Why does he keep bragging about this? It makes him sound like a third-world dictator that has (or wants) a regime. He should dress up in his best Navy uniform with all his ribbons and medals / medals and ribbons (they're all the interchangable) and surround himself with all these retired generals in their uniforms like all the other dictators do in the photos we've seen in Russia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Romania...etc.
Have a caption: "Support my regime and we will fight the war on terror the old Clintonista way; with diplomacy! We will bomb their aspirin factories! We will sanction them and appease them into being our friends...even if we have to give them anything they want."
Seriously though, are not these Clinton's generals that so successfully executed the bombing of the aspirin factory?
Are these not the same generals that fought a successful war in the Balkans [Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia etc] that is now a peaceful democracy and not one soldier supposedly died?
Are these not the same generals that fought such a successful war in Somalia and brought democracy and peace and stability to that country?
Are these not the generals that, under Clinton abandoned Afghanistan after the U.S. under Reagan and Bush #1 helped the Mujahadeen rid themselves of the Soviets? That left the vacuum that allowed the Taliban fill in and takeover...
I would like someone that knows the military chronicle these retired generals careers and show why their for support Kerry is not necessarily a "good thing"
Short answer, NO!!!
Longer answer: The Balkans are another UN debacle because we brought them in. And they certainly aren't 'peaceful' or a democracy. We're trying to make both those things happen, but the UN beurocracy that is more interested in keeping its own job than in solving the problems there.
As a result, the people are getting very upset with the UN, which is part of the reasons they had the extremely violent riots in March in which 20+ people died and dozens of churches were destroyed (in addition to other buildings). Ethnic cleansing in various forms is still going on. This is what the crew of Clintonites left us in the Balkans. At least we have turned most of the SFOR mission over to NATO and are reducing our presence in Kosovo.