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To: akron
Please specify, with links, the 'sound military advice' that President Bush has 'disregarded.'

You have drawn some pretty sweeping conclusions and made some very serious accusations without any proof.

Any time a post could have just as well been written by a leftist, it seems wise to ask for the facts to back up the condemnation of the President.

What are yours?

79 posted on 06/04/2006 4:33:11 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)
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To: ohioWfan
When the Army Chief of Staff Shinseki tells you that you need 300,000+ troops to do it right, and you disregard him, I consider that failing to follow sound military advice. When the Sec. of the Army Tommy White, who was a former general in the Army trained to fight land battles, tell you the same thing and Rumsfeld runs him off, that's disregarding sound military advice.

When your plan is to rush to Baghdad, regardless of enemy threatening your supply lines, that's disregarding sound military advice. So when the 5th Corps Commander LTG Wallace wanted to halt the march on Baghdad to deal with the Fedayeen, he should have been allowed to do so. Instead, he was threatened with being relieved. So, the Fedayeen were allowed to live to fight another day. Colin Powell, and I don't know if you consider him competent to discuss military matters, said "The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise." More sound advice that has been ignored.

Lets not forget bypassing enemy ammo dumps that should have been guarded or destroyed in place. These have supplied an endless amount of ammo for these Fedayeen that should have been killed, but for Rumsfeld's "blitzkrieg.". Powell also said that you go to war with overwhelming force and a clear exit strategy. We did neither in Iraq. But again, I don't know if you would consider Powell competent in military matters.

Should I mention having insufficent force to secure the borders and prevent more enemy from entering the country?

Let me know if you see anything that is not true....

Just FYI, it doesn't bother me that you infer I'm a leftist for refusing to drink the kool-aid.

121 posted on 06/04/2006 5:15:34 PM PDT by akron
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