Continuing "General" Discontent with Rummy and Iraq
Gen. John Batiste (ret., as usual) had some choice words about Rummy on MSNBC. He basically said Rummy fed the military chicken shit going into Iraq and expected them to turn it into chicken salad.
I understand that all of these fellows would have had their careers ended if they had spoken out while in the service. Even so, I've never seen so many major commanders dissent from a war policy even after they were out of the military. You never heard it during the Vietnam
War.
It's only fair to conclude that they are representative of the majority of senior still-active military commanders on the Iraq war. I wonder what would happen if someone went back and researched what all of these generals, retired or active, testified to congressional committees under oath.
I understand that all of these fellows would have had their careers ended if they had spoken out while in the service. Even so, I've never seen so many major commanders dissent from a war policy even after they were out of the military. You never heard it during the Vietnam
War.
It's only fair to conclude that they are representative of the majority of senior still-active military commanders on the Iraq war. I wonder what would happen if someone went back and researched what all of these generals, retired or active, testified to congressional committees under oath.
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4:27 PM
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