January 26, 2005 October is Koufax Pledge Drive month

"the dumbest [expletive] guy on the planet".

That was Tommy Franks' take on Doug Feith, who prior to holding the job of undersecretary of defence for policy was known to have specialised in "technology transfer, joint ventures and foreign investment in the defence and aerospace industries" (resume) and "establishing joint ventures with leading US aerospace manufacturers for manufacture and sale of missile systems, to the US Department of Defence and worldwide" (website).

Feith's (non) accomplishments:


  • withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty (MIRV, launcher and decoy dance now "on")
  • a new policy on nuclear forces (first use is "on", tactical use is "on"),
  • a new policy of pre-emption to protect the US against attacks by weapons of mass destruction (Iraq, Iran, Syria and North Korea (and almost Lybia) are "on"),
  • the post-war planning for Iraq (yup), and
  • force posture review (goodby Western Europe, hello Central and Southeast Asia, and lots of spiffy new base and infrastructure buildouts, oil and gas alligned).

    • I share Tommy Franks' assessment.

    Posted by EBW at January 26, 2005 02:59 PM | TrackBack
    Comments

    Let's hope that Feith is really on his way out. Hopefully, the screen door will slap his nose as he heads home.

    Posted by: Steve Plonk at January 28, 2005 10:42 AM

    Yeah, well - like Tommy Franks is among the smartest of dudes himself.

    [fan 'o feith? ebw]

    Posted by: Kitt at January 29, 2005 04:46 PM