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Thread: Military Times paper calls for Rumsfeld to go

  1. #1
    Knotbad
    You know you're in trouble when you get the military papers against you.
    Brent Budowsky: Iraq Descending To Chaos. Military Times Calls For Rumsfeld To Go.
    A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
    by Brent Budowsky
    To save any semblance of rationality for American policy in Iraq new leaders, a Democratic Congress and the resignation of Secretary Rumsfeld are urgently needed.
    This past week something extraordinariny and ominous happened. An American soldier was kidnapped. Going all out to leave no one behind, our mlitary established checkpoints. What happened next? The government in Iraq, under the control of pro-Iranian Shi'ite leaders, surrending to the will of murderous Shi'ite militia, ordered the checkpoint closed.
    This is the government that more than 2800 Americans have given their lives for. This is the government of rampant corruption. This is the government that has virtually no police force to speak in the fourth year of this war and whatever police force does exist is heavily infiltrated by even more of these murderous military.
    Meanwhile secretarian violence and bloodshed continue to rise in November and every day brings news of more carnage and corruption.
    And the Republican Congress now wants to cashier even the Republican Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, to protect those who have been stealing, pillaging, misusing, losing and corrupting more than $10 billion of our money.
    Now, in one of the most extraordinary and important moments in the history of this war, the Military Times newspapers are calling for the removal of Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld.
    Marine Corps Times, Army Times, Air Force Times and Navy Times are taking a principled and courageous stand sending a powerful pre-election message about what must be done.
    In fact, what I and others have been arguing for some time is that what the Military Times now publicly calls for, is what the commanders and most troops have believed for some time.
    Lack of armor.
    Lack of protected vehicles.
    Lack of bandages and helmets.
    Lack of adequate pay for troops.
    Lack of respect for commanders from the President and his neoconservatives who are now cutting and running themselves by blaming each other for their shared value.
    Arrogance, dishonesty and delusion from Republican leaders in Washington.
    Corrupted Iraq Reconstruction.
    Crony deals, stolen money, wasted programs in which American troops give their lives and limbs for a government dominated by Iranian supported militia. While the blood of our troops is spilled multi-millionaire crooks, with ties to one party Republican government lard their bank accounts, and use our money to pay for their super bowl parties.
    As the Miltary Times editorial says, for years the sergeants and captains have reported back that their urgent efforts to train Iraqi troops were not succeeding because those they trained were not loyal to the cause, and were in it for the money.
    As the Military Times editorial says, the Secretary of Defense is a disaster and it is time for him to go.
    As Vanity Fair reports, the pathetic theorists of neoconservativism are now turning against the President, saying they would have opposed the war if they knew how he would mismanage it. Meanwhile the President parades around the country name calling Democrats, and the pro-Iranian government of Iraq stiffs American troops, while the Republican power barons in Washington stiff the Inspector General to protect the crooks who pay for their campaigns.
    This is like the end of one of those old Fred Astaire movies where everyone is on the stage as the curtain closes: Iraq mismanagement, the culture of corruption, the partisan president dishing his dirt, the Republican Congress trying to gut the Inspector General, the Republican candidates drenching the aiwaves with lying and smearing ads, neoconservatives running for cover, the intelligence community saying the war creates more terrorists, commanders warning of the descent to chaos, and while the carnage continues the Vice President makes his cameo appearance saying that he was always right and this catastrophic policy must stay the course.
    MIlitary Times, Marines Corps Times, Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times: they speak for the troops, they speak for the families, they speak for the commanders and it is time for this madness to end.
    Brent Budowsky
    A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
    Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit. Left goverment in 1990 for marketing and public affairs business including major corporate entertainment and talent management. He can be reached at brentbbi@webtv.net.

  2. #2
    QuickJet
    That is exacty why this war (when it was a war) should have been fought from the air NOT on the ground. Iraq should have been dessimated the 1st day without any loss of American life. We should have cleared it, trashed it and put up a "For sale" sigh long ago. Rumsfeld is an idiot for fighting this the way he did. Trying to keep your enemy happy is NOT the way to win a war. And to think John Kerry wanted to fight a "More sensative war" Could you imagine the trouble we'd be in if he had won the Presidency.

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    Blown 472
    That is exacty why this war (when it was a war) should have been fought from the air NOT on the ground. Iraq should have been dessimated the 1st day without any loss of American life. We should have cleared it, trashed it and put up a "For sale" sigh long ago. Rumsfeld is an idiot for fighting this the way he did. Trying to keep your enemy happy is NOT the way to win a war. And to think John Kerry wanted to fight a "More sensative war" Could you imagine the trouble we'd be in if he had won the Presidency.
    And they did what to deserve that?

  4. #4
    QuickJet
    And they did what to deserve that?
    Killed 2,800 of our soldiers!!! Called a preemptive meassure. I know you libs are more reactionary (wait until the enemy makes a move) however it's safer to shoot (bomb) and ask questions later.

  5. #5
    Forkin' Crazy
    Why do I keep seeing "Vanity Fair" some where in Knutjob's and Blowjob's posts? :idea:

  6. #6
    QuickJet
    Why do I keep seeing "Vanity Fair" some where in Knutjob's and Blowjob's posts? :idea:
    They are probably one and the same. Notice both are "copy and paste" type posters.

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    Blown 472
    Killed 2,800 of our soldiers!!! Called a preemptive meassure. I know you libs are more reactionary (wait until the enemy makes a move) however it's safer to shoot (bomb) and ask questions later.
    You said we should have gone in first and wiped them out, and they did what to have that happen to them, soliders got killed after the invasion.

  8. #8
    QuickJet
    You said we should have gone in first and wiped them out, and they did what to have that happen to them, soliders got killed after the invasion.
    Like I said Preemptive meassure. Since you can judge by "after the fact" thinking, why can't I. Do you agree that if we went in and whipped the plce clean on the first day that 2,800 of our soldiers would still be alive today? Given that, who's life is more important, the life of a soldier or the life of an Iraggy that wants you dead anyways?
    BOMBS AWAY!!!!!!!!!

  9. #9
    eliminatedsprinter
    And they did what to deserve that?
    They followed a dictator who gassed the kurds, invaded one of our allies, put peoples children in wood chippers, allowed his twisted sons to use the power of governmet to live out brutal/demented fantasys, and sent money to the families of suicide bombers, etc,etc,etc....................................... ...............
    Besides, the Suni Triangle and the areas housing the bulk of the shia militias are most likely the only parts that would require WWII style tactics. Most of Iraq has not been harboring much "insurgency".

  10. #10
    Old Texan
    They followed a dictator who gassed the kurds, invaded one of our allies, put peoples children in wood chippers, allowed his twisted sons to use the power of governmet to live out brutal, sick demented fantasys, and sent money to the families of suicide bombers, etc,etc,etc....................................... ...............
    Besides, the Suni Triangle and the areas housing the bulk of the shia militias are most likely the only parts that would require WWII style tactics. Most of Iraq has not been harboring much "insurgency".
    You know blown's gonna say it didn't happen because we weren't there in person to witness it. And besides Israel did all the killing. The Saddam Bros. were really Groucho and Chico Marx who'd been in hiding all these years....

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