Generals weary of low troop levels (Novak: Pentagon generals won't vote for Bush)

suntimes.com ^ | April 8, 2004 | ROBERT NOVAK

[Destro]

Novak seems to have 2 personalities - on television he seems pro Bush and in print he is anti-Bush.

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[anniegetyourgun]

Now I'm absolutely convinced that Novak is full of cow chips.

[Puppage]

With Sen. Edward M. Kennedy setting the Democratic line by........

.....giving aid & comfort to the enemy from the Senate floor.

[snooker]

This is just a waste of bandwidth. Novak is so wacky at times I have given up even reading what he has to say anymore. Is there some sort of brain disease going around at CNN?

[PhiKapMom]

Novak is slime! No way are most Generals in the Pentagon going to vote for Kerry and everyone can take that to the bank! Only Generals opposing Pres Bush are the Clintonite holdovers!

As for force levels -- go see Congress! These same Clintonite Generals have been blocking reform every step of the way as well. Them and Novak can stuff it.

Novak is overly impressed with himself and about the only people who would talk to him would be Clintonite Generals -- the ones that General Myers and others from the Joint Chiefs would like to get rid of for leaking.

[EternalVigilance]

This is nothing but malarkey.

Utterly unbelievable.

Novak is a nutcase.

[cwb]

Unless I misunderstood what I've been hearing, Bush has said on numerous occassions that the Generals will get all they want...they just have to ask. Karen Hughes was just on, saying that unlike Vietnam, this war is being fought by the military commanders, who are making the calls. So who's lying, here?

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Look what news channel he works for.

[Diogenesis]

Novak = DNC operative and American traitor

Two government officials orded Robert Novak
specifically not to publish the name of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame
in his July 14 newspaper column.

[andrew1957]

10 or 12 years ago we had 18 Divisions in the army...Now we have 10...Not Bush's fault

[Dr. Scarpetta]

While Democrats roar, the generals are silent -- in public. Many confide that they will not cast their normal Republican votes on Nov. 2. They cannot bring themselves to vote for John Kerry, who has been a consistent Senate vote against the military. But they say they are unable to vote for Don Rumsfeld's boss, and so will not vote at all.

This is extremely hard to believe. I'd like to know if anyone backs up what Novak is saying.

[TrueBeliever9]

Novak: Pentagon generals won't vote for Bush

Can you please explain to me how you drew this conclusion? I have read the article and I do not draw that conclusion. Every general I know and every officer I know, retired and active, is NOT supporting Kerry! Can't stand him. So are you saying that Generals are going to stay home and not vote! That is the only conclusion that I can draw. PS I hate when people add their own subtitles to articles. Just post it as it is!

[TrueBeliever9]

This article is so against everything that I know - especially given General Franks and the majority of the opinions of the Point alumni.

[the_Watchman]

Novak seems to have 2 personalities - on television he seems pro Bush and in print he is anti-Bush.

Do you detect an anti-Bush tone in this article? Simply reporting factual information which we don't want to hear does not make someone "anti-Bush". If the facts were slanted or there was a tone of glee, then I would understand the assessment.

The only shortcoming I see, at first blush, is an understatement of foreign troop support. He also missed mentioning that the South Koreans have pledged a relatively large number of troops soon.

[Jim Noble]

There is reason to believe that there is much unhappiness at the Pentagon with Rummy on the troop level question.

[Darlin']

Novak has been slowly losing his grip on reality for several years.

[bra]

"But they say they are unable to vote for Don Rumsfeld's boss, and so will not vote at all."

Generals may be many things, but stupid is not one of them.

DE OPPRESSO LIBER

[AmusedBystander]

So are you saying that Generals are going to stay home and not vote!

Just read the last sentence of the article.

[TrueBeliever9]

No way are most Generals in the Pentagon going to vote for Kerry

See my comment #13 - Destro added to the title and no where in the article do I see this statement!