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Date: May 15, 2007 3:23:48 AM PDT
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Subject: One Good Coup Deserves Another
Generals Will ‘Revolt’ Against Bush
If He Maintains Escalation Into 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/13/generals-revolt/
Appearing on NBC’s Chris Matthews Show this morning, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker revealed that sources
within the military are warning of “a revolt from active-duty
generals if September rolls around and the president is sticking
with the surge into ‘08.” Watch it:
Noting that retired generals such as Gen. John Batiste have already
begun voicing their discontent with the president’s strategy in
Iraq, Tucker added that the generals “don’t want to fall by the
wayside like the generals in Vietnam did, kept pushing a war that
they knew was lost.”
When President Bush vetoed the Iraq timeline legislation earlier
this month, he claimed that “the measure would ‘impose impossible
conditions on our commanders in combat’ by forcing them to ‘take
fighting directions from politicians 6,000 miles away in
Washington, DC.’”
But despite past claims that “the right force level” will be
determined by “the sober judgement of our military leaders,” the
Bush administration has a proven track record of disregarding the
advice of military leaders. As recently as last December, when the
White House was first pushing its escalation plan, the
administration explicitly ignored “the unanimous disagreement of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
It appears the commanders on the ground in Iraq are getting tired
of “taking fighting directions” from a politician “6,000 miles
away” in the White House. And they might not stay quiet for long.
Digg It!
Transcript:
TUCKER: Look for a revolt from active-duty generals if September
rolls around and the president is sticking with the surge into ‘08.
We’ve already heard from retired generals. But my Atlanta Journal-
Constitution colleague Jay Bookman has lots of sources among
currently serving military officers who don’t want to fall by the
wayside like the generals in Vietnam did, kept pushing a war that
they knew was lost.
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