[Lauratealeaf]

McCaffrey doesn't want Bush to win. He wants his best buddy Bill back in office.

Exactly. We have so many friends who had to serve under that ass in Panama. He was despised and for good reason.

[fooman]

WHy was barry an ass?

I am glad that even rummy came around on the troop deployments.

IMO, I think that BArry is confusing pushing procurement envelope with the here and now.

Also, I want a confident Sec def so that the enemy fears us.

I think that rummy was naval aviator, so that puts his skills at least on par with Barry.

[MinuteGal]

Unfortunately, too many old soldiers don't fade away. They just move to flood the TV studios with pointers and floor maps where they can expound on their strategery theories at great length.

As a whole, they're all pretty supportive, but some are real gloom-and-doomers like McAffrey.

Leni