Iraq War Architects Rewarded for Their Blunders

A new report from Think Progress examines where the architects of the war in Iraq are now. Some highlights:

• Paul Wolfowitz who "said the U.S. would be greeted as liberators, that Iraqi oil money would pay for the reconstruction, and that Gen. Eric Shinseki’s estimate that several hundred thousand troops would be needed was 'wildly off the mark'" was nominated by President Bush to head of the World Bank. Following a scandal, Wolfowitz resigned and is now a guest scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, "a right-wing think tank that 'has the President’s ear' on national security issues."
• "As then-Deputy National Security Advisor, [Stephen] Hadley disregarded memos from the CIA and a personal phone call from Director George Tenet [advising] that references to Iraq’s pursuit of uranium be dropped from Bush’s speeches." Hadley became National Security Advisor following Condoleezza Rice's promotion to Secretary of State.
• Richard Perle "suggested Iraq had a hand in 9-11" and, in a 1996 paper entitled "Clean Break," "argued for regime change in Iraq." The "Prince of Darkness" is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and is under investigation for war profiteering.