[Peace-discuss] Charlie Rose's interview of Col McMaster

[Karen Medina]

Charlie Rose interviewed Colonel Herbert Raymond McMaster. Did anyone else 
catch the interview? What did you all think?

McMaster is very high up for one of the guys on the ground in Iraq. He takes 
the Administration's line, or is more likely the one who creates the lies so that 
the Administration can sell it to the public. (McMaster is also the author of the 
book "Dereliction of Duty" which alleges that U.S. military leaders failed in their 
constitutional duty to challenge the "deeply flawed military strategy" of the 
Vietnam era -- a very frightening guy).

Charlie Rose asked a few questions but just basically listened while McMaster 
gave his spiel. There were so many times that Mr. Rose could have asked a good 
question but he failed to ask anything of any real importance. My favorite part 
was very close to the end of the time when McMaster finished one sentence with 
(and I paraphrase here) "the Iraqi leaders now know that the US military is not 
planning to be there for a long time" and McMaster's very next sentence was "we 
will be there years, not months -- there is no way that we will be there only a 
matter of months." 

The only good thing about the interview is that there is now one place where all 
the lies and misconstruing of information can be found in one place -- and it 
will here: http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/05/30/1/a-conversation-
with-col-h-r-mcmaster

-karen medina