while in uniform. In contrast the COS Pentagon, publicly criticized
the administration and was sacked shortly thereafter.
larry
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:48:57 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Rarely if ever in American history have uniformed
> > commanders felt compelled
> > to challenge their commander in chief in public.
>
> You've got to be joking! didn't many leave the
> military because of Clinton?
>
> -sm
> >
> > "I believe we are absolutely on the brink of
> > failure. We are looking into
> > the abyss."
> > General Joseph Hoar, the former head of the Marine
> > Corps
> >
> > "In the lead-up to the Iraq war, and its later
> > conduct,I saw at a minimum,
> > true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility,
> > at worst, lying,
> > incompetence and corruption."
> > Retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni, head of
> > Central Command,
> > President Bush's personal emissary to the Middle
> > East
> >
> > Washington Post quoted an unnamed senior General at
> > the Pentagon as saying,
> > " the current OSD (Office of the Secretary of
> > Defense) refused to listen or
> > adhere to military advice."
> >
> > The Post also quoted an unnamed general as saying,
> > "Like a lot of senior
> > Army guys I'm quite angry" with Rumsfeld and the
> > rest of the Bush
> > Administration. He listed two reasons. "I think they
> > are going to break the
> > Army," he said, adding that what really incites him
> > is "I don't think they
> > care."
> >
> >
> > At 04:49 PM 7/1/04, Sam the Dittohead wrote:
> > >Sorry, I forgot my quote.
> > >
> > >"We have an entire political party which is engaged
> > in
> > >an effort to make sure we lose this war so that
> > they
> > >win the White House, and I am not mincing words.
> > They
> > >are doing everything they can to see that our
> > effort
> > >to win this is defeated, because it's Bush leading
> > >it." -Rush
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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