[reformedliberal]

Bush has not repeated the mistake of VN, in that he lets the military commanders make the military decisions.

Rumsfeld declawed?! Obviously, we do not watch the same pressers. Rumsfeld has publicly told the media to suck on a rock and dared them to complain about it while he laughs at them.

Abu Ghraib was a foul up by foul ups. The administration stood by the military as a whole and rightly sought trials for the perps. Discipline is essential to any professional military and bad actors take everyone else down with them.

I am not happy with a lot of what is going down these days, but I would vote for W again. I see the GOP Senate cowering, no one else.

YMMV

[Barney Gumble]

Bush has not repeated the mistake of VN, in that he lets the military commanders make the military decisions.

Yes and no. The first time the US wanted to go into Fallujah, we stopped. Was that a military decision? What about when Muqtada Al-Sadr was firing from mosques and we weren't firing back. Al-Sadr still has a pulse and still causes problems. That reason is probably not due to a military decision.