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The Generals' Dangerous Whispers
Washington Post ^
| 4/21/06
| Charles Krauthammer
Posted on 04/21/2006 2:14:07 AM PDT by ricks_place
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Did these Generals advance the Bill Clinton military agenda in service?
To: ricks_place
Something is wrong here.... this doesn't sound like the Washington Post at all...
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:22:41 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(You can always tell the pioneers by the arrows in their backs - Country music saying)
To: gondramB
Something is wrong here.... this doesn't sound like the Washington Post at all...
It isn't, not really. It's Krauthammer, who is to the Washington Post what Solzhenitsyn was to the Soviet Union.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:28:19 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: ricks_place
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:40:54 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Civilian Irregular Information Defense Group)
To: ricks_place
The real issue, as Krauthammer ultimately points out, is civilian control of the military. All very well for a few retired generals to express disagreement with the incumbent SecDef. But when they are recent retirees, and the suggestion is seriously made that more active flag officers are going to retire and join them, it raises the issue of the political persuasions of the active members of the officers' corps. And subverting the tradition of apolitical military officers which seperates our constitutional republic from the bananna republics of Latin America is about the worst thing which could be done to America.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:13:56 AM PDT
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
To: gondramB
This doesn't sound like the Washington Post.
It isn't the Washington Post, it is Mr Charles Krauthammer speaking through the Washington Post.
I always enjoy Mr. Krauthammer when appearing with Brit Hume via. Fox News. He is always eloquent in choosing his words and , always stands firm on his beliefs regardless who it might offend.
The man is truly brilliant, I understand he is a Dr. and a writer. I also understand he was almost killed in a car wreck at some point of his life, his body was severely broken and the man had much to over come.
It seems when he talks that every word is carefully chosen,
and his critique of the English language is almost perfect.
He uses the greatest metaphors in describing the left and the loony left, that being said, if the Conservatives screw up he will also choose carefully his decent for them also.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:14:57 AM PDT
by
buck61
To: ricks_place
Kerry and the democRats got away with saying far worse about President Bush and his administration. I don't know why we are whining about these handful of generals and their petty complaints.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:18:52 AM PDT
by
manwiththehands
(Lead, follow or shut up.)
To: gondramB
This doesn't sound like the Washington PostKrauthammer is someone there who can think.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:23:36 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: buck61
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:24:39 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:25:18 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Civilian Irregular Information Defense Group)
To: ricks_place
Most people who make General are wonderful - smart, dynamic, patriotic.
Then there are exceptions.
I worked for a 4 star General once who was certifiable. He was obsessed with "base appearance" and had hundreds of military people raking leaves in the height of autumn so that no leaves would touch the ground.
The only characteristic of what makes a decent human being to me is his or her relationship with the Almighty. If they don't have that, I don't care how many stars they have on their shoulder.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:26:59 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: ricks_place
That happens in places such as Hussein's Iraq, Pinochet's Chile or your run-of-the-mill banana republic ...We have six (former) perfumed General prince's advocating the overthrow of Secretary of State Rumsfeld. The U.S. can't control illegal immigration over it's southern border with Latinos pouring in by the thousands almost on a daily basis ... me thinks the banana republic process is well under way. By the middle of this century the U.S. will be a banana republic.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:28:05 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: ricks_place
"Lincoln didn't listen to McClellan, and fired him. ... In our system of government, civilians fire generals, not the other way around... " Here's a truth we won't hear from the MSM.
To: gondramB
Stunningly, a coherent, rational piece of journalism from the Washington Post. What's wrong with this picture???
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:53:39 AM PDT
by
armydawg1
(" America must win this war..." PVT Martin Treptow, KIA, WW1)
To: BluH2o
Every thread must be hijacked. So sayeth the border troll collective.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:01:58 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Civilian Irregular Information Defense Group)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
"Every thread must be hijacked. So sayeth the border troll collective:
I guess if you have a single track mind, it is hard to think about anything else. Must be a whole lot of fun at parties.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:08:05 AM PDT
by
Rokke
To: ricks_place
It was the French prime minister Clemenceau who said that 'war is too important to be left to generals' sometime around 1919.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:09:53 AM PDT
by
Sam the Sham
(A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
To: ricks_place
To: manwiththehands
We are upset because we are not the only country that hears their complaints. In this day and age the enemy has dish tv just like us.
It hurts military morale, as well as, the families that are at home.
Remember Wesley Clark was so bad that even Bill Clinton had to get rid of him.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:42:56 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: Sam the Sham
Well the French finally said something worthwhile!!!!!
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:44:38 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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