapons program - something that still has the wingnuts in a tizzy.
The man who has been in charge of Bush's "nonproliferation" efforts (hah!) should feel right at home at Hudson. It was founded in 1961 by several hardline Cold Warriors including Herman Kahn, a nuclear strategist famous for his efforts to develop "winnable" nuclear war strategies. It's currently also ideological home to John Bolton apologist Herbert London, Giuliani's foreign policy advisor Norman Podhoretz (The Case For Bombing Iran) and Supreme Court wingnut Robert Bork.
Like many a Bush administration neoconservative before him, Ford intends disappearing back into the think-tank woodwork for now.
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Bomb bomb bomb Iran just around the corner?
Last one leaving the Bush Administration be sure to turn off the lights.
If they're so proud of what they've done and stood for why are they leaving the sinking ship like scum sucking rats?
Maybe, on his way to the thinktank, he can take a long walk off a short pier.
I think Think Tanks suck. A pit of vipers would be a safer haven than these fascists holed up, plotting the demise of the world.
Please define the meaning of the term: "SLEEPER CELLS"
What is a think tank and where can I sign up for one?
ollie @ 5:
Any place Robert Bork is holed up in.
relentless bastards
Make sure you hate the right enemy.
Today, the right enemy is those who run the U.S. government.
VietVet8666 @ 9:
That's right.
OH NOES!!!! Exotic foreign nation wins Little League World Series for USA!!! Oh wait....
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/llws08/news/story?id=3551693
Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK24qS1mPFo
Oh Noes!!! Exotic foreign country wins Little League World Series for USA!!! Oh wait...
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/llws08/news/story?id=3551693
Just another dishonest rat leaving the ship.
mike @ 14:
my thoughts exactly
mike @ 14:
my thoughts exactly.. ya beat me to it Mike!
Scooter Libby too !
Karl Rove @ 1:
3 months to go...I'm sure the "men in think tanks" are thinkin' up an excellent november surprise...Iran is high on the think tankers list... but they know we the people are watching...
keep your eyes peeled for american made Iranian speedboats and other false flag attacks...
the Gulf of Tonkin incident never happened and the coming november surprise will be manufactured too!
Careful, I sense a little Fox photoshopping on this picture...
ollie @ 5:
Exellent post Ollie! ...short, sweet, actually beautiful in its simplicity.
You nailed it!
Don't buy it
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One Question , how long was this dipwads head stuck in the birth canal ?
This administration should not be called the Bush Administration. It should be called the Orwell Administration. Seriously, is EVERYONE in his administration precisely qualified to both believe and act upon the exact opposite duties as their title would indicate? A push for war with Iran is a sure way to increase nuclear proliferation. Thus, he is head of non-proliferation. Of course! It makes perfect sense! If you are an Orwellian @$$hole, that is.
WTF do people actually do at 'Think Tanks', anyway?
Just sit around and think? For this, they get a paycheque? Can't they think on their own dime? If their thoughts are so fucking impressive, can't they write their damn books and make a living for themselves without lining up at the trough for a corporate/philanthropic subsidy?
Being in a Think Tank ought to be a badge of shame, not some respectable right-wing alternative to a tenured ivy-league professorship.
Don't we give them too much credit by calling their organized efforts "think-tanks?" Isn't more like reactionary-tank?
Every time one of these rats jump ship. An alarm needs to be sounded.
Because these rats are not normal. They are "Pack Rats". And they will take the cash out of the safe with them when they go.
Besides, they need to be watched for their shredding and covering up.
I have no idea why these Bush loyalists hate America all of a sudden and leave America defenseless?
What looks to be a parting of the conservative suckling off the taxpayers will turn out to be an expensive payroll for all these lunatic right think tanks.
All the big donors that sponser these stink tanks are going to have a larger payroll to donate to the Heritage foundation et al. These conservatives are accustumed to a certain standard of living, you you...........
Heaven forbid they actually get real jobs and become constructive. Actually contribute to society.
whjo knew that fascism came with a revolving door.
I am so sick of these war mongering bigots who have been wrong about EVERYTHING they've ever decided still deciding for our decider in chief. Good grief, when will this circus be over? And WHEN will Americans wake up and stop voting for these rich white guys who haven't a clue as to what real Americans are dealing with? Why the heck would some coal miner or auto mechanic vote for these jokers when all they do is pass laws that takes away even more of their freedoms, labor laws, and less pay and benefits? I just don't GET IT!!!! Grrrrrrrr.
Ref. Chicken Hussein Little - NOT! @ 2
"Last one leaving the Bush Administration be sure to turn off the lights.
If they’re so proud of what they’ve done and stood for why are they leaving the sinking ship like scum sucking rats?"
I guess it's because it's easier to get another job if you resign/are already employed than if you wait until you're fired/defeated. If the Repug "thinkers" think they see the writing on the wall, that's a good sign.
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