Three 4 Star Generals Reject Bush's Offer to Become Iraq War Coordinator

by frankiespeakin 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  frankiespeakin

  The Bush administration is having a hard time finding a war coordinator because as 4 Star General Sheehan said:"The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going,"

  The war is a total blunder with no clear cut plan, seems that nobody want the job..

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  http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2441994.ece

  At the same time, in a fresh sign of growing, high- level disillusion in Washington over President Bush's handling of the conflicts, it has emerged that three retired four-star generals have rejected White House overtures to become a "war tsar to oversee policymaking in both theatres.

  "There is no question... that our forces are stretched," Robert Gates, the Defence Secretary, admitted at a Pentagon news conference to announce the longer tours ­ which should facilitate the current 30,000-strong "surge" in Iraq, on top of the 145,000 US troops already in the country.

  This latest pressure on US forces will do nothing to boost the appeal of the vacancy for a policy co-ordinator, brought about by the forthcoming departure of Meghan O'Sullivan, deputy national security adviser to Mr Bush with special responsibility for the wars. Theoretically, this gives the White House the chance to revamp the decision-making process. The only problem is, no one wants the job.

  "The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going," General John "Jack" Sheehan, a former supreme commander of Nato's Atlantic operations and one of those approached, said of the administration's present strategy in Iraq.
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  frankiespeakin

  The cost of this war in money, loss of human lives(both civilian&soldiers) is tragic indeed, it has disgraced the currant administration.

  The one bright spot I see is that future presidents will learn from this very dark time in US currant history caused by GW Bush, and try hard to regain what ever credibility the US has lost, and become peace makers instead of Imperialist, I think a women for president would be a step in the right direction, too much testosterone, a balancing of horemones male and female may be just what we need.
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  SWALKER

  The generals know that there is not going to be a good solution and they don't want to be the ones to go down in history disgraced! We just need to get the troops out of there now!

  Swalker
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  frankiespeakin

  The US needs to set the example in the world for peace, they have the biggest stock pile of weapons of mass destruction, and appear very hypocritical in trying to stop other nations from developing them and stock piling them. They need to get rid of thier own stock piles before they can speak about this unhypocritically, for now they speak with a fork tongue.
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  dawg

  I see a cooelation between the behavior patterns of those who support Bush and the JWs... they don't listen to logic, they always think they're right and they seldom know what the hell they're talking about. Oh! And they believe in Christ.
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  jaguarbass

  The one bright spot I see is that future presidents will learn from this very dark time in US currant history caused by GW Bush, and try hard to regain what ever credibility the US has lost, and become peace makers instead of Imperialist, I think a women for president would be a step in the right direction, too much testosterone, a balancing of horemones male and female may be just what we need.

  I would have thought before the idiot got into office that all future US Presidents would have learned from Viet Nam.

  There are a couple of possibilities 1) you dont have to be very smart to be the president, which has been W's mantra.

  Or 2 The president doesnt represent the American people ,tax payers at all, but does what the special interest groups want.

  Look, Bush was not elected he was appointed by the court, as a favor to his daddy. He was put in office by the oil companies. When Clinton was president I could get a galon of gas for a Dollar in Florida and everyone was working and making money, the stock market was paying 15% a year. You could buy a wopper or big mac for a dollar. Today gas is 2.79$ which impacts all things American. Food, clothing. heating and cooling etc.

  . And Dick Chaney havinig been the head of Halburton a Giant corporation that rebuilds war torn infra-structures with out bidding, thats too convenient.

  No election. Con-men taking control of the country? What's there for future presidents to learn?

  How to rig and election? Which is what king George one, the idiots father did for a living in 3rd world countries. He was the head of our CIA, which specializes in coups and fixing elections through out the world.

  The chineese comunist said religion is the opiate of the people. I say voting is the opiate of the United states citizens. They are deluded to think they have a say in things.

  And then a swift group of con-men the Watchtower publishing company comes along notes the above and further exploits the guilable and vulnerable.
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  Brother Apostate

  Or 2 The president doesnt represent the American people ,tax payers at all, but does what the special interest groups want.

  Bingo. The lobbyists and their financiers run the country. It is more obvious with each passing decade. It costs at least $100,000,000.00 US to run a successful presidential election campaign these days. Then look at who finances the Senate, Congress, Gubernatorial, and Mayoral races, and the fact that the supporters of the campaign will get their way, or, guess what- no more support. Such is the way of US politics. Follow the money.

  BA- Beyond disgust.