And I'm not arguing the gist of the article. Not at all. Merely pointing out one exception I happen to know about.
Thank God for Rummy!
Donald Rumsfeld should only resign to accept the GOP nomination for President of the United States!
You don't go against your superiors at time of war, or damage the morale of our troops.
Shame on the Generals!
And you make Brit Hume's point.
What they're complaining about took place 3 or 4 years ago...
...Why didn't they complain then???
Except for Zinni who retired before 9-11 and Riggs who was forced out, they did resign. They also retired but in effect they resigned.
Good letter. One quibble: I wouldn't call six retired generals "a galaxy". They're more like a constellation. Let's call them "The Big Dipper."
Kind of gives a glimpse of the ideology of our congress critters.
Did any of the six get a 'bump' before retirement?
The ppor babies got their feelings and egos hurt when Rummy demanded they have their stuff togetehr when they went in to see him. They're used to trampling on subordinates, not having it done to them for being less than 100% competent.
Admiral Zinni is an anti-Semite Democrat.....a real Israel hater.
I find the headline disturbing and dumb. A General - like every soldier - isn´t serving a special DefSec but his country.
If a General/Private votes Republican and the Democrats win, shall he resign? No, he shall do his duty for his nation!
If a General/Private votes Democratic and the Republicans win, shall he resign? No, he shall do his duty for his nation!
That´s democratic - we accept the outcome of elections. That doesn´t ban a state employee to express his disapproval with politicians or orders (given he obeys the special regulations for that, as it was done in the mentioned case).
Did Patton resign, even though he had more than his share of beefs with Ike and FDR?
I think it's obvious why the generals made no complaints four years ago.
Because they weren't working a book project, consulting to the mainstream media, or trying to get a Democrat nomination back then!
So what the hell is this? Some kind of banana republic where the generals can toss out their civilian leadership???
This is a good question...the same question my 1sg hubby has been asking.....these generals have some axe to grind, each and everyone of them.
"Pampered retirements" for a career military officer, means having a retirement AT ALL. To protect your retirement, your wife, and your family is NOT a dishonorable thing.
Rummy is and has been a jerk--even if the press (and Bush loyalists) love him.
Bush loyalists, in my opinion--due to his consistant big-government policies--are not true conservatives anyway...
No 'Profiles in Courage' here.
The latest critic, MG Batiste of the 1ID, refused a promotion to LTG and be the second in command in Iraq because of Rumsfeld. He decided to retire at MG instead.
So, yes, he did get his "pampered retirement," but he turned down a serious promotion, a $14,000 a year pay raise (base pay only, not counting perks), and a quick look at the retirement pay calculator shows about $500 more a month initially if he'd taken the promotion and then retired.