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Civilian Civilities
Generals don't fade away — they retire. Our left's dirty tongues. Tax accommodated. Plus much more.
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p>Most of this sounds like a temper tantrum from several retirees
who miss having power.
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—
M. McClain
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MAJ, USAR (Ret)
br>
San Antonio, Texas
/p>
Generals Behaving Badly by Charles Kels is hardly worthy of the space you set aside for it. Unless, of course, this is typical of The American Spectator’s content.
To simply dismiss all criticism from retired staff officers as being the result of bruised egos is an easy cop out. And not true.
No mention of the status of our conflict in Iraq. Nor of the lack of planning on how to proceed once the mission was accomplished. Nothing about equipment that should have been available but wasn’t.
Nothing about too few troops. Nothing about any of the substantive issues. Just a few guys with big egos who’d been offended by another guy with a big ego.
p>Please spare use such smug nonsense. Rumsfeld does not seem to know what he’s doing but that doesn’t stop him. Come to think of it, doesn’t stop Bush either. br> — David Brown /p> p> It’s interesting to see how many people have broken ranks in both the military and state departments. Add that to the growing national and international chorus of criticism of the Bush administration. Gosh. It almost makes you wonder that something could even be wrong. Nah.
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