"Dave" wrote
"Much of the acrimony expressed by Secretary Rumsfeld's military critics
appears to stem from his efforts to 'transform' the military by moving to a
joint expeditionary force that is lighter and more mobile in the future to
meet the nation's current and future threats. ....

I'm disappointed if that is their only beef and I suspect that the above quote
is spin designed to turn attention away from the dual blunders of attacking
Saddam to begin with, instead of concentrating on the real threat, and then
sending too few resources to subdue the country once Saddam's forces were
beaten.

Saddam was never a threat to the USA, he had no WMDs and had NO part in the 9/11
or other attacks on us. His support for terrorism was limited to support for
Palistinians attacking Israel. OTOH, he was a bulwark against the real threat -
Islamic extremists like al Qaeda. Attacking him was the equivalent of attacking
Stalin while trying to beat Hitler in the middle of WW2!

Worse, by sending only enough troops to topple Saddam, but not enough to control
the country thereafter, Rummy has effectively turned Iraq over to the real
enemy - the Islamic jihahists - and fostered their goal of world domination.

Modernizing the military to suit new weapons, technology and threats has nothing
to do with it.

"Dave" wrote
"Much of the acrimony expressed by Secretary Rumsfeld's military critics
appears to stem from his efforts to 'transform' the military by moving to a
joint expeditionary force that is lighter and more mobile in the future to
meet the nation's current and future threats. ....


That's a crock

Vito wrote:
I'm disappointed if that is their only beef and I suspect that the above quote
is spin designed to turn attention away from the dual blunders of attacking
Saddam to begin with, instead of concentrating on the real threat, and then
sending too few resources to subdue the country once Saddam's forces were
beaten.


Of course it is.

I heard one of the generals on the radio the other day. He
gave quite a good summary of Rumsfeld's mismanagement of the
war in Iraq, and didn't mention anything at all about
downsizing, the Crusader artillery (you'd think George W.
would *love* this item, just on the name alone), or World War 2.

DSK

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:17:13 -0400, Vito wrote:


Saddam was never a threat to the USA, he had no WMDs and had NO part in
the 9/11 or other attacks on us. His support for terrorism was limited to
support for Palistinians attacking Israel. OTOH, he was a bulwark against
the real threat - Islamic extremists like al Qaeda. Attacking him was the
equivalent of attacking Stalin while trying to beat Hitler in the middle
of WW2!

On that particular point, I'm wondering if we will ever get the full story
about Chalabi's ties to Iran. I have read some speculation that the
Iranians played Bush for the fool that he is. It is possible Iran got us
to do their work for them. Possible, but probably doubtful. The current
crop of Iranian leaders just don't seem to have that kind of subtlety.

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:17:13 -0400, Vito wrote:


Saddam was never a threat to the USA, he had no WMDs and had NO part in
the 9/11 or other attacks on us. His support for terrorism was limited to
support for Palistinians attacking Israel. OTOH, he was a bulwark
against
the real threat - Islamic extremists like al Qaeda. Attacking him was
the
equivalent of attacking Stalin while trying to beat Hitler in the middle
of WW2!

On that particular point, I'm wondering if we will ever get the full story
about Chalabi's ties to Iran. I have read some speculation that the
Iranians played Bush for the fool that he is. It is possible Iran got us
to do their work for them. Possible, but probably doubtful. The current
crop of Iranian leaders just don't seem to have that kind of subtlety.

Sure they do. They are goading the US into an attack on their "nuclear"
facilities. Also they want to sell oil in Euros, not dollars.

Another invasion, another war. Oil prices will skyrocket and who will
profit?

The Iranians are just someone else's puppets.

Follow the money, follow the strings...


Glory!