[brazzaville]

Good evening.
"They know what they are talking about."

You just don't know that. They climbed a ladder that began to get political when they became officers.

They punched their tickets and made their bones under clinton and all spent time in CENTCOM and the Pentagon during the same era.

They might be professional warriors or they might be political hacks. In either case, they are trying to lend authority to the DemocRATS and their anti war movement and to hurt us in time of war.

You give them the benefit of the doubt if you want. I don't.

Michael Frazier

[jude24]

In either case, they are trying to lend authority to the DemocRATS and their anti war movement and to hurt us in time of war.

See, I don't see things in black-and-white, good-and-evil in the political arena. I'm disillusioned with both major parties (and so am not a Republican either). Being a political independant means I can support the troops, and even the mission, without supporting the cult of personality. Gen. Zinni, for instance, is not anti-war. What he's saying is that, if we're going to salvage this mission and make it a success, it will require some serious strategic changes. If he's right - and unless you're a flag officer, you're not qulified to determine that any more than I am - than he has a moral duty to speak up now that he can do so. It's actually the patriotic thing to do.

Even Emperors need someone to tell them "Remember that thou art mortal." It's not disloyal to tell the President that he's made mistakes - even huge ones.