The war has always been here at home. convince the american public they cannot win and they will pressure the President to bring them home.
That is always the anti American warrior strategy. presidential naysayers like yourself are vital to this anti american strategy.
James Baker and other key players authored a major report in 2006 to help the President to accept his electorally determined exit strategy.
He refused to take the exit. he removed Rumsfield.
Rumsfield did not make mistakes. This was always a propaganda war from day one.
Senator Carl Levin said 10,000 US soliders would die at minimum in Bagdad in the first six months alone. rumsfeld and Bush have been extraordinarily succesful. Every critic of the war has been proven decisively incorrect.
Keep telling yourself those who disagree with the original pre-surge "Limited War" strategy of Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld are "anti-Americans" and you'll probably eventually believe there is a Santa Claus. (BTW, I am a veteran who saw part of his 23 years in the Navy Reserve in Vietnam)
James Baker and other key players authored a major report in 2006 to help the President to accept his electorally determined exit strategy.
Yup, the same James Baker who served as his "Read My Lips" old man's trusted Secretary of State.
He refused to take the exit. he removed Rumsfield.
And I give him credit for both...only, he should have fired the hell out of Rumsfeld about 2 years prior than he did!
Rumsfield did not make mistakes. This was always a propaganda war from day one.
Rumsfeld was as hated at the Pentagon as much as Robert S. McNamara in the 1960s. He was arrogant and a recalcitrant fool who refused to listen to sound advice; preferring instead to invade Iraq with too few boots in relying on high-tech weapons and security which couldn't do the job. He and his puppet Amb. Bremer also disbanded a pretty good Iraqi Army (most of whom hated Saddam Hussein) instead of having them swear an oath of allegiance to their country. The result of his incompetence was jobless angry ex-Iraqi soldiers, looting, pillage, rape, the settling of old scores, resentment at token occupation that couldn't stop the lawlessness, and a building insurgency that sparked the needless deaths of American men and women!
...rumsfeld and Bush have been extraordinarily succesful. Every critic of the war has been proven decisively incorrect. I take it back...you already believe in Santa little boy!