Posted on 04/21/2006 8:58:43 AM PDT by no dems
Actually, Pat, yes it is. For you and for Mr. Ignatius. An unattributed and unverifiable claim of "75%" is bullshit.
Please provide a working link.
Clinton warned a group of retiring generals (who retired because they were disgusted with him) that he would confiscate their retirement pay unless they kept quiet about why they retired.
Maybe Bush should take heed. These generals have no business drawing military retirement pay, probably finding cushy civilian jobs as figureheads, and stabbing the president in the back at the same time.
Gee...so he believes those Generals instead of Meyers and Franks?
I'm shocked.
Someone slip some Koolaid in your drink lately?
Sorry; still not buying it. I think these generals have motivations far, far beyond the question of when, not if, we will win. And if Pat Buchanan is their towel boy, I'm REALLY still not buying it.
That was your first mistake. This didn't come out of his mouth.
"First time in a long time that I have agreed with anything that came out of Pat Buchanan's mouth or computer."
I do not agree. I am not one to support a failed policy but Pat's ongoing diatribe is silly. He thinks it a bad thing if Iraq falls into civil war.
I think the US should tell the Shiias to work with the Sunnis or we will tacitly arm the Sunnis. I think we should push for an independent Kurdistan, carving out territory from Turkey and Iran.
This would help to destablise both countries and let the Turks know they are sovereign only as long as we allow it!
Payback for 4th Infantry Div denial!
The Iranians would then be concerned about their other "minority" groups and their calls for independence.
I think these thoughts are more credible than anything that has come out of Pat's head in years!
Temporary insanity, I hope.
Has everyone forgotten that the juglar vein of western civilization flows through the bad neighborhood we call the middle east. Unless you want to be 3rd world, our only chance to maintain our life style is to change the neighborhood. So few understand.....
Rush explained the other day how there may be a case for sedition against these generals. It has to be proven that it was a coordinted effort to speak out. OTOH, Rush didn't think that the effort was coordinated by the generals themselves...rather it is the MSM fishing for a story.
In which case the sedition charge should be issued against the MSM.
Really? It appears that Buchanan agrees with these renegades, and he seems to be relishing that Bush is in a "box": fire Rumsfeld and appear weak, or stand by him and go down in flames.
Bush is not going to fire Rumsfeld. The "general's revolt" is over.
As a side note, Pat just has to keep the notion that Jews are behind rousing up interest in war in Iraq by mentioning Feith and Wolfowitz. So predictable.
But this is NOT unusual: in the Civil War, Lincoln dealt with carping generals all the time---most of them were still serving at the time. Think of McClellan, Sickles, and so on.
I believe President Bush made all this speculation history a few days ago when he said Secretary Rumsfeld is staying, period.
Certainly seems ridiculous from the limited number of Iraq vets and officers currently serving that I know.
Sad that you agree with this man and I use the term loosely. I will continue to believe in Rummy and Our President and Our Military. Buchanan will say anything to get some attention. Six desenting retired generals out of nine thousand retired generals is not even material!
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