“General Franks as a lightning rod?”
YES..(wink). What better way for the democrats to show how they truly hate our military and everything it stands for?
I can hear the democrat roar now and the average red blooded American would get to see their true colors!
But... what do I know?....lol
Seems to me that whoever our ultimate candidate chooses, they will become an instant ‘lightening rod’!!
Might be pretty hard for the Clintonistas to have much of a negative dossier on a man who has spent the last 40 years in the military too.
They don't need to roar. All they have to do is ask questions. "General Franks, why didn't you push for more troops?" "General Franks, why wasn't more thought given to what happens when Saddam was defeated?" "General Franks, why didn't you oppose the total disbanding of the Iraqi army instead of retaining it to keep order?" "General Franks, the surge is working. Why didn't you think to try the same tactics when you were in command?" "General Franks, how many casualties do you think could have been avoided if you had only done things differently?" Franks would be a constant reminder that the occupation of Iraq went badly for a long while under his command and Abizad's, before Petraeus came and pulled their chestnuts out of the fire. And if the surge can't be sustained and the situation in Iraq grows worse again then he's a connection with the war that the Republican presidential candidate won't need.