Henry Hyde Wins Medal of Freedom

I literally laughed my ass off when I found out that George W. Bush has bestowed the Medal of Freedon upon Henry Hyde. It seems that Bush is trying to out fuck up the trifecta of former Medal of Freedon recipients George Tenet, Paul Bremer and Tommy Franks.



Another classic Bush moment in arrogance was bestowing the award to Norman "Bomb Iran" Podhoretz in 2004. Bush cynically looks at the award as a way to payoff cronies. Including those that give him horrible advise on Middle East policy.

Bush Knew About Iraq Army Disbanding

"Yeah, I can’t remember, I’m sure I said, ‘This is the policy, what happened?’ ” But, he added, “Again, Hadley’s got notes on all of this stuff."

George W. Bush, on not rememembering if he gavce the authorizion to disband the Iraqi army.

L. Paul Bremer gave his letters to the New York Times to make clear he had President Bush signed off on the idea.

After recounting American efforts to remove members of the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein from civilian agencies, Mr. Bremer told Mr. Bush that he would “parallel this step with an even more robust measure” to dismantle the Iraq military.

One day later, Mr. Bush wrote back a short thank you letter. “Your leadership is apparent,” the president wrote. “You have quickly made a positive and significant impact. You have my full support and confidence.”

What ensued was thousands of unemployed Iraqis with military training. What is unsurprising is the White House made this decision without the input of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"We were not asked for a recommendation or for advice," Gen. Peter Pace said.