Posted on 01/27/2007 8:01:20 PM PST by smoothsailing
Like every Democrat, he found his information by thoroughly exploring his anus.
Great Good News! I cannot bear the sight of this man.
He radiates sleazedom.. period.
Our food sucked, the equipment was OK, but could have been better, the leadership at the Squadron level was excellent, fair at Regiment, abyssmal at division and I think Rummy made plenty of mistakes. Beyond that I still think we should work as hard as we can to win the war and that Webb is full of crap. In fact Frontpage has found an old essay Webb wrote slamming the Vietnam war protestors that paints him in a very unfavorable light.
Been covered here many times here.
92% of current military members would like to be promoted to the next rank.
87% of American workers would not turn down a raise.
70% of non-Americans hate America.
90% of non-Americans wish they could live in America.
Looks to me like Mr. Smith is a whole lot more objective in his assessment of our military than Webb is, which doesn't surprise me.
Of course Mr. Smith doesn't have a political agenda and being a former Marine speaks the truth as does well over 99% of former Marines.
I'm sure the author of this article is aware of it too.
In any case the poll is worthless compared to the facts of enlistment and retention.
Yep, I read that also.
If you read the column by Col. North "Who Cares?" the other night, Ollie also mentioned the bogus poll by Democrats whereas he could have named Webb, but he didn't. North has class, it's becoming clear Webb doesn't.
Just throwing it out there for others who may not know. Didn't see it mentioned in the article.
You're right, it wasn't mentioned in the article.
Webb is a worthless whore.
Tangled Webb is a liberal liar who tried to convince the good people of Virginia that he was a conservative.
Can you remember where you read it (Townhall, etc.)? I'd love to read about that!
You ought to suspend judgement on Rummy until we know how much influence he (and Cheney) actually had on "the decision-maker". Let us not forget that state was an equal partner in this mess. The basic flaw may be in the National Security Counsel mechanism. Newt has suggested a war cabinet instead. IAC, during WWII state had a minimal role and things worked out better. That is, until the end, when so much became subordinated to the establishment of the UN and getting along with the Bear. We all know how that worked out.
A war cabinet is not a bad idea (not sure about the constitutionality of it though), but there are mistakes that Rummy have to be laid at Rummy's feet. For instance-there were two NG brigades which were sent to pull security at Gitmo (effectively removing them from overseas rotations) despite the fact that Puerto Rico has a brigade which is designated at the lowest level of preparedness of amost any NG units for deployment that might have been used. Also, the first NG units sent to Iraq (I know because I was deployed then) were only given activation orders for a year, which was later changed to a year in theater. Now, I have no problem with doing a year, but the fact that it was changed points to a failure in planning and that is a mistake made in the DOD.
Questions - do you have to be active duty to subscribe to Military Times? And did the newspaper verify that only active subscribers voted in the poll?
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