[quote=enron_by_the_sea][quote=Allan from Fallbrook] I thought Petraeus had more on the ball, but he’s probably cut from the same cloth as those morons Tommy Franks and Ricardo Sanchez. Best army in the world and it’s led by incompetent ass kissers.
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We did have a certain general Eric Shinseki who refused to “kiss ass” and look what happened to his military career![/quote]
Enron: Exactly right. Shinseki had the temerity to suggest that 500,000 troops were necessary for Iraq to be a success and he was unceremoniously shown the door.
I had a buddy who worked intel for 4th ID and he told me that they were told, in no uncertain terms, to NOT submit any reports deemed “counterproductive” to the war effort. Being a former Ranger, he, along with many other line officers, quickly realized that Iraq was predominantly a counterinsurgency operation, but Rumsfeld and the Corporation (Pentagon) didn’t want to hear that, and insisted that the ground war could be prosecuted with Big Iron (like 4th ID).
The sad fact is that Rumsfeld should have known better, given his experiences during Vietnam.
I remembering watching Stan McChrystal beclown himself during the Rolling Stone interview and wondering what the hell happened to the US Army general officer class. It now sadly appears obvious.
