Sep. 6, 2007 (LPAC) - Paul Bremer, who carried out Dick Cheney's planned dismantling of the Iraqi army while serving as America's first Pro-Consul in Baghdad, penned an op-ed in the New York Times today, supposedly to defend himself against President Bush's inane statement that he hadn't been in the loop on the decision, and that Bremer had sprung it on him by surprise. Called "How I Didn't Dismantle Iraq's Army," Bremer names the names of those whose orders he was following: Rumsfeld gave the order to "eliminate the remnants of Saddam's regime," while Walter Slocombe (a Rumsfeld/Cambone cohort) drafted the document to dismantle the Army, which Bremer sent to neocons William Haynes (DOD counsel), Wolfowitz, and Feith.

"Slocombe continued discussions about the planned order with top Pentagon officials, including Mr. Feith," Bremer reports, while Slocombe stopped in London and "briefied senior British officials, who said they recognized that the 'demobilization of the Iraqi military is a fait accompli.'" Bremer then relates that he provided a written and video briefing to Bush, who responded the next day: "You have my full support and confidence."

Bremer tries to drag the opponents of this policy into the decision, by dropping their names as having been "briefed." This includes Jay Garner and Gen. David McKiernan. Note that EIR had the whole story long ago: see "Halliburton's War"