Posted on 09/25/2006 6:38:12 PM PDT by John Carey
Three retired U.S. Army Officers address a congressional committee on the war in Iraq in starkly harsh words Monday.
“I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the war in Iraq,” retired Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste told a forum conducted by Senate Democrats.
A second military leader, also a retired two-star general, Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, assessed Rumsfeld as “incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically.”
A third officer, retired Col. Paul X. Hammes, joined Batiste and Eaton in testimony before the Democratic Policy Committee of the U.S. Senate. The unusual location was chosen, Democrats said, because the Republican leadership in the Senate has not permitted thorough oversight of the war in Iraq from the Senate Armed Services Committee. Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said majority Republicans had failed to conduct hearings on the issue, adding, “if they won’t … we will.”
All three officers who testified served in Iraq, and Batiste also was senior military assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.
Batiste, who commanded the Army’s 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, also blamed Congress for failing to ask “the tough questions.”
He said Rumsfeld at one point threatened to fire the next person who mentioned the need for a postwar plan in Iraq.
“Mr. Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we will see two more years of extraordinarily bad decision-making,” General Eaton said.
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Bingo!
I am primarily concerned with the utter dishonesty of the press/media.
Bias is one thing, dishonesty is quite another.
Good gosh...that did not sound good...:)
No, I didn't. Perhaps someone else did. Or else we are constantly under secret surveillance....... hmmmm, our every post is monitored.....
Granted...just the talking points for DU, Michael Moore and Charlie Wrangle.
Or willie green.
Perfumed princes, pussilanimous poofs.
Hey, we have to get our act together --- FReepathon coming up in a couple of weeks. I am already trying to think of trivia questions to stump Coop. LOL
Excellent description. Real armchair generals.
Right. He was eventually banned.
LOL --- you're on a roll, young lady!
I'm not the grammar or spelling police. Not to worry. LOL
I have to disagree on a point here...it is not just that bad news is being thrown at us that makes many people circle the wagons, it is that it is a directed, focused attack with an agenda that causes people to get into a defensive position.
P>That was the MAJOR factor in losing the war in Vietnam, and it could happen again if we let it.
I have a hunch that history gives us some examples that make your point.
They are full of hate.
"Hey, we have to get our act together --- FReepathon coming up in a couple of weeks. I am already trying to think of trivia questions to stump Coop. LOL"
George Costanza in rock climbing episode:
"I'm down"
ROTFL
did they use the cloakroom again???
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