One of the Bush and Cheney machine's favorite games? Making former allies pay dearly for acts considered disloyal.
- Lawrence Lindsey, Director of National Economic Council: Forced to resign after he estimated cost of Iraq invasion at $200 million.
- (Jen, Anthony Zinni, Commander in Chief in the Middle East; Broke ranks on Iraq, calling it a failure, and was labeled an anti-Semite,
- Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki: Correctly estimated troops needed to occupy Iraq, disagreeing with Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. Forced to retire.
- Paul O'Neill, Treasury Secretary: Fired for questioning tax cuts and smeared as malcontent for revealing inner workings of the cabinet.
- Richard Clarke, Counter-Terrorism Chief: Revealed Bush's lack of concern with terrorism pre-9/11. Smeared as liar, blame-shifter, out of the loop, and profiteering author.
This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
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