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01 Dec 2008 17:45
As documents refuse to die, so too their lessons. Though this item is now three years old, it bears reiteration. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman identified the pernicious infiltration of "slideware-speak" into the highest levels of thinking within _our_ Executive Branch: "The National Security Council document released this week under the grandiose title 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq' is neither an analytical report nor a policy statement. It's simply the same old talking points, 'victory in Iraq is a vital U.S. interest,' 'failure is not an option,' repackaged in the form of a slide presentation for a business meeting. It's an embarrassing piece of work." Paul Krugman, Bullet Points Over Baghdad, The New York Times, Dec. 2, 2005. See for yourself, the document is still online: www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/iraq_national_strategy_20051130.pdf
-- David Johnson (email), December 1, 2008
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