Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Revenge of the Generals
Bush Blamed them in the Debate, Are They Fighting Back
One of the more lamer moments in the debates is when Bush said he gave the generals everything they needed in Iraq and they "never told me they needed more troops." It sounded half-assed to me at the time and I even commented that laying the blame at the feet of the soldiers on the ground would come back to haunt Bush, who after all is the Commander in Chief.
It looks like this turkey has come home to roost. A pentagon document was leaked in which Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez complained to top Army officials about a shortage of spare parts, lack of protective gear and poor readiness rates for Army weapons in Iraq. Hmmmm.... Bremmer, now Sanchez. Could all these guys be crazy or is it that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz wanted to do this on the cheap.
Although Elephant is skeptical about the reasons we are in Iraq, I strongly believe that we should not let our forces or the Iraqi people down and we need to finish the job. Of course that would have been easier if the planners at the Pentagon actually did their jobs before we went in.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/prez.iraq/index.html
One of the more lamer moments in the debates is when Bush said he gave the generals everything they needed in Iraq and they "never told me they needed more troops." It sounded half-assed to me at the time and I even commented that laying the blame at the feet of the soldiers on the ground would come back to haunt Bush, who after all is the Commander in Chief.
It looks like this turkey has come home to roost. A pentagon document was leaked in which Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez complained to top Army officials about a shortage of spare parts, lack of protective gear and poor readiness rates for Army weapons in Iraq. Hmmmm.... Bremmer, now Sanchez. Could all these guys be crazy or is it that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz wanted to do this on the cheap.
Although Elephant is skeptical about the reasons we are in Iraq, I strongly believe that we should not let our forces or the Iraqi people down and we need to finish the job. Of course that would have been easier if the planners at the Pentagon actually did their jobs before we went in.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/prez.iraq/index.html
