"Bob Crantz" wrote
http://www.americandaily.com/article/7777


Vito wrote:
That's a song I have been singing ever since Rumsfield ignored the generals and
only sent 1/3 as many men as they'd said were needed - not just to defeat Saddam
but to secure the country afterward.

The Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz bunch were saying that there wouldn't
be any need to secure the country, no occupation, no
instability.


... As a result we saw massive chaos and
looting of everything from banks and museums to armories and ammo dumps, and now
our troops are paying a dear price. Fact is that Rummy, like McNamara, is a
very poor manager.

He seems to have done fairly well for himself as an
international arms dealer.



... Remember 9/11? US fighters will only shoot down civilian aircraft
if ordered to do so via the chain of command - this to keep "spoofers" from
issueing false orders. As VP, Cheney issued such an order on 9/11 but it never
got to the pilots.

Which was an illegal order, BTW. For a long time they were
denying that any such orders were given.


.... Seems the next man in the chain, Rummy, was out on the
Pentagon lawn directing firefighters (ie, getting in their way), too distracted
to do HIS job! And this is the dude running the fight on terror?


Remember the primary job of this country's high political
officeholders is to funnel money towards those who helped
them get their office. The Bush Administration is doing
magnificently at that... best in all history, for that matter.

DSK