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Originally posted by cool_chick
If it's "silly" to you, then why did you say it? You said it doesn't reflect the opinions of the military....even though through the years general after general after general stated same....WE NEED TROOPS AND NOW. Rummy KNEW what he had when he went in........so that's NO EXCUSE. That's like me saying I'm going to bake a cake, but I only have 1/4 cup flour, then crying victim because my cake sucked.

Your little "conspiracy" rants about *liberal* this and *liberal* that doesn't cover up the fact that Rummy sucked big time. I'm sorry Rumsfeld couldn't hide his suckiness any longer, but no one can when they suck. The bull***** doesn't work any longer, so maybe you should try another angle....

It is not silly to point out that an article does not reflect the viewpoint of the military just because is in the Army Times. It is the viewpoint of the author.

I don't know of any Generals that stated "WE NEED TROOPS AND NOW," unless you are talking about old retired guys who were trying to sell books or get elected.
Rumsfeld was given the authority to plan and execute the war and did so brilliantly. That lasted about a month. After that, he and the military have been restricted. Being a good SecDef does not make on a good administrator of a new country and government intenbt on civil war. He did not choose to disband the previous military and government nor choose the politics of the postwar period where we have been battling terrorists and trying to prevent a civil war. He did not choose who the Iraqis elected nor the policies they have enacted. The bad guys have played the media and left of this country like a fiddle with the fake civilian deaths, "torture," and "wedding party" attacks. Calling it another Vietnam was a self-fulfilling prophesy.