[Last Dakotan]

As a civilian, how is Bremer even in the chain of command?

He's got connections to another guy who goes by the title Commander in Chief.

[lentulusgracchus]

Yeah. Bremer is Bush's mandarin, his wide-and-deep Wise Man who's got his Harvard creds and his mandarin background that guarantees that we'll get it right.

But, wait. Guys like that ran the Vietnam War, didn't they? And Korea.

Hmmmm.

[vbmoneyspender]

So then the story is incorrect in that Bush would have had to have been the one to call off the Marines. I think I'll reserve judgment on what happened until more information comes out.