This is the first of a recurring guest blog series by Michael Zacchea, who will be commenting on some of the latest headlines emerging from the military.
What chutzpah! What bald-faced, unmitigated gall! When our mendacious Secretary of Defense refers to his speech to the American Legion in Salt Lake City, he fails to mention his ill-advised and erroneous comparison of critics of his mis-begotten war strategy to Nazi appeasers. He remembers being at the Pentagon on 9/11...what about the thousands of Americans who have died or been wounded because of his poorly planned and poorly executed war in Iraq??? On 9/11, 3001 Americans died, 10000+ were injured, and the US economy suffered a loss of 400 billion dollars. In the two wars the country has fought since then, one necessary, the other by choice, the US has lost 3000 soldiers, had 25000 wounded, and has spent (squandered) 400 billion dollars with almost no positive effect. Its all good and well to say the US is a force for good in the world. I believe that. But his inept management, poor leadership, and incompetent strategic and operational plans fail to live up to the billing that the US is a force for good in the world. Its hard to sell that bill of goods to the world when he fails to take responsibility for war crimes on his watch, like Abu Ghraib, and the extra-legal mistreatment of enemy prisoners of war in Guantanamo Bay and "black" prison cites around the world. The US is a force for good, but Donald Rumsfeld, mendacious reprobate and incompetent strategist, is not.
What miss treatments at GITMO? Can you sight a link? I think the kurds are plenty happy right about now, IMHO. The AHBU GRAIHB incident has been handled, hasn't it? Didn't those soldiers responsible get tried?
You make some excellant points, though. He has messed up the war in Iraq. They did not plan on the Republican Guard cowards changing into civilian attire and starting an insurgent type fight. We dropped the ball, no question. He should fall on the sword. We failed to get OBL, another big mistake. we should not have trusted the Pakistan Army to cover the rear door. President Bush said he will not let that happen again, though. he says he will send in US troops if we spot OBL in Pakistan.
Posted by: Onefrozen Migra at September 21, 2006 11:59 AM
The operative phrase is "They did not plan".
They DID NOT PLAN. That is an outrage. It is an outrage for the most important fight of our lives - this war on terro. And THEY DID NOT PLAN!!! Men have died for less and they are heroes to the cause. But crikey!. THEY DID NOT PLAN and should be held accountable. Demoted, fired, replaced, admonished at least. NFL Coaches have been fired for less.